{"id":12886,"date":"2015-07-03T16:38:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T21:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=12886"},"modified":"2015-07-03T16:39:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T21:39:00","slug":"efes-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=12886","title":{"rendered":"Efes Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Darcy and I ended up at Efes on our first night in New Jersey because we didn’t want to be too far from the train station. We walked up and down the street and didn’t really find anything that appealed to us. Efes looked quaint and promising. <\/p>\n

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The naan and the sauces were good. Service was super slow, though. I was really thirsty and I think she only refilled my water once. I had to ask for a water refill and had to wait a really long time.<\/p>\n

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The hummus and falafel were good but neither Darcy nor I liked our entree, which was a bummer because it was one of the house specialties and came highly recommend by our server. We should have known she was clueless. <\/p>\n

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The description made it sound yummy and the server’s recommendation sold us. We both got the chicken dish, which Darcy describes sweet and sour chicken without the sweetness. It had a very pronounced sourness to it. Maybe we just don’t know our Turkish foods.<\/p>\n

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I wish that I would have ordered the salmon dish instead. It was that or the chicken dish. However, the chicken dish was a house specialty and our server told us it was her favorite and very popular. Usually, the house specialties are a good bet. Oh, well. <\/p>\n

Maybe we just ordered the wrong thing because the restaurant is rated pretty well on Zagat. So disappointing. <\/p>\n

The poor service didn’t help matters any. Our server never came unless we tried to get her attention. And, I really, really needed some water to tone down the sour flavor of the sauce. Darcy recommended just having more bread. I wanted my water, darn it!<\/p>\n

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The best part was the upside down “wash your hands” flyer in the restroom. The person who posted it couldn’t be bothered to make sure it was right side up. Seriously. You had one job! I had to take a picture.<\/p>\n

Maybe this restaurant was good at one point but I’m guessing it’s been a long time since anyone who works there really cared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Darcy and I ended up at Efes on our first night in New Jersey because we didn’t want to be too far from the train station. We walked up and down the street and didn’t really find anything that appealed to us. Efes looked quaint and promising. The naan and the sauces were good. Service […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,17,21],"tags":[1166,2488,1822],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12886"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12890,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12886\/revisions\/12890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}