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| - When I first arrived, I was amazed by how beautiful the restaurant is! It's modern and interesting, with a slight mid-century to 1970s throw-back look. I loved it! It's designed to look like one's own home living space, and trust me, I wish mine really looked like this. However, dinning experience and food failed to live up to the decor.
We had an 8 pm reservation for two, and when we arrived, our table was not ready, so they had us take a seat at the bar. After a drink, they moved us to a table. Our table was next to the bar and had been open the entire time, set and ready to go. We were confused; was this just to get us a to buy a drink at the bar? Were they hoping we would decide to eat at the bar instead, forfeiting our table?
Once at our table, we ordered the blue cornbread from the "bits and bites" and it was bland and extremely small. We also ordered the watermelon with crispy chicken skin, which I didn't care for, and a couple of the dates, which I enjoyed! All of these items were truly bite sized, as the menu states, which means for a party of two, we each had one, maybe two bites. From the "form the table" section, we ordered the whole roasted game hen to split between the two of us. It was tiny. I would have found it to be a small portion size just for one, let alone a dish that was labeled as being "for the table." We also ordered the grilled broccoli as a companion. The hen and broccoli were both tasty.
Our server left a lot to be desired. She was scattered. She was unsure if they had certain items in stock that were on the menu. She reference items on the bar menu that we could order, but then wouldn't bring us a copy of this menu. She told us twice about how you can taste the orange blossoms in the potatoes from the local bees that pollinated them. This came of pretentious, but comical. When I accepted her offer to bring another glass of wine, she filled up my glass only to the normal point, when I already had least a quarter of my existing wine left in the glass. She must have heard us complaining because she took two drinks off our bill. I appreciated this!
We left hungry and little bit annoyed. We went to another restaurant, ordered some food and a few more drinks. If I came back, it would just be just to get a drink, enjoy their beautiful decor, and watch the sunset at the resort.
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