Thank heavens the very sugary lady at IHOP had the great idea of giving us coffee to go!
And because we had breakfast at IHOP, we left very late. And because we left late, we weren't prepared for how long the traffic delays would be. And because of traffic delays we didn't get around to having dinner until about 930.
We had dinner at Jonah's restaurant in Peoria, Illinois. It had the potential to be great. Admittedly, the food was pretty good. But the enjoyment of that was downgraded significantly by the very rushed service. We knew that they were closing soon, but if you are going to let people in the door, offer them a full menu, upgrade their drink order to a full bottle of wine--then for heaven's sake, treat them the same as a guest in a 7. Every bit of the meal was rushed, and (pet peeve coming out here) they couldn't wait until we left to start vacuuming. I hate vacuum harmonics on top of classical music. If we had known it would be like that, we would have ordered completely differently. If they had suggested we could have a more leisurely meal in the lounge, we would have. If they said the kitchen was closing, we would have made different choices. Heck, we play fair in the sandbox.
We paid the same as someone else who had been there earlier...and it wasn't a cheap meal. So rushed was the service that we had salads served before appetizers were finished, main course served before salad was started, and then the laughable offer of dessert. It was so clear that they wanted us out of there...we weren't going to order dessert. Worse still, when we said that--the server made no offer of anything to appease us.
So in my opinion, even if the fish was good (and it wasn't bad...but it wasn't great either), but the service sucks, then the whole thing is a waste of money.
Or, I could be grouchy because I didn't get any sleep last night!
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