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| - Where to begin...? While I've heard many mixed reviews, mine is an assortment of good and bad. The restaurant itself is very lovely and the decor is very modern and pretty. We were greeted by a lovely woman who's name eluded me. Then our actual server came around, and the chef referred to her as Christina. So, let me play this out as the night unfolded.
Once Christina was in the picture, we ordered drinks. There were no specials for the evening, which shocked me. We wanted to order appetizers first, then our meal and she said we should order both at once because it gets really busy (which is wasn't really busy, as it is a small restaurant with only 8 tables or so). So that was the first thing that irritated my family, just didn't want to feel rushed while ordering an expensive meal.
First, the appetizers came out, and they were all good. We shared the fried calamari, crab cake and samosa. All were fairly portioned and competitively priced considering they were first course meals.
Once our main meals came.... the portion sizes were just so ridiculously small for spending $33-$39 a plate. I got the coconut shrimp and scallops. I received three tiger shrimp and two sea scallop pieces, a half a cup of rice and "seasonal vegetables" which were an inch cube of zucchini and an inch slice of red pepper. If that's all they include in their dish, they menu should not label that they offer seasonal scorpion vegetables. However, what little food I received for my $39 dish, was tasty.
Both my parents ordered the seafood risotto. At $35, they got two tiger shrimp and a MEASLY portion of lobster and fish. It was mainly rice. I was just flabbergasted at how little seafood was actually included!
My brother got the $33 lobster ravioli. He's a big eater so I don't think any portion would have been big enough, but it was by far the largest plate at the table.
A bonus, they put a nice candle in my brothers cake for his birthday.
Overall, if you're looking to spend a lot of money, great go here! But, I personally think it's a huge rip off and we will just continue to go to Aquagrill, Joia or Oakland Hall when eating in Aurora.
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