Sorry Saturday - Disappointed

Slept in and almost forgot to publish today's blog.  Last night we went out with Nikki and Juan to a nice restaurant downtown San Jose called FAHRENHEIT.  A little disappointed with this one because of the following: 

• the receptionist was a little disorganized and just a little rude.  She checked the book for our reservation and then there were other patrons that arrived and started talking to them, socializing, and she made us wait for longer than we should, and all she was waiting for was more MENU and DRINK list.  First impression went out the window for me. 
• our waiter did not arrived for a few minutes but at least he was pleasant.  we order our drinks and it took a while before he came back, so we thought we should order.
• the waiter came back and advised Jeff and Juan that they ran out of PRAWNS and they will substitute it with small shrimp. By this time they just want their meal.  I think the Chef should have told someone on the floor once the are out of Prawns so they can tell the patrons.
• when our meals arrived, I took photos but they were a bit blurry, sorry no photos. It does not matter because their presentation was not exciting. All our meals were plated with the same wilted green veggies - actually not sure what it was. I ordered the OSSO BUCCO - a little salty. I have never had this type of meal so I was excited to see what it was all about.  Not impressed at all. I made a comment to our friends that other restaurant would have used different veggies specially between seafood and red meat.
• we did not have dessert and thought about leaving, but they started playing music so it was OK but we eventually had to move to the bar area because they were folding our table to make room for dancing later - it was 1000 pm.  Our waiter told us we can seat in one area for a while but it was reserve for someone and we would have to move when they arrive.  We decided to just sit/stand in the bar and ordered one more drink. That took a while and my friend's Margarita came in a tall glass not the proper glass for a Margarita. 

My friend felt bad about choosing the restaurant but she was disappointed too specially her meal as she was looking forward to having a great dinner. She had been there before and the food was great.  She told me to do a review on my blog.  I seem to recall the receptionist saying that they just changed their menu and their website has not been updated. She didn't know what she was talking about.   http://fahrenheitsj.com/menu/dinner/

Our food did not have some of the things they describe on the menu.  Even with all of the above, we still had a great time with our friends and we invited them back to the house for my special coffee and some of my home made treats.  Next get together will be some home cooked Filipino meal at the CPB&B.

The one thing that was good was the red wine I ordered.

CABERNET SAUVIGNON | Casa LaPostolle | Rapel Valley | Chile 2006