First Time's A Harm: Brunch at Rumours in Little 5 Points

Hi there world wide web... I'm busy surfin' and just let me tell you the waves are fine, so just jump on in! There's a group of friends that are testing out brunches across Nashville, and this is our first blog. We dined in East Nashville at Rumours East, most commonly known as a wine bar. The atmosphere is nothing short of delightful--a historic home convienently located near 5 Points. The outside area, which our party of 8 inhabited, was absolutely dreamy. As mentioned, we did have a rather large party, but we called in advance so we would be easier to accommodate. We are a laid-back, easy-to-please bunch consisting of fashion designers, philanthropists, hair designers, real estate agents, servers, and secretaries. The brunch menu was interesting, including both food and drink. Our table particularly enjoyed the blueberry pomegranate mimosas ($9). The food menu consisted of several quiches, omelettes, and paninis, with some other items such as a breakfast pizza. I chose the spinach, ham, and bacon quiche ($10) and a Orangina ($2.50). As a snack for the table, we ordered the white bean hummus and red pepper hummus, served with bread and crackers. I did not try the bread, but the crackers were assorted and delicious. I would reccomend ordering extra bread and crackers along with the generous portion because our server had to make several trips to get up more crackers for the hummus. They were both average, however I feel the red pepper hummus reigned over the white bean. Onto the main course... My omelette was "pretty good." Big on texture, I was not a huge fan of how the ham was diced... it almost reminded me of the little cubes of ham you buy pre-cut for your salad. Our server was sweet, BUT the restaurant has to come up with way of tallying up a tab for larger parties. We recieved an itemized check and we each had to go through and give our cash/cards, along with calculating tax and gratituity. By the time we'd each figured out how much we owed on the check, our collected balance was about $5+ OVER the amount she gave us. We are generous tippers so I feel okay saying this: we all did not need to give an extra $6 on top of the 20% tip. Due to the complexity of seperating the checks, it was more trouble than worth to explain this discrepancy. So, as our (still) chipper party was leaving, the server ran out to us and exclaimed (in front of other customers) "Y'all didn't give me enough money!!" After 10 minutes of explaining, she finally realized her mistake without an apology or thank you. SO. In BRIEF, considering price and mediocrity of the food, I do not think our "math exercise" and humilation was worth the trip. Although I'd rate the company and atmosphere a 10, I still don't think being accused of "not paying enough money" would be worth brunching here again. Maybe wine in the backyard next time...