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| - I purchased a WPXI deal to the Tin Angel despite the bad reviews. Our party of four decided to go to TA on the 4th of July to be able to watch the fireworks. This was an awesome idea. We were able to watch the fireworks from our comfortable window table without all of the craziness that is Mount Washington on the fourth of July. The view was spectacular! The restaurant is small and intimate. This allowed for a quiet and cozy atmosphere rather than the larger Mt. Wash restaurants. Now on to the food.
The menu, which is largly verbal, consists of various steak and seafood entrees. The rest of the five courses are predetermined with the exception of the first course where you choose the soup du jour or seasonal fruit. The menu also does not have prices so be aware that the entrees rang from 50-70$. I started with the wedding soup. It was a traditional wedding soup with a small piece of garlic bread. The next course consists of a large vegetable boat with clam dip for the table to share. Raw vegetables, olives, stuffed grape leaves and marinated artichokes. I was not impressed. It seemed like something you would serve at a nice family cookout. For my entree, I chose the filet with sauteed mushrooms. The filet was cooked to perfection and melt in your mouth tender. One of the best filet's I have ever had. Dinner entrees were served with garlic toast and rice pilaf with pine nuts. The garlic toast was super yummy. I even grabbed a piece of hubs while we watched the fireworks. Dinner service was put on hold during the fireworks. So we waited and waited for our empty entree dishes to be cleared. My dining companions didn't seem to mind but I was in a bit of a rush to leave because of our babysitter. We had been at TA for 2 hours by that point and we still had to order dessert! Dinner service is rather slo in general even without the fireworks. They seem to want you to sit back, relax and enjoy the view.
When the waitress finally came around for dessert orders, I ordered the TA parfait with vanilla ice cream and a berry liqueur. Yet again, very average. Though, one of my dinning companions got the home made cheesecake and loved it. The last course was a piece of pineapple dipped in creme de menthe. I passed on this as I couldn't fit another bite. The biggest issue of the night came when we were presented with the check. Because the courses are predetermined, the check consisted of 4 entrees and 1 glass of wine. We asked the waitress to split the check by couple and we explained what each person received. After a good five minutes she came back with two checks that were completely wrong. There were entrees on there that we didn't even order. We tried to explain it but my dinning companion had to go over with the waitress and tell her what each of us ordered. After another ten minutes we finally got the correct checks. We then each gave our WPXI coupons and a credit card for the remaining balance. That was the next issue. Th hostess/manager? could not read the numbers on the coupon to call to redeem. Ok. That one was our fault. We need a new printer. We looked one of them up online and she was able to call but for some odd reason the same number did not work for the other coupon. Even though we got them from the same place, there were two different numbers to call. By this time we were waiting for a half an hour to pay and leave. With all of this confusion, the hostess/manager apologized, gave each couple 50$ in gift cards and ended up giving us our WPXI coupon back but still took it off the bill. Although I was rather annoyed and very late for picking up my child at the time, TA was more than gracious. We now have 100$ to spend for next time.
Overall, TA is pricey but is worth it if you are looking for a good meal in a quiet, intimate location with a spectacular view. Just plan to be there for over 2 hours.
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