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| - Well, it's difficult to say.
Whatever this place is, it is NOT Carmen's for anyone who remembers the original.
That said, it's still pretty good.
We had steaks; mine was medium rare as it should be. My wife's was medium, at best, and verging on well done.
The black cod was absolutely superb, but the spinach risotto in which it sat was a little too al dente and not that flavourful.
The service was ok, but no up to par of some of the other steak houses around.
But, the big issue for me was as much as it looked like the old Carmen's, it just wasn't the same. So, I may be rating it more harshly than I should simply because I loved the old place and the new one can't help feeling like an imposter.
All said and done, the food ranges from OK to quite good, the service from unenthusiastic to OK, but there are other steak houses that provide equivalent quality with much better value or similar prices but much better food.
I had to go once -- it is at least CALLED Carmen's Steakhouse -- but I doubt I'll be back.
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