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| - First off, the service and atmosphere were great, but we go out to eat for the food, so I am going to explain my measly three stars by telling you about the items that we ordered and what was wrong and right with each of them. This is one of most expensive meals I have ever eaten, so if I am going to spend nearly $300 on dinner (w/o wine or other drinks) then it better blow me away. It fell woefully short of that.
1. Bread selection-2 out the 5 we were offered were tasty. The rest were bland. The cheese pastry puffs were great, but then they were ruined in a way by being too spicy for bread.
2. Drinks-I don't drink alcohol but the Arnold Palmer I ordered was way too sour. The second try was better, but was too sweet. I had to ask for more lemon and water it down to be enjoyable.
3. Salads/appetizers-I ordered the seafood salad with lobster, crab, and shrimp. The top portion was tasty (I don't know how you could go wrong with the Holy Trinity of shellfish), but on the bottom there was this weird pudding/custard type of stuff that was way too sweet and took up most of the volume of the dish. For a $31 appetizer/ salad I felt that I deserved more than a little bit of seafood on top of a white mystery substance. My wife ordered the pink lady salad. It was good but dressed too lightly. All I could really taste were the TART pink lady apples. If I was to serve this salad I would have gone heavy on the almonds and cheese to balance out all of the tartness of the apples.
4. Main dishes-My wife ordered the Dover sole. She can't tolerate garlic. There was quite a debate about the garlic (or lack thereof) in the sauce that goes over the fish between the wait staff and the kitchen. Finally it was revealed that the sauce hasn't had garlic in it for a few months, so she got the sauce. Her fish was deboned tableside, which was a nice touch, but meant that she had to eat her main before everyone else's meals came out so the fish wouldn't be cold. I had a bite and it was really tasty, but her complaint was that after eating her main, she was still a bit hungry as it was small.
I ordered the Nebraska Rib Eye with a red wine reduction sauce. I would prefer my steak a bit warmer (I ordered medium) and with less spice rub. Also, the red wine reduction was just sweet-no saltiness or richness of a pan sauce like I make at home. The mustards were great to have at the table, but why would these be necessary? Mustard is usually used to cover up the taste of old meat! Having salt along with the mustards was smart and I used it. My steak sauce was lacking salt, so once I added the salt it was tasty. Definitly the most expensive steak I have ever ordered, but the not the best I have ever eaten, so yeah-a let down. Also, the other two ribeyes at the table had LOTS of grisle and fat. Mine was more lean and the fat rendered out more thoroughly.
5. Sides- We ordered quite a few. Creamed spinach, my favorite side at a steakhouse was the most disappointing. The egg added to the spinach tableside ruined it for me. It tasted like a spinach and egg breakfast burrito. Not good at all. Whipped potatoes were very bland (lacking salt or butter). No one at the table liked them. Brussel sprouts were very good, but had so much sweetness they were like candied vegetables. The best side dish by far were the roasted sweet potatoes with curry spice. Very good, we ordered another one. The other side dishes were unmemorable.
6. Dessert-I would skip dessert and go somewhere else if I dined with them again. My wife's berry tart was tasty, but she couldn't finish it. Way too tart and sweet. My banana cream pie was just OK. The bananas tasted a little under ripe and they were cold. The crust was not good. Nothing special here folks. Again, for the prices, you would expect to be at least pleasantly surprised, but no.
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