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| - I had dinner on a Wednesday night with my boyfriend. We purchased a livingsocial coupon a while ago, so we thought we would give this place a try.
The restaurant itself looks very nice, although I am not a fan of the high chairs and tables near the entrance area. The tables in the back of the restaurant near the kitchen looks much more comfortable, but when I asked if we could be moved they said that reservations had been made and they could not move us (but we also had reservations..).
We started with two appetizers, the gorgonzola mushroom dip and the duck two ways. It took a while for the food to come out, and we noticed that a table next to us who sat down later than us and ordered later than us got their dip first... Our dip came out about 10 minutes after their's. The dip was delicious though! The portion is huge, I think it could be shared between 4 people. Our second appetizer came out after we finished our dip.. What was up with that? At this point we started thinking the kitchen must be unorganized, because the place wasn't busy at all. The duck two ways was ok.. We didn't think it was anything amazing and thought it was pricey.
For our mains we ordered the lobster they had on special with a side of soup and a fettuccine. I think this is where everything went downhill. The lobster was great (but I think it'd be very difficult to mess up lobster) but our soup was SO SALTY! We even poured water in it to see if it would make it bearable but nope. Also, my pasta was so overcooked! How can they mess up something so easy like pasta? It was literally mush because it had been cooked too long, and it tasted like nothing, super bland. I can't decide which was the worst food I've ever had in a restaurant, the soup or the pasta.
The only highlight of our entire mess of a night was our waitress, she was very friendly and did not even hesitate a moment to take our food back when we let her know and she brought us a new entrée and salad to make up for the horrible pasta and soup. She also offered to buy us dessert, but we just weren't up for it so we kindly declined her offer.
Our bill came to a total of $65, with the pasta and the soup taken off the bill... Our coupon was for $50 but we still had to pay the remainder and tip the waitress because we couldn't really blame her for the horrible food.
Either way, I don't think we will be back.. I only gave the place 2 stars because the dip was so good and the service was amazing. I'd be scared to try anything else on the menu after last night's experience.
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