6121 Harbourside Center Loop
(a shopping center on Hull Street Road)
Midlothian, Virginia
My main gripe with chain restaurants is their tendency to dumb down the food on offer to conform to their conception of the general palate. This chain, or at least this outlet -- I've only ever been to one other, in Texas -- carries that tendency almost beyond comprehension. I ordered a dish called the Parisian Benedict, which should, from the description on the menu, have been a rich composition of flavours and textures. 'Twas not so: instead, it gave new scope to blandness, a scope near beyond comprehension. And the coffee was really bitter, too, more than even a double-dose of salt could correct.
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Beyond that, the ambience was pleasant and the service was good. I thought the prices were a little high, even before I'd tasted the food.
