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10 star pricing & 3 star everything else! First, I have 20+ years experience in the restaurants/banquets/catering industry (owner & non-owner) in Chicago & suburbs and I promise I know fine dining. So, although a great menu, many, many fine touches missing that could of helped justify their pricing! Lobster tail was under cooked & left in its shell - I lost my appetite right then & there. To leave the shell on the plate as an accent.....no problem, it's a great prop, but don't make me pull & play with it to get it out (and of course it takes more effort to get it out when it's not fully cooked) - as well the broccoli was barely warm & crunchy, cheese looked & tasted like Valvetta. Drinks were short pours yet higher than most other finer dining establishments. Service was not close to par for extra fine dining pricing. Desert & coffee were good. Asked server if the beef was grass fed because that's what drew us there and she said "usually but sometimes they can't get it so it's not"! That blew our minds. On the one really positive note, the filet mignon was excellent, however still don't know if it was grass fed or not! The staff wasn't so professional looking in spite of being in black uniforms - as well hostess didn't come across experienced or professional - not good as they are the 1st impression. Please don't get me wrong they were very nice just didn't represent the classification. I give them 2.5 years max unless they have some private silent investors willing to carry them because there's no way - I know the overhead and if this visit represents even 50% of their clientele, they will not have the necessary repeat customers to support it! Sorry, I feel bad but it's the naked truth! One last thing - the manager came over to hand deliver our new broccoli and confirmed the chef was an agreement! Although hot and not crunchy, cheesy, no pun intended. Based on two different items being returned he should have comped the desert. Bad bad bad!
If they see this, contact me and I'll help it be a permanent fixture in Scottsdale .
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