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| - Stopped by for a friend's birthday for a quick bite and drink. While the menu was extensive, nothing really caught our eye.
We opted for a dozen oysters, the appetizer platter, and a few drinks.
Drinks were fine. We got ours promptly, while others had their drinks forgotten.
The oysters were good. Decently priced and a good selection. The appetizer platter for two, at $28, I don't know... I just expected more. Two oysters Rockefeller, some smoked salmon pieces, one octopus tentacle, two pieces of seared tuna, and two pieces of crostini. Other than the oysters, everything was so plain. No seasoning was added to the octopus or tuna. Which made them just meh to eat. The octopus wasn't cooked well at all and was chewy and burnt tasting. The appetizer platter was served with an oily soy sauce or something that was on the cusp of disgusting. We had no idea what to do with it.
Our friends got a bit of everything, from the seafood cakes, to tuna tartar, to the whole fish, and pasta dishes. Portion sizes seemed consistently small and our friends didn't seem all that impressed.
Service was confusing. I think we started with the bartender and then he pawned us off to his coworker. Being in the industry, it makes me feel like he was annoyed by us or something, which I can understand, since our friends just ordering haphazardly. The one thing that made me laugh and roll my eyes is that gratuity is written on the bill at the bottom with the final total on the top in red pen. It looks incredibly unprofessional to have it written in. With the touch of a button, you can have the gratuity magically printed onto the bill. Amazing, right?! Another thing that they do wrong is they calculate gratuity after tax. I would have tipped 15% after tax regardless. But it's not right (or legal) to charge gratuity after tax.
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