text: Eating Review of RokerijnnI want to like this place Its a great setup and well done environment The setting is stylish and dark so you want to sink into a booth and get down to eating some foodnnUnfortunately my first experience has left an impression that is less than stellar My girlfriend and I had been wanting to try it out a few times We got a booth by the fireplace and settled in for a nice mealnnThe specials are written up in chalk on the wall as you walk in which is a great method for displaying specials We are both vegetarians that will eat fish and were excited by the plethora of fish dish choices on the specials board This tends to say that a place can do fishnnOur server was nice enough but when we asked for some recommendations he stared at us blankly and grabbed the menu like he had not eaten there in a while This is a huge pet peeve for me If a place is going to charge or more for an entree the staff better be trained on the dishes and be ready to give some recommendations Show some passion and knowledge and sell me the good stuffnnWe ordered the White Bean Bruschetta to start It was edible but lacking in flavor maybe some salt would not have hurt but something more than just beans and toast pleasennNext was the soup of the day which had a lot of smoke flavor going on not impressednnFinally we went with the sesame crusted fish with a melon salsa This dish started off a disaster and just got worse First of all the server brings it over holding it with a towel As We shift plates around to make room he starts yelping a bit in pain Not a great sign Once he gets it set down we move to dig in but my lovely date brushes her arm on the plate and comes away with a pretty solid burnnnThis is just plain stupid There is no need for a plate to be degrees Cook the food and then bring it out Do Not cook it at my table on the platennUnfortunately the fish was not edible at all The melon salsa was horrid We sent it back and still got chargednnRokerij I want to love you There are a lot of folks on Yelp that love you but I have to say that for food you have not impressed me