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| - A group of my colleagues and I happened to be at Hearst Tower today and decided to try out Sea Level, a new restaurant located in the Hearst Tower that had just opened earlier this month. On a Wednesday night, there were no reservations required as I think the restaurant is still fairly new and it's still pretty slow. We were accommodated quickly.
I want to note that the service here, while a little bit slow, was great. Our server was very friendly and there were always people asking us (a little too much sometimes) if we were done with our dish so they could clear it out. Water was always full. The GM also came over to chat and to make sure everything was alright, which we appreciated.
Prices are reasonable for seafood.
The food was a little lackluster... perhaps there are still a few kinks to sort out as this is such a new restaurant:
- No bread basket - you have to order it separately and it comes with a nice onion spread.
- Sea Level and Blue Point oysters - one of them, which I assume is the Sea Level, was itty bitty teeny tiny (I'm very small and have very small hands - see picture for scale) - literally smallest oyster I've ever seen. However, both oysters were fresh (I haven't gotten sick!) and had a nice salty brine flavor. Comes with all the condiments.
- Squid chow chow - we had no idea what a chow chow was and should have asked. It's basically fried calamari tossed in peppers and onions in a sweet/spicy sauce. It was really, really greasy and I felt like I was eating more batter than I was squid. I had to spit out one that was all batter and no squid. The flavors were good, though.
- Mussels - these were my favorite of the evening. The sliced grilled baguettes went well with the butter/white wine/lemon sauce and the mussels were aplenty and fairly fresh. I would recommend getting these!
- Lobster roll - unfortunately, both my coworker and I found lots of shell pieces in the lobster salad, which we both bit into. My piece of shell was quite large and she had many little pieces in hers. The GM was nice enough to comp both rolls, which was a nice gesture. It's understandable that they might have some pieces of shell in them since they apparently get these really fresh and make their lobster salads on the spot, but it's still not an excuse - I've never had a shell problem with any lobster roll I've had. The cole slaw had a nice pickled flavor to it, but I didn't eat much of it.
Overall, an okay place to have a dinner with colleagues as there is a lot of space and it's conveniently located in Hearst Tower, but I think there's still a few hiccups to remediate since it's so new.
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