Worth EVERY penny! This is my favorite super-fancy place to eat in Charlotte. Inside the Charlotte Plaza Building (some call it Darth Vader building!) located on the 27th floor. They offer services I will never be rich enough to partake in - like keeping a wine locker for you stocked!
The boyfriend took me here for Valentines Day and I had only previously been for lunch or drinks - which were fantastic. The view is stunning. I remember the lunch portions being HUGE and delicious.
For dinner tho we started with the Oysters Bentley. At $14 bucks they were worth it I have to say. Fresh ingredients made this boring dish extraordinary. What is the difference between this dish and Stuffies? It is the same thing except Oysters Bentley sounds so much sexier. Same idea - oysters removed from the shell and mixed with spinach and stuffing and put back in the shell for presentation. Excellent. I was really full at this point but we carried on to dinner.
The tableside Chateaubriand Bouquetiere is a huge steak seared at your table. Yay fire! So fun. Served with veggies and Potato Dauphinoise (Picture a neat bundle of scalloped potatoes). We obviously could not even get close to finishing our meal because it was so much food. Probably 4 people could eat this. It was never ending.
The only thing I think was not worth it was the Grown Up Macaroni. Touted as lobster and truffles and three cheeses it sounds like it will be the best part of the meal. If they changed the noodle and added more sauce it may have been a little bit better. The lobster was fine, the truffle sauce was delish. Just the whole thing together was a bit boring - especially if you have ever had the Lobster Mac and Cheese at Capital Grill. Not even close.
Stunning experience - wine, service, food. I need to increase the max purchase amount on my credit card to eat here again. Let's just say it is a once-a-year splurge and the rest of the year just give me a beer and let me look out the window.