I was really looking forward to our first visit back to South since COVID hit. We were seated promptly. The restaurant is light and airy, and very clean. There was not enough water in the carafe on the table to fill our four glasses, so...we requested more when our drink orders were taken. We placed our food order when the drinks arrived: one soup, one appetizer to share, one dinner entree, two sandwich entrees, and one dinner salad. The wait seemed to be getting pretty long for our hummus platter and soup starters, when the waiter arrived with the soup, and our four entrees. I commented, "I guess you can cancel the appetizer now, since we already have our dinners." The waiter seemed confused, and said, "It will be ready in a few minutes." He seemed annoyed when I said that we no longer wanted the appetizer, now that our entrees were there. There was no mention of the soup being brought with the entree, instead of as a starter. Our drinks were also empty when or meals were brought, but we had to flag the waiter down again to get refills (he apparently didn't notice the empty glasses when he set our plates on the table). No refills of our drinks (one beer, three iced teas) were ever offered during our meal.
The Salmon Simply entree and Butter Burger plate were satisfactory. The South Chop salad was missing both the avocado and the cherry tomatoes listed on the menu. The Turkey Reuben was tasty, but the bread pieces were so small compared to the filling that it was impossible to pick up and eat. (It was eaten with a knife and fork). It was also very odd to find a whole sugar snap pea in a Reuben sandwich.
All in all, the food was tasty, although it had some issues. The service was not at all the level that I expect from South. Normally, I would reflect this in the tip, but this is a bit uncomfortable to do, when the server is standing next to you, holding the electronic tablet, and watching, while you enter the tip amount.More