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| - This place is not what it used to be. Came here on a Sunday for an anniversary dinner on Memorial Day weekend and was highly disappointed.
We booked our reservations through OpenTable, mentioned that we were celebrating our anniversary and requested patio seating. When we arrived, the hostess and possibly the manager dressed in a suit and tie did not even greet us Happy Anniversary. The manager showed us to our table, and our chairs were both filled with yellow flowers from a nearby Palo Verde tree. We wiped off our chairs. You would think that given the caliber of restaurant BLT is, the mgr would have had someone wipe off the chairs for us. Not a good start. In fact, when he sat another couple next to us we overheard another gentlemen guest say, "this is ridiculous."
As for the food, it was MEH. Underwhelming. We started by sharing the tomato & burrata (caprese) salad. I've had better burrata (@ Rusconi's). Hubby had the rack of lamb and I had the Dover Sole. Given the $60 price, I was expecting the Dover sole to knock my socks off, but that was not the case. Not worth the price. Should be priced around $32. Dessert was the only thing delicious: Peanut Butter mousse with Banana ice cream. They actually wrote in chocolate, Happy Anniversary!
In fact, The only person who greeted us happy anniversary was the girl who refilled our water; she read the dessert plate! No acknowledgement from the manager, hostess, not even our waitress wished us a Happy anniversary...but only the smiling girl who we filled our water!
Another surprise was that they charged us for dessert. Granted it's a nice surprise when they comp it... We were at Eddie V's the night before and they compd our dessert. Earlier in the day we were at iPic Movie theater and the waiter even insisted on buying us dessert! BLT? Nope. Not even for a special occasion. It would've been a nice touch, but the way our dinner experience was going, I wasn't surprised.
One more note to add: our busboy was a little "rough around the edges." Again, given the top-notch service that BLT is known for, he needed some more training in fine dining service. He was a little annoying/rude (plunking down new silverware versus setting it down gently); didn't make our experience an enjoyable, romantic evening.
BLT is a nationally acclaimed restaurant known for its impeccable food and service. Unfortunately it was a miss on both counts tonight. We've celebrated special events here several times and tonight was not up to par. The view was the only thing special about this evening. Tonight was disappointing actually. Don't think we'll return here anytime soon.
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