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| - We were here on the weekend for the first time to celebrate an anniversary. We made a reservation for four and at the last minute change it to six and they were still able to accommodate us. Seating was very tight as the tables were placed too close to each other and we were rubbing shoulders with the people next to us. There are many choices of set dinners, with the main item always being either the lobster or King crab. The prices were all hefty, so expensive that I can't remember seeing higher prices at any other restaurants in the area. A soup was included with the set dinner but that was very salty. The lobster was encrusted with a special blend of garlic, the texture was like crushed dry cereal without milk, but the taste was too sweet, so much so that it took away the natural taste of the lobster and you got nothing but a mouthful of sugar. They do have a dedicated team of staff for changing plates but the process was not what you would expect from a higher priced restaurant. At other restaurants the waiters usually come around behind you to take away your dirty plates and replace it with a clean one, without help from the patron, but because the tables here were placed too close together the waiters have no room to walk behind you, instead they just stand at one end and expect you to hand over your plates to them. Not very classy. At the end of the meal we were literally "forced out". After paying the bill we were chatting and trying to finish our tea, Three waiters came standing around our table and were just staring at us. When they see that we were not leaving immediately they started cleaning out the table and saying "thank you for coming" "thank you for coming" and we had no choice but to leave. Very rude. By the way a 10% tip was mandatory and charge to our bill automatically. We're only a party of six and no where on the menu did it mention mandatory tipping. Not that the service was bad and we weren't going to pay the standard 10%, but because they didn't give me a chance to make that decision on my own I decided to not give more. All in all, very promising beginning, but overrated and mediocre food, with poor customer relations at the very end.
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