"Went there with 3 friends today to celebrate a birthday and watch a great band. None of us had ever been there before. First impression was great fun atmosphere, great vibe. We were greeted immediately and seated promptly; we chose outside seating which they have definitely paid attention to in our desert environment, with mist system and shade screens where necessary to make it comfortable. Service was pretty prompt. Drink and appetizer orders taken pretty quickly, and water brought to the table right away. The problem came with ordering the food. Time of ordering was not a problem. We were able to order soon after finishing our appetizers. Since none of us had ever been there, we had questions about the food, in particular two of us were considering the french onion soup. There is no description on the menu, it 's just listed in the soup/salad section as the only soup French onion $8 I asked specifically, is it thick and creamy, or more like you think of broth, like clear and not thick? The answer I got was, Oh, It 's a traditional french onion soup with the clearer broth. We don 't put the croutons in the soup though, we give you like a whole piece of our bread in there . Sounded good to me, as I prefer the broth being, well just broth and not creamy like chowder. We both ordered it. It came in a bowl with the bread on the side. Nothing in the soup other than onions and broth (nothing traditional in our opinion no cheese either). Well we tasted it. It was nothing other than sweet onions sliced and boiled to softness with some chopped chives included in the broth. Not a beef based broth like traditional french onion soup. It was so sweet the other person asked for some pepper and parmesan cheese to try to help it. It didn 't help. We didn 't send it back, or ask for something else, but we did voice our disappointment with"