Savvy Bistro and Bar

Been passing by this place for years and finally walked in on a Saturday during brunch. The music was great, the staff was lovely and attentive and most importantly the food was soooo amazing. I had the mango jerk burger, the it was cooked perfectly. The calamari crispy and the fried catfish were absolutely wonderful. I left wondering what took me so long to go walk In there. Can’t wait to return! Also although it was packed inside the food came quickly and we were seated immediately. 10/10

The place was a bit smaller than I expected but everything was amazing. I came for bottomless brunch and the food was so good. I had the catfish and grits. I’m usually not a seafood person but the catfish was delicious and the grits were so creamy. The mimosas were full the entire time. I definitely plan to come back.

Never again. I was super excited to eat at this restaurant, but unfortunately the mediocre service let me down. Here are my pros. Communication to book was A1, I was able to get in contact with the appropriate person to make the reservation for a party of 7. The restaurant staff called me to confirm a few times, which was great; and they were super friendly as far as making any sort of adjustments that I had when it came to the reservations. However, I did have a few cons, where we were seated had a few flies flying around, and landing on us and our food. Nonetheless, the waitress that we had was nice, but her service was lacking. It was quite difficult at times for anyone from my party to get her attention, I understand she’s busy, but at times we thought she was ignoring us on purpose. We ordered some drinks which were 3 out of 10, and a few appetizers for starters. We ordered the shrimp mac and a plain mac. When both the mac and cheese came out, the cast iron was hot but the mac and cheese were cold. The block cheese that was use to put inside was still a block, and both dishes were absolutely disgusting. The shrimp Mac taste like old fish. The staff saw that we didn’t finish it, but no one came and asked us if we were okay, or how was the food. When we finally got to order our main dish, it was like chasing a dog, took forever to get the waitress attention. I ordered a salmon with the veggies, and I was excited since I was hungry. However when I got the salmon, I was very displeased. Upon cutting it, I notice it had an odd color. One of my parties said “is that purple” and it was. The inside of the salmon was purple. I couldn’t believe it. I order salmon medium-well, all of the time, and I know what it’s suppose to look like in the center. I just couldn’t imagine that, this is what the restaurant would serve. The other dishes that came out were fine, but per my party, the chicken was a bit chewy. I took my food to go, but end up tossing it. We finally got the check, and I noticed that a $55 gratuity was included, so I confirmed with the waitress that the gratuity was indeed included. She responding “yes but it’s only 18%” I was so dumb founded. Needless to say, I will not be returning