A group of six of us went to lunch at Skewers on Monday. It was around noon and we occupied the only table. The menu is pretty large with different kinds of skewers pulling in flavors from around the world. They also have some typical Mediterranean food like gyros and hummus as well as a large variety of alcohol.
We all ordered our food and waited. A couple of people came in for takeout orders but nobody else came to sit at one of the tables. The waitress bragged that they had already made $1000 that morning with a big order.
Remember, we were the only occupied table in the restaurant. Sure there were six of us, but as we watched people sitting at outside tables at nearby restaurants receive their food and continued to starve, we started to get angry. After about twenty minutes I went to use the restroom which is right next to the kitchen and didn't see any meat on the grill. It took 45 minutes for our food to come.
After the food finally arrived, some people found their food to be cold. One girl asked for some kind of dessert or something free to make up for the long time it took for our food to come out. Again, the waitress bragged about the to go orders and said "1 cook 1 waitress." It was no excuse and she brought us some pita and hummus but it was too late. We were already turned off of the restaurant.
As for taste, my particular meal was fine--although not as flavorful as I would have liked. The hummus and tahini sauce had a smoky flavor that to some, was reminiscent of a certain illicit drug. One person had the French burger which looked like a thin piece of kabob steak on a bun with no flavor. The salad looked fine but was nothing special and the gyros were cold.
Don't go to Skewers. There are plenty of other restaurants on Santa Monica Blvd that would be more worth your while.
Skewers
8939 Santa Monica Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90069
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