Bungalow by Middle Brow

I’ll start with the good stuff. I love this place. I’ve been at least 4 times in the last few years when I have been in town. The food was really good. The sardines and bread were really yummy and the olives with the raisins were really a nice added sweetness. The pizza crust was really chewy and done very well. 2nd, I will say there was a little confusion on our part about a gluten free crust. We thought we called and did not, so when we asked about a gluten free crust the response from the server was not one of regret that they did not have one, it was a condescending response. Yes there’s flour everywhere, it’s sour dough so that’s good, but there’s gluten everywhere. Ok, our bad we messed up. Drinks, ordered 2 rose’ and a Zinfandel…It comes and it’s a white wine? What? No one has a white zin anymore? A Zin is a red wine. It’s not 1987! We drank it. They kinda offered to replace it but they didn’t make us feel like it wasn’t our fault? Weird. I drank it. Wasn’t great. So The response to the no gluten free crust was, there’s a big salad that you can have for dinner. Ok. Let’s share a salad between the 4 of us and the gluten free person will have their own salad. Great. Out comes 3- $18 salads and put on the table. Oh! We ordered 2 salads. The server responds…(after they are in the table) well, I can take one off the table and you will be charged for 2 salads or I can leave it and you will get charged for 3. What would you like me to do? (what? Ok just leave it.) They were huge. There’s no way to eat 3 of these huge salads. We did our best. Still got charged for 3 $18 salads. Should have told her to take it, again made us feel that it was our fault. Pizzas were good. My last issue, 21% automatic gratuity. You know what would have helped tonight? The server having to be nice and not condescending and working for a gratuity. I waited tables. If you don’t have to be a good server for a tip, there’s no reason to be a GOOD SERVER!!! Super disappointing evening. Vibe was way off tonight.

Restaurant idea: bread and butter, but you have to pay for it and it's actually a whole entire appetizer. Is it ridiculous? Probably. Is it delicious? No doubt about it. If you're a fan of gluten then you'll definitely love this place. Grab a loaf to go and indulge. Pizza is damn good too.