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First off, this was a loooong drive. But I went out of my way based on yelp reviews and a great sounding menu.
I ordered the ahi tuna pokè and my date had the steamed black mussels. Of course we shared! I had to try as much as possible! Lol. My pokè tasted good (not great...especially compared to Hawaii, but hey, this is Arizona!) but geez the color was so unappealing. It looked like it had been out way too long and oxidized. The mussels? Overcooked. Waaaaayyyy overcooked. We didn't even eat them after the initial tasting.
So now the entree, drum roll please....I got the HT roast which had shrimp, mussels, crawfish and half a lobster tail in a cream broth with rice and my date ordered the Cioppino, which has shrimp, mussels, clams, fish and calamari. The HT roast was OK. The mussels were overcooked again but the shrimp were perfect. However, my date hated his dish. Really hated it. Everything overcooked and they used the same broth that is used in the mussels app and just added tomato. He was not happy.
Service was slow but this review is based on food only. We asked for our deserts to go go and got half portions for it. That really sucked. It was literally half of what I saw was served to other diners. Kind of bummed that this place wasn't better for us. Overall, glad I tried it. Won't be back.
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