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| - I've wondered about this place for some time. It looked to me like it might be a chain. We went on a tues night for dinner and were given an electronic device that would vibrate and light up when our table was ready. My gut said leave but we stayed. The wait was short and we were taken to a table right at the kitchen opening. There are no doors and we spent our meal watching the staff pick up plates of food and listening to yelling in the kitchen. It wasn't angry yelling but it also wasn't enjoyable. Our waitress was super nice and told us about the menu and emphasized the fresh fish delivered daily and the oak char grilling. We started with crab cakes and a caesar salad. The salad was ok, dressing a little heavy, had an odd flavor, maybe too much dijon? The crab cakes were dry and served with a small dry seedy bit of lemon. (Some sea food restraints have learned to put elastic cloths over lemon halves but i guess not this place.) The crab cakes were ok, a bit dry, crumbly and bland. not great at all but not so bad to send back, just boring. Entrees were grilled salmon and the grilled scallops with shrimp. The salmon was ok, not bad not great just ok. The scallops had faint grill marks and were cooked through, as were the shrimps. Both seemed a little small and under seasoned and under seared. For a place that emphasizes their oak wood char grill it was pretty disappointing. The scallops were sadly boring and bland. the grill marks were minimal, char or sear almost non existent and over all presentation and flavor just plain and underwhelming. Sides were adequate - spinach and green beans. Again nothing wrong but nothing stood out as good either. The coconut pie has a weird texture, pretty much shredded coconut without much binder leaving the impression of a coconut hash brown served with a way too sweet Myers's rum sauce. The whole meal was adequate, just ok. Nothing terrible, nothing wrong but also no passion, nothing stood out. It seemed like the work of a C student, it got the job done and not a bit more. I went on line to find out they are indeed a chain with dozens of locations and that explains why the entire meal I felt like I was at a Claim Jumper or a Yard House or an airport.
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