CRAVE Food & Drink Sioux City — Restaurant in Sioux City

This place was so good, we came 2 days in a row!

Day 1: My fiance and I share the Pineapple Mojito. This was amazing! Proper pineapple taste and it is a drinking juice! I could have chugged the entire thing!

I ordered the Chicken, Apple and Brie sandwich. It used a naan bread instead of regular sandwich bread and this is what got my attention! What an amazing beautiful sandwich! Perfect amount of melted degree and that dressing and the chicken. And oh gosh! I could have had two of these! Best sandwich I have had in a while!

We both got a Crave salad each; It was really fresh. Really good amount of goat cheese and it all went perfectly with the balsamic dressing and vinaigrette. We also asked for some red onions and it was a good call!

I also asked for a side of simple steamed vegetables. The seasoning on this was really good and I could have had this plain first by itself?

He got the Korean short rib tacos. This was a special. It had Kimchi in it and Sriracha something sauce and the flavors went really well together. He really loved it. Also ordered a flatbread. Half of the chicken artichoke pesto and half of the marinara. The server was really nice and accommodating and actually made this! That flatbread looked amazing to begin with and even tasted good! Both parts!

Day 2: He got the Strawberry Mimosa on the brunch menu. Strawberry taste was good but a little too alcoholic for me.

Got the Crave Salads again, but mine was not good this time. There was barely any goat cheese, and the salad tasted really plain.

I also got the Pesto Chicken Flatbread, light on the pesto garlic sauce, no tomato. I thought I would really like it, but turns out I'm not a fan of pesto. They were also barely any artichokes on the flatbread this time . Fiancé wasn't too big a fan either. He found it really dry and said that the tomatoes added a lot of flavor in his yesterday. I ended up taking off the pesto sauce and having the plain flatbread with the chicken and artichoke.

Fiance got the Lobster Avocado Toast. This was really, really good! A generous serving of the lobster topping, the avocado, and crunchy bread on the bottom. The serving size was a little small for an entree item, but was just enough with the salad. I could have finished...

In case you’re coming here for a Sunday brunch buffet, beware. Sunday brunches are a thing of the past since this business has changed names/ownership to Crave. Only a limited brunch menu is available on Sundays.

When we were first sat down, we were placed right next to the freezing cold window in a nearly empty restaurant. Only 3 other tables were occupied. Less than 2 minutes after sitting down, one of the occupied tables were served their drinks. In their laps. Literally. Two people in the party sitting next to the freezing cold, drafty windows had ice water dumped all over them.

Bottomless mimosas are $12.95. Was told individual mimosas are $9.95, so if you’re going to drink more than one, might as well get bottomless.

Was served a drink in a broken glass. Was not offered a straw at any point. Asked for a straw, but it was never brought to the table. 2 out of 3 glasses served were in broken glasses right along the rim. Why serve broken glasses and not at least offer straws? Better yet, why not just serve drinks in glasses that aren’t broken?

Served coffee in dirty, sticky cup. Had to literally flag down a server to get a new cup. Someone other than the server came over and asked how everything was at one point. She did not introduce herself. She said she was told the salad was served incorrectly and the coffee cup was stained. When trying to explain to the lady that the cup wasn’t stained, but simply dirty, her response was “I’m not going to touch that” before she rudely walked away. Why was it necessary for her to have such an attitude and be so witchy towards us? For a position in the service industry, she has a lot to learn. Simple kindness and respect will serve this lady well in the long run.

Served crumbly pancake. Wouldn’t stay together and had to literally scoop up. How do you mess up something as simple as pancake batter?

Advice: serve drinks in clean, unbroken cups and glasses. Train and teach servers and ESPECIALLY management staff to treat people with dignity...

Wow, just wow. The young man who "greeted" us, rudely asked "reservation?" when the place was not even 1/3 full on a Sunday at noon. I said no. He paused for what felt like two minutes and asked us "inside outside" again, saying nothing more. No "Hello" or "Wecome" nothing.I asked "outside if there is a shaded seat." He walked away, and it took a moment to realize he was checking on the outside. He never articulated what he was going. He came back and said something such as "the only table with shade is dirty." I asked if he could clean it, and we'd sit there. He walked away again,this time toward a table - so we ASSUMED he was walking us to a table, so we followed. He cut in front of a waiter bringing food, who avoided a collision with us. He did not apologoze or anything to the waiter or us for this almost collision. We sat down inside, and saw the table that was outside that was "dirty", had one small basket on in it and water glass. Again, the place was not busy. Not even a little busy. He decided that was too much cleaning for him to do. Service and food was good. Zero complaints on those, hence the two star review and not one. When leaving, the same was guy was playing on his phone. It was a game he was playing, and he was very invovled on the game. He didn't thank us for coming, he didn't look up from his game. He seemed bothered that he had to be at work. I used the restroom on the way out. Over the urinal, there was something that looked a lot like someone had discharged their nose onto the wall. It was hardened, indicating it had been on the wall for some time. Perhaps, instead of allowing employees to play on their phones, and allowing them to have poor customer service, you all should have them clean and learn how to clearly articulate. We...