I really wanted to love this place. My wife and I had been there twice before for dinner and really enjoyed it so we decided to come back on our anniversary and sit in the bar for the great live music. I realize we were sitting in the bar area, but the service this time was very slow and we were left alone for long spans.
The reason for my bad review:
We ordered a dish that contained mussels. Half way through eating it my wife realized one of the mussels was still closed. The waitress went to ask the chef about it and came back to tell us the chef said it happens all the time and its perfectly safe. We sent the dish away. Bye bye doggy bag.
Even if the chef is right and the closed mussel is safe... why would it be served that way? There were only 3-4 mussels in the dish and it should be easy to check that they are all open.
And also... as a person with a phd in chemistry who now works in biochemistry... I would not eat anything with a closed mussel in it. Its really not worth the risk. Also, the FDA tells us to throw out any mussels that do not open.
Just to top off our bad experience we were charged for an extra bottle of wine and had to send the check back.
I'm really sad about the whole thing because we were really starting to like this place and would have gone back regularly. Instead we left feeling bad about it and a little nervous having also eaten oysters there that night....
I should say that the other 2 times we were there the service was excellent and the food was really good. I would recommend avoiding dishes with shellfish if the policy on closed mussels is "it happens all the time"