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| - OK, went here because a gal I work with says it is her favorite place in Scottsdale and I got a Groupon sooo...
I actually loved the atmosphere, as other posters state it is underground and dated. Which, being from the Midwest, reminded me of the "supper Clubs" we used to go to with my parents (Midwesterners, you know what I'm talking about). Dark-ish, cozy, unusual seating patterns.
For those complaining about the price, they must still be thinnking in Midwestern terms because $39 for a lobster in Scottsdale is not overpriced (anywhere else yes, but Scottsdale seems to jack up the price on everything).
OK, onto the food, we started with cocktails in the bar which were just meh... average. We got in late but the place was still hopping even on a Thursday night. Skipped the apps and went straight for the entrees. Again reminded of a supper club in that you didn't have to order everything ala carte. All entrees came with salad, vegetable and starch - nice! I ordered the Halibut cheeks with lemon caper sauce and Hubs ordered the Shrimp Scampi with extra garlic. I could smell his dish being cooked before it was brought to the table, but he claims he couldn't taste the garlic (he is kind of a garlic freak, so a normal person would have said it was loaded). Cooked nicely with lots of shrimp but nothing special. The shrimp toast that came with it however was awesome! I would have ordered this as an entree. My halibut cheeks were good if a little on the tough side, not so bad but just a little. They were breaded and pan fried and served with Lemon and capers which was yummy. Here's the kicker, they gave my like 10 cheeks! That's alot of Halibut cheeks, normally you'd get like 3-4. So I took a bunch home and made luxurious fish tacos with the leftovers.
So overall a nice experience, good seafood especially for Scottsdale where it is actually hard to find really good food in general, especially hard to find good seafood. It's no San Francisco or Seattle or Boston, but I would go back and try again.
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