Attic - San Mateo

Enjoyed an early dinner with a friend on a weeknight. We had the place to ourselves for the first hour and enjoyed attentive wait-staff, tasty small plates, and the World Series on the TV. Restaurant is upstairs above the bar in a surpringly large space.

They try really hard--that 's about the best I can say. The service staff is sweet but not in the least bit professional. The drinks came long after the food and one of us didn 't get his cocktail until we were all finished with dinner and ready for the bill. The food was pretty good--we especially enjoyed the wings. The Brussels sprouts were too salty, the cigarillos were fantastic, cauliflower flatbread was made yummy by the fantastic curry sauce. Did We enjoy? It was Ok. Will we go back? Nope, too may good places to eat. Why go with 'just ok '?

I used to love eating here. My recent visit was disappointing. Got our orders wrong, food was lukewarm and did not taste good. Server gave us big serving forks as dining forks and did not give us any other utensils or napkins until we asked for them.

We had a very disappointing experience. The reservation had been made to celebrate my husbands birthday. When we got there it was closed. Apparently it is under construction. I think the restaurant should have communicated this to Open table .

Don't know who is at fault here but the restaurant has apparently been closed for some time now, yet it is still possible to make reservations through Open Table. Imagine our shock when we arrived with guests and discovered the restaurant closed!