For the first time today I visited The Tides along with my mother and niece. We ordered the Caesar salad with grilled shrimp, 1/2 Pan Roast and Fish & Chips. Altogether a $59 bill for lunch... including the tip. A little pricey, especially when we went there for the buffet but did not want to wait in the long line. As for the meal, my mother and niece enjoyed their dishes; however, since I'm the seafood lover and the one that has wanted to eat at this restaurant for quite some time, I was very disappointed with my Pan Roast. There was very little seafood in the dish and there was no real flavor; it tasted like a big bowl of tomato cream soup with a few chunks of seafood...price: $14. As a former restaurant owner and wife of a Culinary Institute of America (CIA) chef, I was so disappointed in the Tides' rendition and preparation of a dish that I've been wanting to try for such a long time. Just two hours later I had to cook myself dinner. So... did I express my disappointment to our waitress, of course not; I will simply not return. I will, however, give them 2 stars simply for the Caesar salad with "large-seasoned" grilled shrimp. Yes... i took a bite of my niece's dish, but who could blame me considering the lack of such flavor in my dish.