I went with a few friends for Charlotte Restaurant Week and had a sub-par experience.
Owing to some communication mishaps, one person got to the restaurant early and was seated. She waited at the table for about 15 minutes before the rest of us arrived (without being acknowledged by a server). We then all waited an additional 10 minutes before we asked the hostess if we were going to be waited on. 5 minutes more before we asked the hostess AGAIN if we were going to be waited on.
Turns out, our waiter was the one I'd seen doting over a table next to ours for quite a while (which added to my annoyance).
He offered a multitude of excuses when the appropriate thing would have been a simple apology. Throughout the meal, he continued to offer excuses. (I don't care that "you're busy" it's Friday evening of Charlotte Restaurant Week - what's the saying, if you can't handle the heat....) The waiter was also a bit too "touchy feely" for my taste but was good enough after his first glaring error. He was friendly and offered us some of the background on A-B's
We went ahead and ordered our entire meal at our first greeting. We ordered a bottle of wine, he suggested an alternative that he said was better (and cheaper to boot). Maybe this pointed to redemption... The wine brought out was not cold enough (just south of room temperature) and wasn't even that good (in my opinion). It was a Pinot Grigio that tasted more like a Chardonnay (the temperature accentuated the heavy butteriness of it.)
For our appetizers, we got the Wedge and the Flatbread. Both were delicious!! The flatbread was the best part of our experience at Andrew Blair's.
For entrees, we got the Pork Tenderloin and the Chicken. Both were very good. I had the pork, which was *just* undercooked but was an interesting combination of flavors. The broccolini and mashed potatoes were both only okay.
We all ordered the "gourmet cupcake". We were brought three cupcakes and a cheesecake. This error was quickly corrected. The cupcake was good, but the word gourmet might be stretching it a bit.
Charlotte has enough restaurants that are similar (both in cuisine and price) to Andrew Blair's that I don't anticipate going back- despite the "free" appetizer coupons (free with entree purchase, limit one per table).