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Review of Fig Bistro

7 pm reservation, 2 waitstaff and they are already...

7 pm reservation, 2 waitstaff and they are already in the weeds with too many reservations - restaurants fault not the waitstaff - although our waiter, while nice ,seemed un-trained. While we waited for the waiter to come take our order the host told us if either of us wanted the french onion soup there was only two left and to order it now - so I said I'd have that as an appetizer. Lo and behold I was served the last of the french onion soup IMMEDIATELY - RIGHT THEN - without even ordering our entree or wine (what they couldn't have just put it aside until it was appropriate to bring the appetizers - weird? So how was the soup? (unlike any french onion soup I'd ever had - where's the cap of cheese on top? The only cheese was a small shaving on top of the croton - oh brother - disappointing. Still longer wait time to actually order from the menu - I know, got soup but haven't ordered entree's - yea......oh well. We finally ordered - I ordered the shrimp and grits - OMG - DISGUSTING (I did live in new orleans for a few years- so...) zero subtlty to the dish - overcooked rice and waaaay to much spicy (how much Slap your Mamma spice did they put in there?), gloppy sauce...bleh. My guest had Pasta Bolognese and she liked it - I tried it and thought it WAS pretty good - probably a little too much pasta to the sauce ratio, but not unusual I guess - load em up on pasta to fill em up probably. We shared a panna cotta for dessert - it was reasonably good, but they had to put some compote or jam on top rather than simply let the panna cotta stand on it's own - how about a couple of raspberries, a mint leave? - nope - more gloppy something on top. We ate outside under the patio heaters - that was nice. From my point of view this was not a restaurant/chef that understands food at all - what a dissapointing experience. Nope, nope, nopity, NOPE - cannot urge you to go visit FIG - sorry!