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I can’t believe this place stays in business. We’ve dined there several times and each time we had gone back we’d hoped to experience a better meal. Never happened. The food is marginal at best and the service is about the same. If you go there expecting a true fine dining experience, you will be disappointed. The only decent feature is the view but one can get the same view from any other restaurant in Mt. Washington. I wouldn’t waste my money in this place again. Pros + ViewCons – Quality of food. Service. Overpriced for barely average food.
A college student here in Pittsburgh, I find the Sunday Brunch at Grand Concourse a very enjoyable experience. Ever since the beginning of freshman year, we would head over to Station Square on a monthly basis not only to get away from the less than pleasant college campus food, but also for a good time. I personally look forward to the omelets – by far the best I’ve had here in Pittsburgh, but also to the fine selection of meats, vegetables, fruits, and other miscellaneous breakfast and lunch items such as the mini-doughnuts and the orange juice fountain. Although there is sometimes a substantial wait time on Football Sundays, there is usually almost no wait time, even for a large group such as ours. I look forward to continuing to see good services such as welcoming hosts and live music every month until I finish my studies here in Pittsburgh.
We had reservations, so by the time the rest of our late ariving party arrived, we were seated right away. However, once we got to our deck sets, service increasingly slowed. As a corporately trained server/trainer, I usually prefer to give benefit of the doubt when it comes to service. But with knowledge of servers that I have previously trained taking employment with this restaurant, I know that sidework takes precedence over service. While the wine service was great, not many restaurants these days give ‘proper’ wine service, it took over thirty minutes to get our soups/and ten minutes later to get our salads. If everyone at the table orders either/or . . . everyone should have a plate in front of them when food is delivered. All in all, what should have been a dinner that just lasted a bit over an hour, lasted us over two hours. Refills were not observerd until patrons were dying of thirst, water was not offered with alcohoic drinks (DRAM Shop training). The food came out
The staff was excellent including a very friendly hostess. Despite the menu being only two pages, there was a HUGE array of daily specials without prices. Goat, lamb, pigs, seafood from all over… the list was way too extensive for a diner to contemplate and really know what they were having to pay. The serving sizes were huge; highly recommend ordering one dish per couple and sharing. Produce was not fresh – tomatoes served in salad were not ripe; side of vegetables (carrots, broccoli and snow peas) looked like they were of cheap quality, overcooked, previously frozen or all of the above. Ordered the wild boar. While it was tasty, it wasn’t as fresh tasting as I imagined it would be. With so many daily specials, such a small restaurant could only offer so many dishes if food was frozen, especially meats and seafood. Tried a scallop from my husband’s dish; it was by far the least fresh scallop I have tasted in the Pittsburgh area. Strongly suggest that the menu is made smal
