xs baltimore

great food, subpar service. i love xs and eat there frequently. lots of vegetarian options and the staff is usually respectful of vegetarian and vegan requests. they also havegreatcoffee and espresso drinks. however, the service is spotty, there are some nice employees, but when a certain manager is working (at night usually) expect to be treated poorly and wait longer for your meal. the most annoying part of xs, besides the occasional rude service, is that checks will not be split. if you dare even ask for a check to be split, you will feel as if you've caused a crisis situation.

the food was great. the servings were good and more importantly the food was well spiced. the atmosphere is very nice. the waitress was great. she was attentive and i'd have lived to have slept with her.
but who breeds these people that lack enough wit to say "seat yourself". if you're not gonna have a sign that says it then let's train the employees about what to do when a customer walks in the door.
otherwise,greatexperience. but keep disrespecting me and then i stop going.

horrible customer service. i purchased a google offer for xs with every intention to use it for breakfast. i live in white marsh which is not remotely close to the area, but i've heardgreatthings about it. i get there, pay $2 for parking only to get inside and be told there are no seats! doh! what do you mean? i was annoyed and just left. i mean, how do you tell a potential customer you don't have any seats. they refused to open the upstairs to customers at that time. i will not be back. when an establishment doesn't even have a seat to offer me and my family, 3 of us in total, i want nothing to do with it.

nice place-weird atmosphere. we went there last night after seeing a movie at the senator. we sat all the way up top and were alone, which was nice. we had the calamari, spicy salmon rolls, and tuna rolls. all of it wasgreatstuff. loved the calamari. we also order a bottle of trivento malbec, which felt like it came directly out of the sun. seriously, it was so hot we had to add ice to it! we ended the night with cupcakes and sadly they missed the mark. due to the heat, they had to refrigerate them and the cake just tasted blah. the icing however, was spot on and i ate all mine off.

the other reason we sat on the top floor was due to excessively annoying music. i don't understand why a restaurant needs to have very loud annoying dance music blasting through the speakers. they don't even have a dance floor and its not like xs is that trendy of a place.

so all and all, even though the wine was hot as bath water and the music was annoying, i like the place and loved the food. i'd love for us to go back and try out some other foods and maybe their breakfast menu.

exceeded my expectations!greatseafood omelet! ~mcgee


-----19 sep, 2009-----

i am absolutely impressed! very nice atmosphere and the seafood omelet rocks! ~mcgee