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| - We are not negative people and we really enjoy dining. I have to admit I don't understand what everybody is raving about!!!
Let's start with the outside dining, so raved about. Sitting outside, wow, not charming, no misters, 90° at night. But we came for the food and the rave reviews, right? And as the server pointed out as we sat down, this restaurant was one the Top 25 new restaurants in America from Esquire magazine! But wait, that was when they opened more than five years ago apparently as I later discovered (and I never before heard that Esquire Magazine is the standard for fine dining . . .
Fast forward to the MEAL The server kept pushing and pushing us to order. He said he wanted to keep the kitchen going and not delay our meal. It was 6 PM, restaurant not busy yet but anyway.
And be prepared, the menu is NOT what you see online. they have four or five "small plates", and then two pasta dishes, and then for the main course they have five or so items. The menu changes the server told us every day. OK, nice concept. But the menu that we were presented was woefully short of choices and interest for all four of us except for one fish entrée.
The reviews you will read and on their website rave about the octopus "small plate". Well, I consider myself an expert in seafood having eaten it all my life and living in places where fresh seafood is steps away. Honestly it was one of the most boring, bland presentations of octopus that I have ever had. And I'm being nice. It was so mediocre that I struggle to understand the other opinions of how special it is.
My partner had the hockey tuna, small plate. Emphasis on SMALL PLATE at $17. Fresh Augie, incredibly small quantity.
So then I finally understood what they are trying to get you to do. They want everyone to order a small plate which is a fancy word for appetizer, but the appetizers are $17-$20 alone. Then they want you to split a pasta dish of which there were only two. Let me now get to the pasta. Of the two specials we chose the highly recommended by our waiter pasta, egg, and tomato dish. UGH .... again I'm sorry to have to say this but it was awful, had a very strange flavor, was not appealing or appetizing. We tried to share it but took about two bites each and said that was enough. $25 or so was the charge.
The two of us decided not to continue ordering any more food from the menu because we were so disappointed. Our couple partners who joined us decided to split the swordfish which was a special of the day. This was the only bright spot in the entire evening and meal. It was very very good. We had a taste.
And then back to our server. You'll notice that some of the reviews say that the waitstaff pushed and pushed people. Well our waiter did the same. He constantly pushed us and it made for a very rushed feeling uncomfortable dining experience. Clearly they wanted to turn the table.
Summary -summary overpriced, not charming at all, not comfortable outside seating, and except for one item on the menu, everything else a huge disappointment. I'm very forgiving but I would never go back and I recommend you pass on this one. It may have been good when it opened five or six years ago but no more. Sorry, I wanted to be impressed but wasn't ...
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