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| - First repeat date night restaurant for the husband and I. Had a coupon, which is why we went. Had great views of the lake, which was nice. Service started off slow and I began to think it was not going to be a good night. Waiter finally brought us waters and took our drink order (got a Whiskey Old Fashioned and Moscow Mule throughout the night. Nothing special, but they made them well enough). When he brought our drinks, he dropped them off without taking our food order and did not come back for nearly 10 minutes. Finally, we were able to order though.
Started with the crab cakes--tasty but seems really pricey ($12) for the size of the cakes. For the entrees, I got the beer battered tilapia tacos and husband got the dragonfire salmon. The ciabatta bread for the table came with 3 seasonal butter flavors--merlot and shallot, basil honey, and citrus. Hands down, favorite was the basil honey. Sweet and savory. The tacos were okay; the guacamole that came on the side and the chipotle mayo was the saving grace, adding flavor to an otherwise pretty bland taco. The only other toppings was plain lettuce and tomatoes, no spices, no slaw.
The dragonfire salmon was good, had a nice kick to it and the garlic mashed potatoes and beans on the side were fantastic.
Dessert menu is a little blah--seems like they are desserts that come to the restaurant pre-made and frozen and they just defrost and serve.
Madison needs more water-front restaurants so this isn't one of my only options.
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