The Granola Bar — Restaurant in Fairfield

Here's my take: the menu here is so much fun - healthy, but creative and really flavorful, with tons of choices - and most of the dishes come out just as tasty as described...once you get what you ordered. They are perpetually understaffed by a non-very-professional crew that doesn't greet people when they walk in; one of the servers messes up the order half the time, and what seems to be relatively easy-to-prepare food takes much longer than it needs to. The upshot of this is that what could be a quick, delicious meal that I would seek out often ends up being a much longer, somewhat frustrating experience. If they could get their serving act together, this would be one of my favorite restaurants...

I really wanted things to work out between us Granola Bar, but you're making it very hard. I like your cold brew, but your pour over takes forever to make, way more than it should. You sold me a shake with pieces of the sticker from the fruit inside it, that came up through the straw (yuk), but I kind of laughed it off. Then came the pre-packaged overnight oats that was on the shelf a day beyond the "sell by" date, and also tasted sour, that's how I knew to check the date. I do like those sweet potato pancakes though. Too bad we weren't meant to be, such a...

The hostess not only had us wait for an extensive period of time, but preceeded to seat a party that not only came in later than us, but when we asked why she then decided to get EXTREMELY rude and not only roll her eyes at us but snicker at my mother. Another party even asked if we can sit with them since they were seated at a LARGE table. She ARGUED with my mother and snickered and rolled her eyes. So unprofessional. She then said no without any reasoning. What a joke. I will NEVER be returning and I will be letting everyone know about the TERRIBLE...