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| - Don's Pomeroy House has a formal atmosphere but fails to deliver high-quality or innovative food.
Pluses:
-Beautiful interior and historic building that set the formal atmosphere
-Items on the menu to try:
-The Pomeroy salad is a sweet but tasty way to start the meal
-Steak is correctly cooked and juicy
-Chilean sea bass is good, and the accompanying crab cake is tasty
-The walleye is a well-prepared local fish
-Made-in-house chocolate mousse is an excellent way to end the meal
Negatives:
-Rushed service: At a higher-end restaurant, one would want to enjoy the meal in a relaxed manner. The staff tends to rush diners through the meal.
-Items not brought out together: Our appetizers were served as they were ready, rather than all at once. This may be a sign of a disorganized kitchen.
-Table cleared while people still eating: It is a pet peeve of mine at higher-end restaurants when some people's plates are taken away while others at the table are still eating.
-Crowded dining rooms: While the antique building is beautiful, tables are crammed into the smaller rooms, making navigating to one's table and sitting down somewhat difficult
-The lump of green vegetables: Every main course I saw had a boring lump of green vegetables, usually green beans or asparagus, that were bland and added nothing to the flavors or identity of the dish as a whole.
-Bad presentation: Food comes piled on worn plates in a manner that is not aesthetically pleasing. In addition, all main courses seem to be served in the same manner.
-Instant mashed potatoes: For such a nice restaurant, I was disappointed to taste that the mashed potatoes were not freshly made. Some of the dishes try to make the potatoes interesting with lobster, but the base is still a disappointing cooking shortcut.
-Items on the menu to avoid:
-French onion soup is extremely salty, and the broth tastes like it is from a can
-The tilapia is salty and somewhat bland
-The calamari is overcooked and rubbery
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