Deanna Bjorkquist

Review of TOAST Kitchen & Bar

The service was slow, and the food was meh. The re...

The service was slow, and the food was meh. The restaurant automatically charges a 15% tip on every table. I'm totally fine with this, but I wonder if the slow service was due to a lack of incentive. They seemed to be working hard, and busy, but it was restaurant week so you'd think the owner would know to bulk up the staff. Maybe someone called in sick.You never know.

Pros: Decor was nice. Food tasted fresh. Menu had decent variety. Servers seemed friendly.

Cons: I did the tasting menu they had for restaurant week for $30. The antipasti was an apple/kale salad with olive oil/lemon dressing. Very bland and uninspiring. No other choice.
My entree choice was between the roasted winter squash (vegetarian) salad and clam spaghetti.
I also got to choose between a white and red wine.



They were out of the lamb sugo so my bf got the sausages instead.
I asked for the clam spaghetti. 5min later she came back to say they were out of the clam spaghetti. I didn't want the vegetarian option so I asked if I could choose the chicken from the dinner menu. She said she would have to check. She came back 5min later and said they do actually have the clam spaghetti.

When our food finally arrived, it was tasty, but bland and easy to make. We were charged the $30 for the tasting menu + $9 for the glass of wine which should have been included in the $30. The waitress apologized all night for how slow everything was, and for this as well. She said she must have been doing that all night (unfortunate to hear).

Overall, I would not recommend this restaurant.