Monday, May 12, 2014

Capitol Dime

Although it was the best patio, the lack of service was the worse.  We heard that service and food consitancy issues have plagued this place in recent months, but we still wanted to give them a shot. We think this is a tell tale sign that this restaurant may not be around for long.  We may go back (it is ranked middle of the pack) on days we care more about drinking that when we get our food...and that would be only if our #1 rated Devere's (just a block away) is too busy.

One "funny" thing was that one of our tomatoes still had the sticker on it.  I couldn't see if it had the numbers that would confirm that the restaurant is truly "farm to fork" using organic vegetables. They had already lost 10 points for service so we deducted an additional 5 for the sticker.

Capitol Dime
located in the Downtown

As of this post ranked #12 of 16. Total Score 9.4

Reservations
Reservations could be made by phone, including for the beautiful roof area.

Other Bottomless Drinks
None.  

Outdoor Seating
Quite nice, one of the best we have seen. It is a roof/mezzanine area in between the condos.  Great planted trees and adequate umbrellas to get some shade.

Food Issues
It took 20 minutes for the staff to figure out who was doing what: water, drinks, and food order.  There was a very obvious sense that the staff were inexperienced and/or organization/management.  We felt bad for the servers who seemed very used to apologizing for things.  It was 1 hour (since sitting down) until we got the appetizers and 20 minutes later we got our food....dishes came very slowly with one 2 of our party waiting 5+ minutes for their plates.  At this point we were all rather drunk (lots of mimosas and low food) so we didnt care too much.

Food Variety
rated 5 out of 10.  The menu was even smaller than Pour House but had a nice variety and some homemade items.

Availability of Car Parking
rated 5 out of 10.  The streets around the location are mostly metered and in the busy downtown area.

Mimosa kept full
rated 9 out of 10.  The one thing the staff excelled at is giving us carafes to ensure our mimosas we already full. Although we found it quite funny that at exactly 2pm they "ran out of champagne."  No mimosa brunch should run out unless...they actually cut of drinks at a certain time...

Atmosphere
rated 10 out of 10. The patio was just lovely on a spring day.