Dined on December 8, 2024
- Overall 1
- Food 1
- Service 1
- Ambience 1
I’ve been impatiently waiting for the opportunity to dine at this restaurant since I heard they’d be returning to Baltimore. Sadly, my experience was subpar. Upon arrival, the doors were locked. We assumed we were at the wrong door so we walked around the building. After about 3 min, another couple also tried the door and asked us if they were closed. That’s when a guard appeared, let us in and said “I’m sorry about that”. Once inside, we were asked if we had a reservation, which we did. She proceeded to walk us upstairs to the main dining area and it was freezing! She sat us at a very small table and handed the two of us one menu and said “sorry, we’re short on menus”. My partner and I looked at each other with confusion because there were only about 15 patrons in the restaurant. I was so cold, I had to leave my coat on and eventually put my hood on because my head was freezing. Since we only had one menu, I caroused the online menu while my partner reviewed the paper menu. After being seated for 10 minutes without anyone coming over to great us or offer us water, we decided to move to the bar. Once at the bar, we told the young lady we were freezing and her response was “ we all are”. This caused me to analyze the scenery at which point I realized that everyone was shivering with coats, hoods and scarfs on. I said to her “Is the heat broken” and her response was “Girl, I don’t know what’s going on”. She gave us water and asked if we wanted a shot to warm us. I asked for a drink menu but there wasn’t one. We then asked why the prices of the online menu drastically differ from those on the paper menu and she said they paper one reflects dine-in prices. The jerk chicken online was priced at $15 but at the restaurant was priced at $42 (almost triple). I’ve never seen jerk chicken priced so ridiculously high. In fact, I’ve never seen jerk chicken priced higher than oxtail, which was about $38. The cold inside was intolerable as were those prices, so we left!