rev:text
| - Let me start by saying, I really want to like this place. I came once several years ago and did not have a positive experience, so we decided to give it a shot for a Sunday lunch, maybe the experience years ago was a fluke.
We walked in and the atmosphere was great, the people were extremely friendly and we were seated quickly. We were seated in a booth that had good views of several televisions, as well as the interesting decor around the dining room, and the board with the specials. Unfortunately, the dining room was extremely cold, and just seemed to get colder the longer we sat there...so off to the patio we went. Sunshine, a light breeze, and now the pleasant lunch is back on track because we can concentrate on the food and not our teeth chattering.
Out appetizers arrive at out abel, the Garlicky Mussels, and they were phenomenal. If you like garlic and mussels they are perfect. Enough garlic in these things to make you vampire proof for days, but that is how I like them. After a short time, our entrees also arrived. Unfortunately, there is not as much positive to say about the entrees. One platter included fish and chips, stuffed shrimp, and a crab cake. Everything looked fine upon arrival, but the plate was so hot that the sauces provided were breaking in the containers they were in. When we dove into the dish, everything was bland. There was no distinct flavor to anything. The other entree we received was one of their advertised specials, with a pound of lime shrimp. Again, there was botany real flavor to the dish.
The food itself was not bad, but had no flavor. Given the different textures of fish and seafood, this made for an extremely odd meal. This place needs to add some flavor to their food to live up to the great service their staff provides. I may try it again because of how awesome the staff was, but I think next time I may stick with appetizers.
|