Gestern Abend hat es mich einmal wieder ins WATT's verschlagen.   Nachdem der Sommer nun vorbei und die sch\u00f6ne Drausensitz-Saison beendet ist, in der im Watt's in der Hauptsache der nette Innenhof mit Biergarten gl\u00e4nzt, hat mich ein H\u00fcngerchen in die heimelige Atmosph\u00e4re gelockt.  Bedauerlicher Weise haben aber nur meine Bratkartoffeln gegl\u00e4nzt - nachdem ich mich zum Wiener Schnitzel entschlossen hatte ( 20,- EUR f\u00fcr Fleisch + Kartoffeln. Kein Beilagensalat!)  Man sollte annehmen, an einem Montag gegen 19:30 Uhr, an dem nicht wirklich \u00fcbertrieben gut belegt war, werden wenigstens die Beilagen frisch zubereitet. Denkste! Zuviele rote Zwiebeln, diese zu grob geschnitten und definitiv nicht glasig ged\u00fcnstet, zuviel \u00d6l verwendet und die Kartoffeln viel zu weich - leider keinen Stern daf\u00fcr. Davon abgesehen, dass ich die Kartoffeln wirklich suchen musste ob der vielen Zwiebeln... Das Wiener Schnitzel war zart, aber fad gew\u00fcrzt - h\u00f6chstens drei Sterne. In Hinblick auf den geforderten Preis aber nicht gerechtfertigt.  Der Feldsalat war "naja", hab schon besseren gegessen - oh, aber die Kracherle waren lecker! Den dazugeh\u00f6rigen Speck musste ich allerdings suchen...  Vielleicht sollte ich erw\u00e4hnen, dass ich in der Gastronomie arbeite und etwas kritischer geworden bin - und durchaus bewerten kann, ob etwas frisch aus der Pfanne kommt oder schon ne Stunde vor sich hin d\u00fcmpelt und lediglich aufgew\u00e4rmt wird.  Meine Begleitung war mit ihrem Essen ebenfalls nur mittelm\u00e4\u00dfig zufrieden.  Das Essen kam flott, der Service war bem\u00fcht und freundlich, die Getr\u00e4nke waren auch schnell am Tisch. Das waren leider die einzigen Pluspunkte. Deshalb - und NUR DESHALB - bekommt das Watt's zwei Sterne!  Fazit: Alles in allem: f\u00fcr mich nur noch im Sommer zur Biergarten-Saison. Aufs Essen verzichte ich dankend.
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I am profoundly saddened to hear that Sens will be closing 5/6/2012. Sens is the best place to eat in downtown Phoenix, in my opinion. Johnny Chu will be moving to a new location on Central and Thomas, opening in June '12. It will have some of the same familiar items that the Sens menu had but also some new ones to match his new fresh concept. He will be naming it Shochu House. Get down to Sens before it closes to enjoy some of the greatest food ever!! Thank you Sens for so many great years, amazing food, and kick ass Sake!!! I and Downtown Phoenix will miss you. See you at Shochu in June!!
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10 of us, who go out to dinner every Friday night, decided to try this restaurant's location. We were informed upon sitting and starting to order cocktails "Happy Hour" specials only occurred if one were to sit at the bar.  I suggested possibly the waiter could question the manager to possibly extend the policy to 10 people who just arrived and were going to order dinner - the manager approved some special pricing which we have yet to determine.   Dinners arrived  a little more then 1 hour after ordering.  The restaurant was not full and no one was waiting for a table when we arrived or left.  One asked if there would be some bread - as he is a diabetic and needed some food - we were told it came from a "different window", but the waiter would see we got some.  After several suggestions before and during the meal - it never arrived.  Refills on iced tea and water were rare at best - my iced tea, after requests, was filled at the end of the meal.  Then the waiter, after questioning us several times as to whether we were happy and all was well, came to the table, obviously at managements insistence, and gave us nothing more then a spiel on joining some sort of club for $25, for which we would after buying meals get a free one or some sort.   I, very nicely, informed the waiter I would assume the over 1 hour wait for meals was not his fault and that management had a lot of nerve to now request possibly joining a "club".  Very nicely I informed him I could only speak for myself, but I would never return and would write this review.  The food was OK -nothing special, but the service was just not there. The management, or lack thereof is in trouble if this service and attitude were to continue.
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Food was great....service without a smile :(   If you do go I hope  Meghann is in a better mood. Or even better sit at the bar where smiles galore are :) We also had a wonderful man help at our table and he had the exact opposite attitude and apologized greatly for Grumps McGee. On service alone it brought the food and potential great atmosphere soaring down the gutter   Pizza, ...thin crunchie crust and great toppings!!!  (5*) MARGHERITA - Tomato Sauce, Fresh Mozzarella, Basil ***added Creminelli Sopressata (5*) WISEGUY - Wood Roasted Onion, House Smoked Mozzarella, Fennel Sausage (0*) Meghann's attitude
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