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| - After spending my lunch sweating because of the lack of air conditioning in this place, a 2 star review is kind. On 7/19 for an 11:30 lunch, it was just as hot inside as it was out. How can you enjoy your lunch when you are barely able to breathe?
Located on the back side of the Clarion hotel just off of 77 near Carowinds, the location seemed a little sketchy, but I kind of knew it was going to be a little weird from reading the other reviews. But from Kellie K's review, they are STILL paving the lot (a month later) and from Claudine S's review, the air still wasn't functioning. After sitting in the heat for a few minutes and ordering, the hostess asked if a certain license plate was my vehicle, I said yes, she said they were getting ready to pave in that area. How about marking the section you are going to be paving so I don't get that shit all over my truck? Outside into the heat to move the vehicle, back inside to the heat to get my lunch. By then my stomach was rolling from the heat and what I had ordered no longer seemed appetizing. I came close to just leaving and going to the new Culver's right next door that has the good reuben Jeff reviewed. Alas, I stuck it out in the sauna.
My waiter, Kyle, was exceptional. He told me that it was the same chef as Passion8 (never been, don't care, if the food is good, it could be a pack of felons back there cooking it). Very personable and he suggested the Marinated Skirt Steak served with chimichurri sauce, a baked potato and broccoli ($13). The steak was cooked as ordered to medium, was tender and well flavored. The chimichurri sauce did nothing for it, so I scraped most of that off. The potato was dry and the packets of butter that I had to wrestle from their foiled coffins did nothing to help that, nor did the scoop of sour cream that I added. The one stalk of broccoli was underdone for my taste and covered in butter/oil (?) and sprinkled with cooked garlic or shallots, not sure which, scraped that off as well.
Presentation of the dish was lovely, waiter was fantastic, price was more than reasonable... that would be the end of the good points for me. Both of the sides to my dish were bleh, it was hot as hell in there, the parking lot is a freakin' mess and the ambiance (I got the pool view) leaves a lot to be desired. There was only one other table seated for Friday lunch, so if you want to try this place, I would hurry over - with no A/C I don't think it will survive the summer.
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