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| - I'm not sure what to think of Garfield's after my 2nd visit. Btw I fell behind in reviews so my 1st visit was actually a few weeks ago, I didn't go twice this week.
It was a super early dinner so this time we really were the ONLY table seated. It was happy hour at the bar so we started with a couple martinis. Our server was nice but pretty awkward, she seemed new. We did the groupon again, and it started out kind of weird. Last time I wanted a bottle of reisling, but was told they didn't have an unopened bottle - we were able to get it as our included glass of wine. This time it was the opposite - I wanted a glass but was told that they only sell it by the bottle. If that's the case, why didn't they have a full bottle last time? She also didn't seem to know about wines at all, not reds anyway.
Ordered the New Orleans style barbecue gulf shrimp, which is supposed to be kind of like a spicy scampi with a ton of chopped garlic and spices. That's what I expected, but their version is headless peeled shrimp with a light citrusy sauce. It was good, but not even close to BBQ shrimp.
Rib eye was slightly overcooked - medium well, not medium but it was still seasoned well and huge. My friend got the days special of halibut over garlic spinach w supposedly a champagne sauce. Look at the picture - the sauce is a really strong orange sauce (taste and color) and they even garnished it with an orange. It was overpowering for something like halibut, and ironically would've been better with their fake bbq sauce from the shrimp.
Souffle was perfect again, but the rest was a pretty big disappointment. It was half off wine night so we also got a bottle for only $15 which is awesome. Total with tip was around $110. Not bad, but I also paid $57 for $114 groupon so in theory that was about a $224 meal. Was it worth that much? Definitely not.
I also took home half the bottle since we didn't finish it. She put it laid down in a bag and when I got home a few hrs later, I found that she didn't close the screw cap tightly so a lot of it spilled in the bag. Luckily they have good to go bags so it didn't leak thru in the car, but seriously? This visit was a huge fail in nearly every way and I really can't recommend it to anyone anymore.
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