My First Yelp

Seven of us had dinner at Sofi last night, and it was a complete letdown. The squid appetizer was tough to cut and rubbery to eat. One of us asked for "medium rare" lamb, and it came out well-done. All the green beans on the plates tasted like they were taken out from a can, no joke! The rest of the meal didn't fare that well either. Not horrific, but nothing to write home about. And, the place wasn't busy, with only 7-8 tables, yet we had to wait 50+ minutes to see our food. To say we were disappointed by the food, and the service, especially reading all the kind reviews here, was an understatement. We felt the food was surprisingly uninspired, poorly executed, and overpriced. The service was also nowhere near satisfactory. We waited at least 50 minutes for our food. We waited over 10 minutes for our check. The water was never filled again after we sat down. Finally to top it all off, the staff even managed to miscalculate our check and charged one of us more than his share. We left feeling ripped-off, confused, and bitter. You know when you went to a seemingly nice restaurant where everybody said it was excellent, only to find out after you sat and dined in there that how wrong you had it and how unbelievably poopy the experience was? Yeah exactly. It is astounding to all of us that Sofi gets such nice, generous Yelp scores. Perhaps we just happened to visit on a bad night, but I doubt any of us will agree to return sometime soon. Probably never.