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2015-11-24
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Early last month, I walked through Fashion Walk and saw the signs that Elephant Grounds would be opening soon. Then, after I returned from the US this month, I walked through Fashion Walk again and saw that it has opened. Knowing that godbro XO loves to try new places, I told him about the new restaurant, and we decided to meet up at the burger place next door for dinner and have dessert at Elephant Grounds afterwards.Elephant Grounds has outdoor seating, and on the other side, you can see the
Elephant Grounds has outdoor seating, and on the other side, you can see the ice cream offerings. I was hoping to have an ice cream sandwich, but they were sold out already. The hostess actually told us that they have a French Toast that is not on the menu yet, and she even showed us a photo of it from her phone. It looked pretty good, so XO and I decided to split the French Toast for dessert.
The hostess seated us inside, and I noticed the greenery on the ceiling immediately. The general decor is nature-like with wooden chairs and tables. However, the pictures that were on the walls were uncalled for to say the least. I realized that the photo I took of the paintings contains profanities, so I decided not to post it. You can call me uptight for getting offended by that particular painting, but I just don't appreciate that kind of satire in this setting.The hostess placed our order of French Toast as soon as we were seated.
The menu is the soft opening menu at the moment, but since we already decided on the French Toast, we didn't order anything else.
The waiter gave us each a glass of water, and also gave us 2 plates since we were sharing the French Toast.The water was filtered water and tasted a lot cleaner than the tap water that most restaurants offer.
However, one of the plates they gave us was dirty with food scrapings stuck on them. I scraped off the food that was stuck on the eating side of the plate, then flipped it over and saw more stuck on the bottom and decided to take a photo of it.
We waited for about 20 minutes, then we asked one of the waiters how much longer it would be, he said he would check on the order, but he never came back to tell us anything. Then, another few minutes later, we asked another waiter, and this time, he came back and told us they are preparing the French Toast, and it should be out soon.
XO and I checked our photo timestamps and verified that the French Toast took a half an hour to arrive from the time we ordered.
French Toast
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French Toast
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I had high expectations for Elephant Grounds since my friends have been praising the other branches for months. I would probably come back and try the ice cream sandwich, but I would definitely stay away from the French Toast! Hopefully, I won't be so disappointed next time!
When we asked for the check, XO signed to the same waiter who didn't come back to us when we inquired about the status of our order. The waiter didn't acknowledge us, but he just yelled to the cashier that our table wanted the check.There is no service charge included, but we decided against tipping because the service was not up to par.
As we were leaving, we saw this "Training in Progress" sign, and one of the waiters definitely needs more training in customer service.
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