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| - It's rare for us to be so completely disappointed in a new restaurant, especially after having heard great things from others.
Last night my girlfriend and I dined on the patio at Estate House. After arriving at the restaurant around 9pm, the hostess lead us outside only to stop us in our tracks and ask that we wait while somebody prepared a table. After about 7 minutes of standing there, we overheard an argument about who would take the table as "somebody had plans" to depart. We were finally seated, the waiter was polite and professional, as well as the sommelier who was quite knowledgeable about the wine we had chosen.
Entre 1 - scallops, with a foamy sauce- were excellent. So far so good. K orders the seared ahi tuna, I order the filet steak (med rare) & short rib - a dish that promises a filet mignon and a braised short rib together. Things progress nicely as they present the ahi tuna - very nice cut, quite an generous portion too. K is happy, more due to the fact the tuna was extremely good quality than the preparation itself.
My filet & short rib combo arrives - STOP - before I even cut into the "filet" which by my generous estimate may be a total of 3oz and not more than a 1/2 inch thick - I note it looks quite well done, a quick cut into this joke of a steak reveals the truth - medium well, not even a hint of pink in the center. On the other side of the plate sits the same sorry looking chunk of short rib, again not more than 1/2 inch thick and 2oz at most. I immediatly point this out to our waiter - who knowingly admitted it looked under-sized and over cooked. After pulling the plate away to "show the chef" (isn't the chef supposed to look at it BEFORE it's served?) he returns saying the new entre will be ready in 4 minutes. After enjoying the evening watching K enjoy her tuna, I patiently waited about 12 minutes for my new entre. Second time around: steak is cooked medium rare, to my delight it was twice as thick as was the short rib - yet the flavor was non-existent.
SO IN THE END the waiter presents our check - $174 - $75 for the wine, $100 for the entrees. I completely expected the restaurant to pickup my dinner entre, after all they couldnt have spent more than $4 dollars on it. I mention this to the waiter who says - I'll check with the manager but nope, they're not going to do anything. Next time we'll go to Chelseas - for a portion 4x the size, 1/2 the cost and with 3x the flavor!!!!
BOTTOM LINE:: Dont WASTE your money!
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