Saturday, June 13, 2009

Hi-Spot cafe, Madrona

I've been to this place about four times now. We go there just because it's close and we enjoy strolling about the Madrona neighborhood. But on all three occasions, we've noticed the following:
- Wickedly long waiting times (exacerbated by a clientele that seems to enjoy lounging about for half an hour after they are done eating)
- Slow service; our waitress took five minutes to get us water, fifteen to take our orders, ten to deliver our check, and another ten to get our credit card back to us. For each one of these stages, there were people who were seated after us who received the same service before us.
- Mediocre food. We didn't have a single dish that we could not have done better at home for less cost and aggravation.

The pluses:
- Friendly service. When we did get waited upon, the waitress was very charming and accommodating.
- Food delivery. It didn't take long for the food to make its way out to us - once our order had been taken.

We'll be moving out of the neighborhood soon, so I severely doubt that we'll be going back to the Hi-Spot.

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