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| - After receiving an e-mail a few weeks ago about a Halloween special menu I made reservations for dinner. Upon arriving we were seated immediately and then waited and waited , yet the restaurant was half full. Finally our server appeared. When I asked for the Halloween special menu, at first, she appeared to not know what I was talking about. Finally she admitted there were a few specials but said that there was nothing written down. She proceeded to tell us what the special menu was. It was difficult to understand her as the music was very loud and English was not her first language. Finally after repeating it several times for us it was not what I had read so I pulled out my phone and brought the menu up so the other members of our party could read it. How difficult is it to print off a special menu, unless you don't want customers to know about it. It took forever to get out wine, while she kept asking us if we wanted to order. Finally the wine came and we ordered. Two in our party ordered the filets and said they were "fair". I had the Chicken Christopher and although it was good, it had a large amount of garlic, which masked the chicken taste and was a very large portion. All in all, our meal was rather lackluster, which is not what one would expect for two hundred dollars. The service was average at best. Immediately after signing the check I saw a hand come across in front of my face and the server's hand snatch up the check -something I find inexcusably rude in any restaurant - especially a place such as Morton's. I guess checking the amount of the tip I left was more important than manners. On the way out I mentioned it to a guy standing at the front desk when he asked how our meal was and he said "Give me more details" which I tried to do but he was too busy looking at the computer screen in front of him and he never asked who the server was. Obviously he did not care.
I have never been a big fan of Morton's but have always left the door open as restaurants do improve, this is a beautiful restaurant and located very close to our home, however, the door is now shut and I will never return nor recommend it to anyone.
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