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| - I'm SUPER disappointed with my visit from the evening of Friday, August 7, 2015. What USED to be my favorite restaurant has gone down-hill in food quality to the point where I don't ever want to go back. For 8 years, whenever someone asks me what my favorite restaurant was, it was always Lure Bistro! Looking forward to going back for dinner on Friday night I was excited to tell my friend how much he would enjoy it. However, for everything we ordered, all we could talk about was how disappointed we were at the lack of flavor and culinary execution. The calamari had WAY too much oil! The breading literally dripped off of the overcooked meat because it was SATURATED in oil. As mentioned, the meat was overcooked, reminding us of chewing on hard rubber bands. On top of that the flavor left a LOT to be desired. There was a slight hint of...peppers and bacon? Hard to tell because it was barely a hint and we ended up having to salt the pieces to attempt to get them down. It was, literally, the WORST calamari I've EVER had. For the record, we order calamari at every restaurant we eat that offers it, and this is by far the worst we've ever had. The spicy tuna roll was TINY, at best, and not nearly displaying the fullness of the pieces I've ordered previously at Lure Bistro (that's my go-to and I order it every time regardless of what else I get there) .The pieces were not only tiny, but inconsistent and sloppily prepared, and lacked...love? The oysters tasted like they were fresh water...completely void of flavor. Even by drenching them in lemon juice, horse radish, and the super bland cocktail sauce did not help. By the way, was that cocktail sauce even 'spiced-up' what-so-ever? It tasted like it came straight from the store and I guarantee you the label probably said "plain & unflavored". The ribs were good, but too dry, but at least the meat fell off the bone and was cooked well. The fries were globs of greasy potato that could not even be improved adding a full layer of visible salt on each.
The last thing that annoyed me was getting the "hold-on-a-second" finger from the bartender when we called over to him for something. A polite "one moment" would have been better...not the finger you give someone who is your employee or child. It's rude when you do that to customers at your restaurant. But that was the least of my concerns.
I'm SO disappointed because I used to LOVE this place! The only reason this got 2 stars is because I have memories of when it was once actually good! If this was my first time there it would have definitely only received one.
What happened, Lure Bistro? Change of management? New cooks? For the record, it's been a little less than a year since I was there last, and it was still good at that time. Maybe a different cook that night?
I'm so disappointed that I will not be able to brag about this place like I used to. I hope that management reads this and somehow promotes that changes have been made and I will possibly attempt to try it again in the future, but if not, then I'll just assume that lovely nights at Lure Bistro are a thing of the past.
Hopefully this was a fluke and if you go you don't have the same experience with the dreadful quality of food that I did Friday night.
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