Nashville, TN. Delicious over-priced American diner classics (weak coffee, though) in a beautiful but loud fish bowl ambiance and the service was lacking. We couldn’t hear each other without yelling because of the waterfalls. Our server, although he smiled, disappeared quite a bit so our glasses weren’t filled. He also needed reminding about what we’d ordered. He didn’t speak much so I wondered if he’d understood what we said. We ended up pointing at the menu to be sure he understood. Even then it looks like he wrote our orders down wrong. We were almost late for a concert because of him. We called him over and my friend said, “I’m sorry but we’re in a hurry; we need our bill.” He said, “Okay okay okay,” smiling, but so unprofessional. He came back with one of our checks, then he approached with the other two bills for our table, shook his head as he looked at the bills, turned and disappeared, leading me to believe there’d been a mistake on their part on the bills.

He did not keep our water glasses filled. He did not check on us. My husband asked him twice for coffee. When the coffee came it had been splashed around so the mug was dripping and tasted “like brown water,” my husband said.

The turkey bacon sandwich with fries was great, as was the tuna melt sandwich. My stepdaughter eats gluten free so she didn’t eat the bun on her Cascades Burger with fries which she ate quickly so it probably was good. My friend and I both got the fresh-tasting delicious salad with Marcona almonds, bacon and vinaigrette on the side. The vinaigrette tasted slightly of champagne.

It’s such an attractive restaurant as you approach it but it’s actually not that great of a date spot or family restaurant because it’s so loud.

We’ll try Stax or Paisanos next time.