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| - My wife and I love to eat great food! We even travel to other cities chasing down " Top Chefs". So when we heard that Fahrenheit was opening in Charlotte, we were very excited to try the new restaurant and taste from an appetizing menu selection. Just so you know we are not huge food snobs, we just enjoy great food and great wine, along with that we also look at the atmosphere, the waitstaff and how our overall evening went while at the restaurant. Here is how it went for us.
We arrived and entered the lobby. We did not see a sign where to go, so we went to the first elevator closes to us. But before we got on, we were asked if we were going to the restaurant and she kindly directed us to the elevator on the far side.
When we got off the elevator and walked into the restaurant we were greeted by a very energetic hostess. She asked if we had reservations, we told her our reservations were for later in the evening and that we were going to go and enjoy a cocktail before sitting down to dinner. The restaurant and bar were alive with customers talking and just having a great time. As we walked down the stairs towards the bar you start to see the incredible view of downtown Charlotte. Not knowing if they had waitstaff handling the outside area where the couches were. I stopped and asked the bartender if they did. It took her a few minutes but she finally looked up and said yes or we could open a tab with her. We elected just to have the waitstaff take care of us outside on the terrace. We sat down, she showed up pretty promptly handed us two menus one for the food one for the specialty cocktails. Unfortunately nowhere on these two list was there a wine by the glass menu. So we waited 6-7 minutes until she showed back up and we asked for a list. After about 15 minutes she came back by (not her fault she got held up by another table) and we just asked for a Malbec and Scotch. Drinks arrived in about 7 minutes later. We then just enjoyed the whole experience, looking out over Charlotte.
"Smart Casual " was the dress code. To me that would be a collared shirt, nice jeans and decent pair of shoes. Others were wearing cut off raggedy jean shorts, flip-flops and T-shirts.
OK now for dinner. We finished our drinks, paid our tab and went to see the hostess. She sat us promptly. The table was located to the left as soon as you walk in ( not the best of views but we also don't expect it ). Our server was prompt, explained all the specials and was over all very nice. She asked for our drink order, we were undecided and asked for a few more minutes. Another server showed up asked what kind of water we would like " Good old Charlotte water is fine" with us. The server comes back and we have made decision on what we want. So we decided on a bottle and Quintessa $275.00. So she brings out the decanter, pop the cork, decant the wine, takes our appetizer order and then leaves. So we sit there talking to each other , she pops back by takes our main course order and then leaves again. Appetizer shows up she comes by again, she asked how everything was, we said great we ordered The chrizzio wrapped dates and the local cheese and meat board. We did ask her about the cheese all she said is that it is a local cheddar and blue cheese with no real description. The appetizer came with only two crustiness. We did ask for more, never got them. The frustrating part is that at this point she still has not even poured the wine so we went ahead and took care of that part ourselves. Salad course ordered the beets, they were very delicious. Main course, wife ordered pork shank, I ordered the 45 day aged strip bone in with a side of king crab. Pork shank fall off the bone tender perfectly done the only downfall was that the grits became too sweet and the broccoli was steamed. Kind of an afterthought compared to the way other sides were prepared. The strip, I do question if this is a 45 day age strip. I actually age my own beef, this steak was not as tender nor did have that gammy taste. Other than that the steak was cooked perfectly, great crust and the temp I ordered it Mid- rare. My side was fingerling potatoes not very impressed it's almost like they were cooked the day before thrown in the fridge and warmed up to serve. Deserts, wife got the chocolate chip cookie with the local milk. Very tasty. I got the small chocolate bars which actually come to the Ritz Carlton but all the same. Delicious.
So after dinner, we paid the bill( total night $650 and yes this is on the extreme side) , went back to the bar grabed a scotch , glass of champagne and recapped on our evening. This is what we came up with.
Hostess- Great
Food- Good
Service - Ok
Atmosphere- Great
Bar staff - Great
Manager- would have liked to have seen them a least stop by see how the meal was.
People watching- phenomenal but I've run out of characters to tell you that story.
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