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| - My family and I went to the Round Bistro last night for dinner. 4 adults and a 1 year old. When we arrived there was ample seating, but it began to fill up as the live music at 8pm was approaching.
The food-- We ordered the She Crab Soup appetizer and it was excellent. You could taste the sherry, which is a must for my eastern shore family background. There wasn't any lump crab meat in it aside from the garnish, but that did not deter from the taste.
We all got salads with our entrees. I tried the Cesar. It was "fancy restaurant" take on a Cesar. Whole leaves from a heart of romaine, some broken bagel chips, and very thin Cesar dressing. The house made dressing did taste fine-I don't really remember it at the moment so it couldn't have been too good. The bagel chips were a nice change from huge, hard croutons that explode when you try to spear them. The romaine looked like it was just ripped off the head as the ends were jagged, contained part of the root, and had way too much of that white, inedible stem part that has no green part attached. My parents ordered the the Round Salad. I don't know about how the salad was, but my father's blue cheese dressing tasted nothing like blue cheese dressing. It tasted much like a southern pasta salad dressing-very vinegar-e and mayo-e.
I ordered the Chicken Chardonnay which comes with mashed potatoes, and I chose grilled asparagus as my side. The chicken was ok. It was 2 thin cut chicken breasts that had been pan sauteed and lightly covered in a light-on-flavor cream sauce and a few button mushroom slices. The mashed potatoes were dry and had a far away hint of garlic-likely garlic powder. They had a texture similar to boxed potatoes. The grilled asparagus was good; it was fresh and had good flavor and doneness.
My husband had the Shrimp and Grits. It was shrimp (tails still on-he hates that), sausage, pepper and onion medley in a red based sauce served over grits. After picking off all his tails, which he complains about everywhere, he dove right in. He loves spicy food. I mean Carolina Reaper pepper sauce loves spicy food. This was not spicy. I am allergic to shrimp, so I don't know if shrimp and grits normally comes spicy. This is just what he said.
My father got the Chicken and Shrimp Gumbo. It was the same shrimp, sausage, peppers and onions that was in the Shrimp and Grits with the addition of either grilled or bar-b-que'd chicken breast (I couldn't tell and didn't ask-see dinner attendees for explanation) and served over rice. He didn't say much about it.
My mother ordered the Cilantro Lime Chicken and sauteed spinach. Same thin cut, pan sauteed chicken breasts topped with pico. She said it was a little spicy (she doesn't have the same Carolina Reaper taste for spicy like my husband), but she didn't complain, so I guess it was okay. I tried her spinach and it had good flavor.
I agree with another reviewer that the kids menu has good selection and reasonably priced. For my daughter, we ordered the grilled chicken which comes with sauteed vegetables . The chicken was smaller and thicker than the adult portions was seasoned well (we did have to pick off the cracked pepper before my daughter ate it) and was moist-very important. The sauteed veggies were thin zucchini slices, julienne carrots and thin slices of red pepper. I am glad it wasn't the same broccoli, carrots and wild card item. It didn't have much flavor; the zucchini was waterlogged, the carrots kind of plastic-e and we didn't even bother with the red pepper (my child only has 4 teeth and can't chew pepper skin). They do have Kraft Cheese and Mac on the menu. After seeing the vegetables, I would have rather to have gotten grilled chicken with a side of the mac and cheese. I didn't ask, so it may be an option.
The Service-- Everything came out very fast. The waitress and waiter (yes, we had 2 people helping us and never figured out who was our actual waiter or why we had 2) were very nice and attentive. We ordered the soup and the kid's meal right after we got our drinks. We had not yet finished our soups and the salads where there. We had not yet finished our salads and our meals where there. We had no room for all of the plates since we never had the whole table clear between courses. This may be fine for some, but for us, when we go to a supposedly fancy restaurant we expect to have time between courses. We felt rushed and for paying $150 for a dinner we shouldn't feel rushed. We likely won't be back.
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