I'm pregnant and craving Mexican. I hadn't been to this restaurant in years and decided to give it another try. Being on a budget, I didn't have that much to spend on lunch for my boyfriend and I. First thing that turned me off was printed in the menu. Only 1 refill of the chips and salsa before they charged $1.99 for more. Also, only 1 refill on drinks (which were absurdly expensive for iced tea and lemonade: $2.25 each). Any restaurant that charges that much for drinks and limits your refills to 1 turns me off, especially here in the desert. My boyfriend had a chimichanga with shredded beef which was pretty good and I tried the enchiladas with "mole" sauce. It was absolutely disgusting. I sent it back and asked for chicken enchiladas with green sauce. Decent, but not worth $10.49 they charged for simple enchiladas. The chips were nothing to write home about, honestly a Fry's bag of $1 would have been much more appealing. The salsa (a trio of regular, green and hot) was bland and tasteless, albeit spicy (which didn't help my sudden need to suck down the limited drink I had ordered). I am reliving the food even now as it gave me horrible heartburn and left me feeling extremely nauseas. I will never be going back, ever again.
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We were doing some shopping at the Scottsdale Quarter and around Kierland and had decided to eat lunch here. I had read past reviews and had always wanted to try it. It was also really cute decor. I have been to France several times and felt they really nailed the "bistro" look so I was excited. However as soon as we walked in, the hostess immediately stopped us and explained that they have a dress code: men in tank tops are not allowed. As she's saying this, I see a family with small children wearing regular, casual clothing and another young woman dressed about as casual as you can get. Let me preface that this was late June with temperatures over 100 on a Saturday at lunch. I can understand a dress code for dinner but lunch? Here in Phoenix? Really?? I've been to weddings where people wore flip flops. I've lived all over and phoenix is by far a very casual place because its so hot. I was pretty surprised. Granted, the hostess wasn't rude about it but I guess I didn't see the place as being that high end. Needless to say, we left and went to North instead. Their staff was incredibly friendly. What a difference. I guess Zinc is taking the French thing literally.
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Very disappointing. I ordered the "Pigs In A Bagel" (Two eggs, peppered bacon & tomato topped with cheddar, served on your choice of bagel with herb potato & fresh fruit) and I also asked the waitress "how do the EGGS come?" And she said "scrambled" so I just thought it was going to be a bagel, with scrambled eggs, slices of bacon on top, tomato, and topped with the cheddar cheese. I get my "sandwich" and it's a little squished bagel with a gross omelette inside with tiny bits of bacon and tomato, like a drop of some white cheese, and some wilted lettuce, really un satisfying. The booth we were sitting at was so freezing that our food was cold within 5 minutes. The manager offered to get me something else so I just asked for a mixed berry smoothie to go to play it safe. I thought it tasted kind of milky so I opened the lid and there was a huge pile of whip cream, yuck. Since when do breakfast sandwiches come with lettuce and smoothies come with whipped cream? Very strange. Our waitress also seemed like she could care less about us and I think we were there for almost 2 hours, super slow and ridiculous. Don't think I'll be going back there.
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We went here for dinner this past labor day weekend, and all I can say is that ALL four of us were majorly disappointed. We ordered the halibut, short-ribs, salmon, and their signature smoked salmon pizza, and not one of them was even remotely impressive. If anything they were below average. The salmon pizza had too much lox on it, and looked more like a smoked salmon party platter for bagel day at work. The salmon was a little burnt and completely smothered with some kind of teriyaki sauce. The short ribs I didn't try, but from the others who did try it, it definitely wasn't a winner either. My halibut was decent, but presentation sucked. When it came out everyone started laughing at my dish because it looked like the fish was sitting in a pool of foamy soap. I wish I could say better things for this Wolfgang Puck establishment....but the story ends here. I think the only plus side to this restaurant was that the decor and ambiance was able to lure us into one of the most pitiful dinners I've had in a long time.
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