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| - Decided to visit this restaurant last Friday night, the location is nice and central for those of us living in suburbia. Had no problem getting a nice table by the window and we arrived at about 6pm. That being said, by the time we left, there was a huge lineup and the place was packed. To say that the decor is like a "glorified sports bar" is really not doing it justice. Yes, there are televisions in there but to be honest, I didn't really notice until I thought back on the experience. Very open and warm space.
The staff was great! Yes they are all young and dressed in the typical black outfits, although some of the waitresses had on purple sweaters . . . anyways, not important. The guy who took us to our seats was very nice and recommended the fish tacos to us, and actually came by later to see what we ordered and if we liked the tacos, a nice and charming touch I think. Our waitress was very nice and also recommended the fish tacos and a great wine.
I, of course, got the fish tacos and my husband ordered the lobster ravioli, which he absolutely loved but I felt needed a bit more sauce and was a little fishy, but maybe fish taco+lobster+crab dip=everything tastes fishy. That being said he raved about his dish. I liked my fish tacos very much, the texture, which isn't something I usually note, was great and the combo of the cheese and salty fish was tasty but the red sauce was a bit spicy for me and I'm not sure why because I can usually take some spice. There were 3 tacos in the entree, which didn't seem like very much but to my surprise I could only finish 1 & 1/2. We ordered crab dip and yam frites for a starter, the yam frites were typical, crispy and good, which are served with a lemon curd mayo dip, also good. The crab cheese dip was ok, I felt the texture was strange, watery but the odd chunks of cheese or crab. Did not make for graceful eating to say the least!
Next time I am going to try the Maple Salmon with their signature crispy mashed potatoes.
I also appreciated seeing a nice selection of local wines.
All in all I am giving it a 4 with a wish I could give it 4.5 because walking out of there I really felt like it was a good experience and there are a lot of duds out there so anyone who does pretty much everything right gets high points in my book.
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