Elite Event @ Crave

Now, I am basing this review on the Unilocal event that I went to here which i’m sure makes it a little different. THe Unilocal event was awesome ofcourse but the service here was not too great. It was obvious that they were treating us different and not doing things as quickly as they would have been if we had been regular customers.
The food was pretty good. We got to try the chicken skewers, yum, and some hummus. Their pita bread is very tasty, i don’t like hummus but i ate some of the bread and it was really spicy. Overall I will definitely come here again and give it another shot.

I am re-​reviewing Crave from an experience post an elite Unilocal event. Though I had fun, my only wish was that the food up to sample was some of the great seasonal goodness I had heard so much about. Post my review, Crave kindly sent me some dollars to use upon my next visit. I took my gal pal and we sampled an array of dishes from sushi to desert. We were both impressed by not only the food but the waitress we had who highlighted some dishes that were favorable. I’m a fan.

Better late than never… this review is long over due.
Even a «sub-​par» Unilocal Elite event is great, and that’s because Colleen knows how to throw a party — the venue, the people, the games, atmosphere… all cool as a frosted champagne flute! The ugly sweater contest was a riot, and I just KNEW that Frank won it hands down! Two sore points: cannot fathom why the waiter with food would bypass our table (even when we waved at him) to get to the NEXT table?!?, or why they’d run out of red wine at a 6 – 8 pm event before 7 bells?
OK maybe I’m just bummed I didn’t win the ugly sweater contest. Bad strategy: I should never have worn the alpaca sweater: those animals are just too darn cute to be ugly!

Crave was my very first Unilocal review seven months ago. I gave them a generous five stars. But I did say that if they ever removed that wonderful chilled Cucumber and Yogurt Soup from the menu, I would «guycott» them. Well, they did just that — removed it from the menu.
Sorry, Crave, unless you reinstate it, you’ve lost a good and loyal customer.

Another fantastical Unilocal Elite event from Colleen. Kudos Colleen, kudos.
I enjoyed the theme. Every one had really great sweaters, and the fun guessing games were a treat as well. Too bad I didn’t win anything. ha.
My only disappointment was the food that Crave supplied for the event. I have eaten at Crave many times and I know it’s good, so I was sad to see that they selected four mediocre dishes. Plus, only two of them were veg-​friendly. We actually decided to order off the happy hour menu so we could have more options, and of course the things we ordered were great. Between us, we ordered the spicy salmon roll, margarita pizza, and mini burger with fries. Toward the end of the meal, I found out about a mashed potato trio! WHAT? I can’t believe I didn’t know about this sooner. I will definitely be back for a nom.

This was my first Unilocal Elite event and I wasn’t sure to expect, but I had a great time. The sushi we sampled was wonderful, as were the pita chips and homemade (!!!) hummus. When we alerted the staff that we were vegetarians, they made an extra effort to ensure we got more of that food brought to us than the meat-​eaters likely got. The sweet tea vodka drinks – of which I’ve been known to consume on a more-​than-​regular basis – were great and refilled promptly.
Like I said in my review of the restaurant, everything from the atmosphere to the staff was top-​notch. Can’t wait for the next event!

I was so looking forward to the Unilocal Elite Event at Crave. I had heard great things about Crave and was excited to go and see what they had to offer. I ASSumed because it was between the hours of 6 – 8 there would be a fair amount of food aka dinner. This assumption wasn’t totally unfounded I’ve been to other Elite events and during a non meal time and there was a TON of food. I purposely came hungry so I could sample all the yummy food.
The service was AWFUL. The waiters didn’t seem to be too happy that they had to work the event. They passed out my table a couple of times. When I finally did get some food one was cold chicken with peanut sauce that was kinda tasty. Another was a REALLY awesome quesadilla. Probably one of the best quesadillas I’ve had (and I LOVE quesadillas). I just don’t get why you would invite a bunch of people into your restaurant (people who write reviews) and just serve 2 things, especially so slow. In 1 hour and 15 minutes I got 2 pieces of quesadilla and 1 chicken skewer… to me that’s VERY unacceptable.
Overall, I was pretty disappointed with Crave. Maybe I’ll go back there again but it’s not high on my list anymore after the lack of service and lack of food.

First off, I’d like to say that I don’t think Crave truly represented themselves and kinda feel bad. You almost want to say that for a bunch of restaurant critics, you’d kinda want to go all out with serving very good food, just wasn’t there. Usually the bar food is truly pretty good and the hour hour specials are definitely really good. In this case, the chicken was cold, the sushi pieces were extra cold like they had been made earlier and were sitting in the fridge, and the hummus was super garlicky. I will say the quesadillas were tasty though. During normal service, the food is quite good. I was honestly surprised. The drinks were actually great until they started running out. I enjoyed the red wine and then came the liquor. Oh man! The evil Sweet Tea Vodka drinks and Mojito vodkas (thanks FRANK!). I do have to thank Aliya for completing the trifecta by going to World of Beer after wards. Wine, liquor and beer with a very small dinner is my death punch. I pretty much died the next day. Glad I didn’t have to work!
Colleen, again, another super congrats to an excellent event. Everything was prepped well, the games and stuff were very cool. Nice goodies for everyone. I truly think everyone definitely enjoyed themselves. Was tons of fun.

This place has a nice atmosphere. But not the best food or drinks.

Fun event! There was a great turnout and, everyone wore their ugly Christmas sweaters.
The staff at the restaurant was very friendly and accommodating. They let me customize my drink order even though the free drinks were set. We also ordered dinner. I told them that I could not have butter and, they changed the meal to accommodate my needs. My dinner (roasted chicken) was delicious.
I had a wonderful time and look forward to future Unilocal events!

This was my first Unilocal Elite Event and after looking at the pics of the last ones I was definitely looking forward to it. The Pinot Noir was okay, and the Firefly Vodka cocktail was really the drink to have that night. I was seated in one spot most of the night and was only brought as the waiter said «Chicken on a Stick» and the Quesadilla (Which was great). Kinda dissapointed I only got to sample two things, but oh well. The real fun and point of the event was the mix n mingle aspect and that we did! Made some new friends, cracked jokes, saw some ugly sweaters and had a great time :). I even got to see the infamous Colleen! lol. Good times. Let the Unilocaling continue.

A fun night spent with old and new friends! Was wonderful to see everyone in their finest (or in Frank L’s case, most interesting) festive gear.
Great prizes were awarded and I even got a freebie chapstick (yay!)
Can’t wait for the next event… and hope to meet even more of you Elite Unilocalers!

Five stars, as always, to Colleen and the Unilocal crew for the event. Ten stars to Frank for that sweater! I was trying to describe it to my coworkers today and the hair was next to impossible to get across without lol’ing!
As for Crave, this was my second time there, but my first time to enjoy food. I’m with Lauren in that, well,… we’re spoiled! I wish we had more of their menu to taste! But when push came to shove, Lobster Mashed Potatoes FTW!
The service for this event gets 5 stars ALL around. We had Brad as our waiter most of the time, and a younger chick who didn’t mind that we ordered 2 Firefly drinks per person, at a time (we were totally trying to save her trips, I swear)! They ROCKED it, treated us like gold, and go a long way in convincing a local to drive out to that part of town for exceptional service.
To review the Unilocal Elite event, I have to say that as usual, I am blown away by how cool everyone is and how awesome the events are. The candy count guessing game? I haven’t done that since grade school! Love it! Santa serving hummus? Freakin’ hysterical! Frank being generous enough to share his winnings? Totally unexpected and generous!
To all you Unilocalers, (Colleen espesh) thanks for being so freakin’ cool and down to Earth. You’re the kind of peeps I can sit down next to and strike up a fun convo; you share your beverage tickets that you don’t plan on using; you campaign for your sweater to win the contest and tell us its history; and you’ve got great holiday spirit.
It’s been a blast hanging with you all for these Elite events this year, and I have my fingers crossed for many more!

Gosh I hate to be Debbie Downer here but I was kind of disappointed in the food that was served to us from Crave.
Well, let me be specific — the food that was served to us specifically for the Unilocal Elite event. Only 4 things!!! Maybe I’m so bitter because of past Elite events, Tu Tu Tango especially. And the 4 things weren’t even that great. Out of the veggie rolls, hummus, steak quesadillas, and chicken satay, the hummus was my favorite, but I can make hummus at home. I can make all of this at home! Why on earth would Crave serve Unilocalers meh food? Don’t you know we’re going to go online and review you as soon as we get home?!
In their defense, we were so hungry and yearning for something delectable, that we ordered some food off the regular menu and omg was this fabulous! We got the Chicken and Wild Rice Soup, The Mashed Potato Trio, and the Truffle Fries. Really? Hollandaise with the Truffle Fries? Who’s genius idea was this? They need to be commended. The Lobster mashed potatoes was heavenly. That bowl was gone 1^st, then the Sweet Potato, then the Horseradish Mashed Taters. The soup was excellent.
And Colleen and Unilocal,you most def get 5 stars for throwing yet another awesome event. Thanks to Lilly W and Penny C for their drink tickets. Frank L, your sweater was awesome, the mojitos, not so much. Damn Swedes.

This being my first Elite event, I had a great time! Niki and I were both very impressed and didn’t stop laughing all night. From her campaigning for ugliest sweater to her threatening to give it to the waiter as his tip! The bonus was that she shared her runner up loot with me. :)
It was nice to meet so many Unilocalers. Thank you for a great event!

First of all, I am hungover thanks to those vodka-​sweet tea concoctions that were being slung around. Pretty awesome that we got four drink tickets, and NOT awesome that I used all of them to drink liquor. Thanks, Frank L for sharing your mojito mix — that was some strong, bitchslap type of alcohol. My head hates you right now ;)
I’d never been to Crave, and I quite liked it. The food was scarce, yes, but it was decent. This was my first Elite event, so I didn’t quite know what to expect. From the comments on here and from last night, I suppose the Café Tu Tu Tango event was much better… food and drink-​wise.
But whatever, we had a blast. It was a fun group of people, and I made some new friends that came to World of Beer afterwards (Hi, Bryan A & Erin A!). Everyone seemed to be having a good time. I do feel sorry for whomever had to sweep up the glitter and snowflake parts that kept dismantling themselves from my ridiculous sweater.
Overall, a fun event. And thanks to Colleen B for being an awesome host.
P. S. — Frank L, that sweater was BANANAS!
P.P.S — Amy S, your «slip» was more graceful than any I have ever taken!

As per usual at Unilocal Elite Events, I had an absolute blast! Loved seeing everyone in their awesome and ugly sweaters! So good to see all of you again and even made a couple of new really great friends!
Thanks to those who helped me outside with my little «graceful slip» (yes, that’s what I’m still calling it LOL) — at least I learned I can’t walk, talk, and drink at the same time! Haha!
Another great Event, Colleen — thanks so much and also a huge thanks to all those who helped you out! Still lovin’ the boots you were rockin’ so well last night!
Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We’re totally going to keep rockin’ it Unilocal Style in 2011!

I gotta say this was a lot of fun… It was not my first Unilocal Elite event, but definitely my first Ugly Sweater party! With that said, I wasn’t really sure on what to do for an Ugly Sweater, but Google, some battery powered lights, garland from Walgreens and old sweater… and presto… My first Ugly sweater was born!
This was my first time to Crave, and I really liked the décor, and the staff was quite nice, just wasn’t really a fan of them running out of Wine… The good news was they had plenty of the sweet tea drinks left. yummy…When those were gone, we broke out my winnings… Mojitos for everyone! I really liked the bits of appetizers that came out (hummus, chicken stick and sushi), but did not have a chance to order off of the Happy Hour menu, due to the time we were there.
All in all this was a really fun event and helped me get into the holiday spirit. I made lots of new great friends (Aliya J — don’t believe what she says about the hangover, Bryan A and Erin A), and got to see some old Unilocalers, Paul and DS!
Thanks again Colleen! Happy Holidays… I still have some M&M’s left ;)

So i was just out here for the Unilocal Christmas Event! First time I have ever being out here and it will always be something I will always remember. The Crave is definitely going to be a 5– Star in my books. The Interior and Exterior of the restaurant has a very fancy look. I ended up on ordering a few items off the menu that was very delicious and absolutely affordable. Avocado Roll, Cucumber Roll, Salmon Skin Roll, and some Artesian Bread that totaled @ about $ 14. My Waitress Lindsey was very attentive and her service was Amazing. I really enjoyed my night here at this Beautiful Restaurant. Thanks Crave for Everything & Thanks Unilocal on the free drinks & appetizers you had available. Definitely will be coming back soon :)

Went here after a trip to Disney.
Ordered the Salmon, It was cooked perfect and all the sides were great. Service was very good and the kids enjoyed the burgers and Pizza that they ordered. All an all very good at this price point. Food is well prepared, and well thought out. I will be going again.