Paul and I like to eat out a lot and I thought detailing our dining experiences would be an interesting idea. It would also make me feel a lot better about spending so much money on food.
I wanted something a little different and a new Chilli's opened up near the Tanger Outlets. I haven't been to Chili's in a while, so I suggested we give it a try. Well Charleston and Mt. Pleasant have now gone no smoking. When we walked in the door of Chili's we were asked for smoking or non smoking. Dangit. I forgot we were in N. Charleston. Oh well. The sections were adequate and no smoke bothered me through the dinner. I had a sweet tea while Paul ordered a draft blue moon. He originally asked what their local beers were seeing as the menu said they had some. The waitress replied the usual, bud, budlight, etc. Hm...I wonder where the local Budweiser brewery is around here. Anyway she was training someone and another waitress tried to help us because she had no idea where her tables were. After all that confusion, I ordered the Chicken Caesar Pita and Paul had the Grilled Chicken. Both came with fries. Mine was really good. It came with its own pita stand, which was pretty useless and taking up space on my plate. It was a lot better than I thought it would be. Paul didn't think his chicken sandwich was completely cooked, but he ate it anyway...must have been hungry. The whole time eating, the waitress never came by. I needed some napkins, because the one thin napkin she gave me was useless. It was one of those types that the first time you use it, there is a big hole in it. It was so thin, it was like I just wiped my hands on each other. I also needed a new tea. I don't know what happened, but when I looked into my tea midway through my meal, there were all these brown seed type things in it. I don't think I put them in there because I didn't see anything else like that around me. I don't see how it managed to get inside just my drink. Well we originally had three waitresses (real waitress, trainee waitress, and confused waitress) and now we couldn't find anyone.
I had seen this dessert on the Chili's website that I just had to have. After the let down yesterday of Sticky Fingers no longer selling the Oreo Cookie Pie, I had to have something good, so we decided to try the Sweet Shots. These were supposed to be seven layers of chocolate, strawberry cheesecake, or apple caramel in a shot glass. You can get one or all three for $5. Well we decided we would go for three...two chocolate and a strawberry. Finally the waitress showed up to take our plates and ask if we wanted dessert. Paul got the dessert order and she was gone before I could even get a word out my mouth. Still no drink and no napkins. Well the dessert came back and it was lacking to say the least. Seven layers? More like 3...maybe 4, if you count the layer of air at the bottom. The strawberry on top was still frozen and tasted more like ice. We still ate it of course, but it was nothing like advertised. The pictures in the menu should say 4x actual size.
Here is Paul disgusted after eating the dessert.
One other thing I didn't like about the restaurant was the bathroom. Putting the restrooms in a place where you have to walk through the smoking section defeats the purpose of sections. We had to walk around the whole bar to get there. The only other option would be to walk around the outside and go in the door by the to-go place.
Well, you live and learn. Although my pita was very good, it will probably be a long time before we venture back there. I may go on my own sometime, but Paul has wowed never to go anywhere with unrealistic pictures on their menu. We'll see. |