the tin table

good things come in small packages!. good food. good waitstaff. good bar menu. the only thing is- it's tiny. i'd never go with a group of more than 4. but for a romanticdinnerwith one other person, i'd say it takes you to a place a wimsy and delight.

inattentive bartender. 2 of us sat at bar for dinner. bartender took our order, and then... nothing.dinnerwas delivered, but could not get the guy's attention to order a beer (or even get a water)... until we were almost done w/dinner. thanks a lot.

very disappointed. my husband and i were looking forward todinnerat the tin table, having heard good things about it. imagine our shock when not only was the service terrible, so was the food.. starting with the service, upon arrival our host was welcoming what appeared to be a group her friends to the restaurant. we were left standing for several minutes without so much as a glance while she caught up with her friends. a simple, "i'll be with you in a moment" would have sufficed. once seated it soon became obvious our server was completely bored. she yawned while taking our order and when our appetizers arrived she also put down a check for another table with their credit card! to top it all off i ordered a glass of wine before the entree that just never arrived...ok so on to the food. we thought the menu quite uninspired and lacking any direction. shanghi ribs (china), cassoulet(france), burger (usa), ravioli (italian), fish tacos (tex mex) oh and it goes on. maybe if the chef concentrated on one style and did it well the food would be better? i ordered the arugula salad to start - a pile of leaves, most of which had cleverly escaped the dressing, with a mound of very cheap finely grated parmesan on top - parmesan, pecorino etc should be shaved onto cold dishes and grated onto hot, a small thing but illustrating my earlier point that if the chef concentrated on one style of cuisine, say italian in this case, then he would know this.

my husband ordered the salt cod fritters and they were the highlight of the night, being decidedly average. for main course i ordered the the shanghai ribs, which were luke warm and smothered in what tasted like bought in sauce. my husband ordered the burger, medium. it was very pink and bloody and nearer to rare than medium. one of the worst things about this restaurant in terms of food is the absolutely horrible "shoestring" fries. the are very thin (ok obviously they are shoestring) and taste entirely of cooking oil. the addition of truffle salt fails to rescue this skinny obscenity. if you deep fried some bits of sting, i imagine the effect would be similar. we cut our losses and left after the mains so i have no idea what the desserts are like.. well there we go - complete disaster, we won't be back.

wish i could say i like this place but can't. after arriving for an earlydinner(5:00), we walked up the stairs to eat. we looked around and noticed the restaurant was empty. when a hostess finally approached, she asked if we had a reseration, and when we said no, we were given a condescending look and told it would be two hours before we could be seated due to reservations. the place was empty... it's upstairs in the odd fellows hall. this is not canlis. unfortunately, trends come and go and i can wait for this one to go away. seattle and restaurants that think to highly of themselves don't mix well. save your money and go up to 12th. try barrio or lark!