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| - We dropped in for a Saturday evening appetizer and drinks. The hostess deserves a higher rating than I'm giving--despite being very busy, she was very accommodating and friendly.
A friend from work recommended we go here, touting a cheese plate that rivals L'Albatros in Cleveland. We had high expectations. We were let down, and next time we'll just go to Cleveland. Our waiter was highly unprofessional and absent-minded, obviously had forgotten our drink order at one point and made a show of running to the bar after we'd seen. We had to hand our menus off to another person because he couldn't be bothered to take them after we ordered. I asked for a wine recommendation, but the wine I received was nothing like what I had asked for--I stated robust and spicy, received mild, almost bland. Small details like these count when you are trying to tout yourself as a fine restaurant.
The cheese selection was incredibly lacking. I think we've been spoiled by L'Albatros where the specialty cheeses never disappoint. Here, we were given the choices of "Uh, a brie, goat cheese, cloth-wrapped cheddar, and Maytag blue." We ordered a couple as well as some meat choices, and a half order of lobster mac and cheese. It took over thirty minutes to get our appetizers. We approached the manager, who ended up removing them from our bill, but seemed disinterested in anything we had to say. The extras on the meat & cheese plate were nice adds, but we would've rather had better meats and cheeses.
The lobster mac and cheese lacked as well. We found a few chunks of lobster, which was good, but the overall flavor wasn't great.
Probably won't go back. One can attribute their slips to it being a busy Saturday, or to lack of professionalism and inability to meet the expectations their image is attempting to exude.
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