Having been in the restaurant industry and having friends who own restaurants, it pains me to write negative reviews because things are especially tough right now and I like to think folks are doing the best they can. But our experience dining at the saloon was so unacceptable I had to say something. My husband and I were celebrating our 12th anniversary this weekend and thought we'd try a new place so we could have someplace more local to recommend to family staying with us ( we live in San Andreas). I thought the reviews looked good and was excited to try the seafood Benedict with crab and lobster cakes. The service was underwhelming (it was clear the lady running it was entirely bored with her job). My husband ordered his basic breakfast. Nothing particularly bad but his hash browns were barely cooked and luke warm, and the toast was barely toasted. Regardless it would have been fine if mine hadn't been a disaster. All that was needed was for the chef to say "hey we're out of that, do you want something different" but instead I got two bare toasted English muffins with two small pieces of what looked like last night's salmon, and some small chunks of shrimp. No eggs. The fact that the server allowed that out of the kitchen is also embarrassing. I asked her for a different Benedict. My partner was almost finished with his meal when the replacement came out. I couldn't believe that the chef had actually reused the English muffins (so the meal just reeked of salmon) and didn't replace the hollandaise sauce that I'd had on the side (cold and congealed). I asked for fresh sauce and what was brought out was chunky, separated and looked like the chef was irritated and just dumped mine into a new bowl. There was no recovering after that. We decided to leave. At that point my husband was so irritated he literally wanted to leave without paying but I told him I'd cover it. I'm actually stunned that the server had the nerve to charge us full price for what she even acknowledged was an unacceptable meal. We probably should have asked to speak to a manger but when the service is that bad you usually have to assume the management isn't going to care. My advice? Go to Frank's Cafe...
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