04/08/09

the people commenting below are idiots.

by greatman123

I took my girlfriend to ixia on vday also.... The people below me are idiots. Yeah the service took a while, but if you're taking a date/wife/girlfriend/ whatever .... you should not be whining about your food taking 25 minutes to come out. If you can't spend 25 minutes having a good time with whom ever you are with, then stop seeing them. The food was the most amazing food i have had in maryland.. the drinks were even better! the drink "queen bee" was amazing... i had 3 different ones and then went back to it and my girlfriend continued to crush the queen bee the entire night after her first one which was something else. the scallops were or.gas.m!c.... everything was! i can't believe people are complaining about the time it takes for food to come out. if you want fast food, go through a drive through you red neck.

• Pros: queen bee is best drink i've ever had!
• Cons: service is a little slow

02/18/09

What happened to Ixia??

by MVCactus

I'd been to Ixia before, so I suggested it to my boyfriend when deciding where to go for Valentine's Day. When we arrived, things went smoothly as they took our coats and we were seated immediately. It quickly went downhill from there. Not only did our waitress not appear within 15 minutes of us being seated, it took almost another 20 minutes to get our drinks (okay, so about 15 minutes to get mine, 25 minutes to get his). Although our waitress completely fell off the face of the earth after taking our order, we did receive our starters in a reasonable amount of time. Around an hour and a half after being seated, our drinks were empty, we were starving and had not seen nor heard from anyone regarding our entrees. By the time we got our entrees 2 HOURS after being seated, they were cold and the "entrees" were about half the size they should have been (a $30 hanger steak was smaller than a deck of cards and accompanied by 5 fries). Ixia may have been forgiven for the remarkably TERRIBLE service, due to the Valentine's Day rush, but absolutely not for the size and quality of the food for the price we paid. I'll never return to Ixia and neither will my first-time boyfriend. He's still complaining about having to go to Wendys after our 2.5 hour, $200 meal.

• Pros: Beautiful ambience, live music
• Cons: Service, cold food, size of entrees

02/14/09

How to turn a romantic dinner into a nightmare

by JCM24

I agree with the other one-star ratings. We went to IXIA for a romantic Valentine's Day dinner. We had reservations, and we were seated early. So far so good. The waitress first attended to the couple at the next table, who were seated after us. When the waitress came, I asked if they had sherry. She said they did. When she brought my wife's drink, she told me they did not have sherry. How can an upscale bar not have sherry? She then proceeded to get my wife's order wrong by not bringing onions on the salad. After the appetizers, we noticed people at other tables who were seated after us getting their entrees. After we had been there for 2 hours and did not get our entrees, we asked for the bill and left. I have eaten at many great restaurants all over, and I have never been treated this way. I'll never go there again!!