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| - Charleston's food is okay, but definitely overpriced. The food is never bad, but each time I've had it, I've found myself thinking that it should be 2/3 or 1/2 the price.
Case in point; the last time I went there with my wife. I saw that they had a 14 oz rib-eye steak as their special for $27 and decided to order it medium rare. The end result was properly cooked and it wasn't overly fatty. In a word, it was fine. But that's the problem. For $27, I expect a lot more than just "fine". If I wanted "fine", I would have gone a couple hundred yards away to the Texas Roadhouse and paid half the price for twice the food and a similarly "fine" steak. Oh yeah, and for the $27, I got the steak, and a baked potato. That's it. No bread, no salad, nothing.
All that said, my wife got the trout (also on special) for $23 and it was the best trout she's ever had. She was very happy with her selection since we have paid quite a bit more for trout at dedicated sea food restaurants and the fish wasn't half as good as this one was.
So maybe I just have bad luck here? I've gotten various chicken dishes in the past and it's been the same story -- "fine" meat, but not enough of it and quite a bit overpriced.
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