Picked up an order to go a little after 11AM for two persons. The ahi was spoiled and had to discard most of the meal when I got home -- in fact I had to empty the garbage since it smelled up the kitchen.
The SB salad was not much better. This must have been yesterday's leftover food (or maybe the day before, at least that is what it tasted like!) and likely a new chef with no oversight. I have been going to Habit for over 20 years and this was the worst experience I have ever had with their food. I won't go back to this location and likely will not go back to Habit at all, if this is how they vet their food.
When I called, after being on hold for almost 15 minutes, I got an answering service! And they would or could not forward my call to the store manage.
I was part owner of a small chain of successful restaurants for over 20 years and we would never have knowingly served such...
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Read moreWe called in an order for 7 people and was told the order would be ready at a specific time and when I got there no order at all. Had to call the call center to have them push the order through. Finally after waiting to make the order. I noticed that I was missing one of the orders of onion rings and the food was not labeled and really couldn’t tell if anything else was missing. Welp got to the office and of course missing a meal. So for those that go to this restaurant and pick up and order take the time to take it alll out to make sure that all food ordered is actually there or one of your team members will...
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