• 3
• Disappointing

I came here for lunch with high expectations without knowing they were also hosting a local event (for the first time I heard). My experience was unfortunately marred by the fact that they were spread too thin trying to do that and to run a lunch service at the same time. Half the restaurant space was portioned out resulting in very limited seats. Service was a mess. People (us included) stood waiting by the door to be seated but received no attention from the staff. We weren't told it'd be counter service only for the day until we walked up to the register and asked. A couple simply left. Frankly they were severely understaffed. Most of the time, there was only one woman in the front running around like mad. I would've liked to try the avocado fries and the apple strudel, but both ran out and weren't replenished due to the event (lack of time & staff). I ended up ordering the hummus plate, the tuna melts, and the baked ziti to share with my partner. Food was OK but not great or memorable. The ziti was overcooked to a mush. Nothing looked like the pictures, but that's probably because we were served in plastic takeout boxes and utensils without any explanation whatsoever, which left a bad taste in my mouth. I just had to assume they had run out of clean plates and silverware, too. My biggest gripe is with the tuna melts. It was almost laughable. For $12, we got two small slices of dry and over-toasted bread, slathered with a thin layer of their utterly bland, runny "sunflower tuna salad" and drowned in their "cheddar sauce" that tasted nothing remotely like it. I looked up some pictures after and I felt shortchanged! In them, there were 3-4 slices of bread and the "tuna salad" was chunkier and more sizable. Mine was hurried and sloppily thrown together. I would've rated this place a 2 if it weren't for the dense, moist, and decadently rich chocolate cake we also got for dessert. Our bill total came to $40, which I thought was overpriced for what we got. I do believe we came in on a wrong day and that I would've enjoyed it a lot more had the circumstances been different.