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Name of Restaurant: Sirros
Location of Restaurant: Merchant St., Ste. Genevieve, MO
Date of Visit: August 2, 2006

When first entering Sirros, I knew it was going to be another tight fit. The main room is not large at all, there were only about seven tables for groups of four or less. I am told they have another room for seating but it must have been reserved or something, because we never saw evidence of that. During the course of the meal, I was quite uncomfortable, feeling as if I was sitting out in the middle of the room (my chair was directed out this way).

We were not sitting very long at all when the waitress came for our drink order – this was very nice. She brought us the drinks but we weren’t yet ready to order. By her third trip, we were. My husband and I both ordered the Super Sirro Burger, only he got cole slaw instead of fries and half an order of onion rings. I settled for the french fries. For our toddler, we ordered a kid’s chicken strip meal with fries.

It seemed like we waited a long time for our food. Our son started to get very grumpy and kept trying to leave until another waitress brought him a coloring sheet and three crayons. This distracted him for all of five minutes.

When our food finally arrived, I was famished. But it was all very much worth the wait. Our burgers were not some processed-crap-soy-meat, they were real hamburger – and fresh, too. And the french fries were marvelous, even our son ate most of his. I tried his chicken, as well, it was also very fresh and not very processed. The breading on it was light, it almost seemed as if there wasn’t any – it was 97% chicken. And as for the onion rings? Apparently a half an order at Sirros equals about five orders at other places. There were so many onion rings – very delicious onion rings (says the person who does not like onion very much) – that my husband had to get a to-go box for them.

Overall, it was a good experience. My only complaint would be the lack of room and the general layout of the tables, but, again, I suppose they usually have more room than they do on the night we visited.

Final Rating: 5 Star(s)