Unfortunately, this place served me quite possibly the worst meal I've ever had. But this lackluster experience didn't start with the food. When I walked in to get a table, I was asked my name, phone number, etc. Why are we needing to provide personal information to sit down and eat? I just wanted to sit and have lunch in a restaurant that was half empty, no reservation needed. Anyway, I politely declined giving my info. The menu is pricey and leaves much to be desired, but I was pushed for time. I ended up ordering the fish and chips with water. The water brought to the table was room temperature and tasted straight from the tap. I hope I don't get sick. The food came fairly quickly, which is what I hoped. The French fries (chips) were your basic French fries, nothing special. The fish was extremely greasy, heavily battered, and zero flavor. Both the fish and chips look like they were previously frozen. For the price, it was reasonable to expect better. I will not return and would never recommend. I also can't imagine how in the world this place got high reviews. People are either lying, getting paid, or both. Even glancing at other plates across the restaurant, everything looked subpar. To the restaurant management: If you do nothing else with this review, please take the fish and chips of the menu. I suspect you're not going to improve the quality of this dish so take it off the menu so no one else orders it and regrets it. And for goodness sake, provide cold, filtered water and STOP asking for personal...
Read moreMy English cousin and I parked in the heart of downtown without any knowledge of where to eat a late lunch on Halloween. Sloane's happened to be around the corner and had just opened for the day, so we stopped in to check it out. We were greeted by every staff member we came across and were seated immediately. The ambiance was fantastic: large windows allowed for a lot of natural light to flow in, their playlist was on-point, and we felt safe with the staff wearing masks and a bottle of sanitizer on the table. We ordered two non-alcoholic cocktails and our server (Ed) gave us a fantastic recommendation of a blueberry and mint drink. We ordered the meat and cheese board and the tartare to start and we couldn't stop dancing along with the flavors we were experiencing! The meat and cheese board is a MUST. We then ordered the short rib (awesome, but ask for the meat to be cooked a MR-M if you prefer) and they accommodated my cousin for the Prime Beef Burger he wanted because they happened to have the ingredients that day, which was especially nice of them! Top-notch burger, he said. We then (almost regretfully) order the Triple Chocolate Budino and the Apple Tarte Tatin-both were mouth watering! They were having live music on their patio later that evening, so we walked around to find a fire pit of sorts, tables and chairs, and a mic stand for the player later. I wish we could've stayed because their patio and location is amazing.
We were very impressed by the entire experience and I cannot...
Read moreMy coworkers and I decided to have Sloan’s breakfast since they just started serving again and two of the group were excited to try their breakfast for the first time. For additional context, we work nearby and frequent their restaurant/ bar. We looked to order online and all three of us were receiving errors when submitting, so we called to let the restaurant know and ask if we could submit orders over the phone. They did not allow phone orders, so we took the time to go downstairs. We kindly explained the situation and although a few were kind / helpful, the manager treated us with disrespect / disbelief that their ordering system didn’t work. He told us that others were recently able to order, so he forced us to show him on our phones the error (this was the third time we typed in our order to have it not work). After he saw that in fact the website did not work, he stormed off. I do not feel that the manager handled this situation properly. We took additional time out of our day to eat at Sloan’s despite their online ordering issues and were met with accusations. The breakfast sandwich itself was tasty with crispy bacon, soft cooked scrambled eggs as well as soft bun and the barista was friendly when she made our drinks. Overall, the food was great (driving the 3 star review), but I probably won’t come back to Sloan’s for a while after...
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