the tuesday night started out slow but the place filled up slowly. this go around, i wasn't all too impressed with our dining experience at Pearl.
our server seemed overly rushed and didn't really make eye contact with us the whole evening (even though when we made our first order, there were only maybe 8 people in the restaurant). our food runner was much more friendly and outgoing.
we ordered 2 mantinis off their happy hour menu and sent them back. tasted a bit like watered down robitussin. they still wound up on our check. i know, it's only 6 bucks for 2 of them, but they could've just taken them off the check.
the food was actually not that great this night. the spring rolls were loosely packed and feel apart immediately. the salmon sashimi was drenched in so much sauce, but still didn't mask that "last day on the menu" cut of fish. the rest of the sashimi was a bit tastier, but cut really ragged for a sushi place.
their happy hour is not a bad deal and i like the music of this place. maybe we'll have better luck next time.