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| - We went to Rosewood Grill in Hudson with another couple, without all the kids. A nice night out. The restaurant is very appealing from the exterior and interior. The bar is well stocked with a huge window into the kitchen. The bar seating area has a huge communal table (first come, first served) and some other tables around. Enter the dining room and you are greeted with massive stone block walls and earth tone decor to match.
The service in this restaurant is excellent. The bartenders and courteous and quick with a drink. They also aren't shy on the pour. The servers basically run laps throughout the restaurant and the floor managers are not far behind. All the way to the expediters, this place is run like clockwork.
One disturbing point was the reservation system, or lack thereof. You can't make reservations, but you can call ahead. Seems like a reservation to me and a really ridiculous system. For a restaurant of this caliber, reservations should be standard.
Our food was hit and miss, unfortunately. Chef Bambic, formerly of Blue Point Grill, hit on a lot of areas but seemed to fall short on a couple others. The calamari was some of the best we have had, with fried banana peppers and parsley. Delicious. The crab bisque I had was doused with sherry verging on being unpalatable.
For our main dishes, the center cut filet was cooked perfectly- great, simple dish. Both of the bone-in strip steaks that were ordered arrived cold and the meat really didn't have much flavor without the house steak sauce. The side of tempura green beans was absolutely delicious and the roasted potatoes were done well.
The last dish, the Lobster Ziti, was really terrible. The pasta was overcooked, lacking the ability to hold any sauce and too large for the plate. The sauce was watery and brown with a strange flavor profile. This entire dish was a complete mess.
For dessert, we only ordered the chocolate "moose" which arrived in a glass with tuile moose antlers. Looked a little too Wally World to me. The mousse was dense, too cold and cloyingly sweet. It also tasted like refrigerator and had a skin on the top. Not great.
I bet that this place serves a mean burger and flatbread. Some time when we have a babysitter again we'll visit this place- most likely to sit at the bar so we don't have to deal with their non-reservation reservation system. The service and ambiance take this restaurant to three stars in my book.
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