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| - Went to Crop for dinner on Friday night for my birthday with my husband. We had reservations for 8:30, arrived about 10 minutes early , and were seated right away. Our waiter, whose name I think was DJ, was awesome. Friendly, attentive, knowledgeable, we could not have asked for better service.
Obviously, as everyone else has noted, the place is incredibly beautiful. Walking by and peeking in the windows was the sole reason we decided to eat here, and we weren't disappointed once we got inside. We spent several minutes in silence just looking around. The high ceilings do make it a little bit loud though. The look and the prices on the menu made us think it was a dressy kind of place, but that didn't seem to be the case. My husband had on a shirt and tie, and I wore a dress and heels, and we both felt a bit over-dressed compared to everyone else. I was also a little suprised to see the televisions in the bar area, which you can also see from most of the dining room as it's pretty open. I guess people at the bar appreciate it, but again, just not really the atmosphere we were expecting. I will second someone else's comment about being disappointed by the bathrooms. Not that there was anything particularly wrong with them, but they just didn't seem to match the grand scale of the restaurant.
The food was mostly great. We had deviled eggs and cherry bombs as appetizers. Both exceeded our expectations, and my husband said the cherry bombs were his favorite part of the meal. I was looking forward to trying the lobster and mango lettuce cups that I saw on the online menu, but they weren't available. He had the fried pork chop (with cheese grits, chorizo gravy, and braised swiss chard), which was my favorite thing from the meal. That chorizo gravy was outstanding. I had the grilled Tasmanian salmon (with crab risotto croquette, arugala, and mango chutney), which was not as good. The salmon was excellently cooked, but that's the best I can say for the dish. The crab cake was larger than I expected, but also cakier than I expected. The mango chutney was very sweet and overwhelmed everything else. I wouldn't say it was bad, but I also wouldn't order it again, even for half the price. For dessert we had the pretzel unlogic and the crop tarts. Both were very good.
Overall it was a good experience and I would be happy to go back.
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