My boyfriend, his parents & I went here last night to celebrate his dad's birthday. When we got there we were told our table wasn't ready (we had a reservation) but we saw 3 booths had reserved signs on them. There's nowhere to sit or stand, so we awkwardly shuffled over to the bar, which was pretty crowded. We wanted to get a drink but the bartender didn't come over to us. Someone came up to us shortly after and showed us our table. It was one of the 3 tables that were reserved.
Ambiance is nice but loud. I wouldn't go here for an anniversary or romantic night.
One appetizer didn't come out (like other reviews mentioned). The server looked at me and seemed annoyed at me. I said my boyfriend ordered both of our appetizers as we were sharing. The server even said "those are both good" when my boyfriend ordered the 2 apps. Everyone got an app in front of them but me. Obviously an appetizer is missing. We had the coco's & crabcake. It was good. I liked the sauce. Boyfriend's mom wanted a salad but server said the salads listed are very large. He suggested just a starter salad so she got that. It was still a good size. Boyfriend's dad got the mussels. They came with roasted almonds. Different.
Our second appetizer came out quickly. "Here's the meat balls" the server said as he handed it to me. I thought oh great he messed it up. We ordered the spicy calamari. We were expecting Cajun spices or something on the calamari. It was a tomato meat sauce with tons of slices of jalapeƱos. Very spicy. We liked it but not sure we'd order it again.
We got the steak & lobster. My lobster tail was cold. Butter wasn't even warm. The steak was a perfect square so I'm not sure what cut that was. Boyfriend's parents had lamb & salmon. The sauce from the crab cake went with the salmon. Pirogies were under the salmon. Different combination. Presentation of all dishes was nice. Server asked how the food was after two people were already done eating.
Boyfriend's mom ordered a tea after dinner. We got Spanish coffee and B52 for his Dad. His mom asked the server for milk for her tea. He said "yeah I'll get you milk for your green tea." Definite attitude in his tone and he made it clear he didn't think she should be having milk with her tea, but who cares! She's paying for it. She can have sugar in it too if she wants. I didn't appreciate his attitude. For this reason alone, I'd rather go to keg. Staff are more professional & food is hot.
Overall 2.5 stars. Missing an appetizer, drink menu was small, cold entree, attitude from our server & loud atmosphere (one table had a VERY obnoxious woman screaming & cackling from another room).
Pros: free parking, nicely decorated and lovely presentation of food. The light fixtures were really cool.
Not sure if I'd go back. We don't live in the area so it's nothing we'd go out of our way for.