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I scanned quickly the reviews on Yelp on Mr. Mustachios iPhone and thumbs upped it. It may not be mind blowing, but your waitress Flo will be right on top of you with iced tea refills, no plate will remain in front of you after you have mangled the body and she is quick with a to go container. What was that? A large party of 12, billing pains? Nope, she figured out who was with who and had everyones bill divvied up after making sure no desserts were in order.
I remember reading the rainbow trout was safe, so I picked the walnut encrusted rainbow fish covered in an avocado mixture with roasted veggies and jasmine rice for us to share and saw the relatively cheap artichoke heart under 5 bucks and went for it. She split our plates for us and the portion was perfect. The artichoke heart came with garlic ailoi, chipolte aioli and butter and was a table favourite. The fish was delicious, the rice fine and the veggies were good but obviously drenched in butter and not olive oil-but compared to the mostly bland or fried options for sides on the menu, I truly think we got the best dish there.
The waitress even brought out a creme brulee birthday cake for us and brought out a cap and giant bib that was beyond camp for the b-day girl and didn't rush us even as we stayed an hour after closing-that is class.
So why the three stars? First is definitely ambiance. For parents who don't eat out much, this would be perfect-very suburban, safe, brass fixtures, plate glass with lobsters frosted on it, lots of large pictures of bloody fish and drunk fisherman near the tables. I felt I was in rural PA sometimes. Not such a great feeling.
Thirdly, while i did learn to love the fish via Boston, I was just not excited about most of their options-a lot of were fried and I am not a fan of the dairy drenched veggie. I don't think I would really like to try anything else on the menu except for exactly what I ordered-not much incentive for a return date!
Overall, a really positive experience that I highly encourage other people, even jaded hipsters, to try. Stifle your laughter and order the rainbowfish trout-and yes, you can get a Fish Market paper hat on the way out to the club later.
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