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ChrisM
San Antonio5 recensies
Gegeten op 16 december 2023
- Algeheel 2
- Eten 3
- Bediening 1
- Sfeer 2
Wow, our experience certainly didn’t live up to the hype we’ve seen in other reviews. First, we walked in and the place was empty at 6PM on a Friday night. We stood gazing at the empty dining room and spotted two people at a table playing cards. Turns out those were the employees ignoring the fact that we just walked in. We stated we had a reservation and they seemed surprised.
We we told to we could sit anywhere so we grabbed a table by the fire which was cozy. It went down hill from there, mostly small stuff like ordering water with no lemon which was ignored. Then we realized the menu was far from the one we had seen online. I’ll chock this up to Covid fallout and us not ensuring we were on the official La Cantera site. Once we got acclomated to the menu, which was pretty limited to sandwiches, we ordered the brisket sandwich and the all American burger. Despite asking to hold the onions, there they were on my burger. The brisket appeared to be roast meat, but it’s possible they did some magical transformation that managed to reduce the texture and flavor of an amazing brisket down to mere roast meat. Then there was the Garlic Parmesan fries - it turns out their idea of Garlic Parmesan fries is to pour nacho cheese on fries. When asked if we got the right fries, the waitress just said, that’s the way we have always served them — like I’m supposed to know that this high priced restaurant serves the same crap the local roast beef diner has for 1/3 the price, under a different name. That all said, the roast sandwich and the burger were decent - not an $18 burger for sure, but decent compared to others serving a $12 equivalent. Needless to say, we were generally disappointed and won’t be back - not because of the food that was just okay, not because of the limited menu, but more because of the service. This place sells itself as an upscale sports bar and neither the ambience or service meets that expectation.
