Unfortunately not every restaurant I eat at is always a success. Went to iCi last night in Fort Greene and left very disappointed! I've been to ici before during restaurant week, and it was ok, but being that it was restaurant week, it was very busy, they ran out of a few things and it was just a lil chaotic. The place was charming tho and I wanted to give it another try. Plus I like places that serve seasonal, organic, new American fare.
So there were about 4 other tables occupied besides ours, but the lights were up so high that it felt more empty than it needed to. The music was also really low so I could hear other tables talk. The room itself is really nice, but these minor adjustments would've really improved the ambiance.
So we ordered a dandelion salad with a poached egg, bacon and an anchovy dressing. It was ok, had too much going on and it was kind of difficult to eat. There was also an arugula and beet salad with blue cheese that was also ok, just unimaginative and something you see on every other menu in town. We got a potato/leek soup as well that was simply bland and might as well have come out of a can.
As we're waiting for our entrees, the two servers start unsetting the room! I hate this, it's rude and i feel rushed. And it's not like we were there a long time keeping them! Infact, another table was just seated! The servers were just not using their brains and were obviously unsupervised, which I guess they needed to be!So all I hear is glasses lanking and silverware clinking and it was just annoying.
Then our entrees come. The chicken that was supposed to be served with spatzle and fall vegetables was just wrong! First of all, it looked like a half portion, the chicken was just dry, the veggies just slopped on a plate and no frigging spatzle!! So we tell the waitress, and she was very confused, didn't know what to do, didn't offer us anything else, had to double check with the kitchen cause on her own she didn't see if there was spatzle or not. Whatever, not the biggest deal, but she handled the situation poorly, obviously not the brightest crayon in the box. The striped bass I got was just ok with cabbage or something. The food wasn't terrible, but the service was. It just really pisses me off to go out to eat, pay for mediocre food that I could've done a better job with and bad service!
They did send out a chocoalte dessert thingy with the bill which was awkward because the waitress just put it down and in a heavy asian accent said "dis fo chicken". What?! Ok, so ur apologizing or just putting this down with our bill so it ups your tip lady?! Seriously, at this point it was just funny and I felt embarrassed for the place. Seems that ici has just simply given up.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
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Sound personal. We were expecting a nice cozy good meal. I was super excited for some good food in my tummy. Unfortunado es no!! Oh well, gotta say goodbye to ici for now. 4 of 10
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