I had a friend from out of town (and let's put it this way, she's not my friend anymore! ;) Just kidding! Brought her to Sarefina to impress her with Seattle cuisine but the food and service left us staring at each with smirks on our faces the entire time. She was pregnant and so upset that she didn't have a good meal.... First, I asked about wine and the waiter started pushing the glasses for $12 dollars, and that wasn't quite as much as I wanted to spend so I finally had to take the menu back from him, and told him I'd 'keep looking', but still felt his pressure to select the higher end.. Then we ordered Casa salad for $7.00 each, and it literally was 4 large pieces of lettuce with swirl of red onion on top...nothing else! We laughed, we couldn't believe it.. So then the waiter suggest to my friend that she get this free range chicken dish. (Interesting that the restaurant should care about chickens, since their menu is LOADED with VEAL! I had to double check and make sure I was still in progressive Seattle) Her dish was literally disgusting.. it had little clumps of rubbery chicken with bones and no meat, and little unpasturized cheese lumps, (that were really soft and gross), and uncooked potatoes.. I took a bite and could understand why she didn't touch it. My halibut was pretty good except for the fact that the vegies that came with, looked suspiciously right out of a BAG! It has peas and carrots in it... With the halibut, it was small for the price, with seemingly frozen vegies and no rice or anything else.. It was very expensive for being as terrible as it was, not to mention that the waiter is clearly trained to ""upsell"" and is snooty, and the water person walks by constantly. The waitrons literally circle around without stopping over and over. When we were seated, the hostess asked if we want bottled or tap water.. I can't believe this experience. What a waste of a great space!
Pros: beautiful ambience
Cons: greedy waiters, poor preparation
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