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| - Staying at the Renaissance next door on a business trip, our group decided to have dinner here one night. They took our reservation for 8 less than an hour ahead of time and we were seated as soon as we arrived. The bar itself offered quite a bit of seating and looked full, and the dining area was pretty well packed also. We were seated at an awkwardly deep U-shaped booth... the people seated at the inside had to scoot a good 15 feet to their seat.
As many have already said, the beer selection is great. They also have samplers if you don't know exactly what you want and you can try most of their draft offerings in glasses of varying sizes depending on whether you're just trying something new or you know what you like and want a lot of it.
The food selection is pretty large and the menu takes a while to get through, as a result you know a good portion of it is premade, pre-packaged. However, it still tastes pretty damn good. I tried some of the spicy tuna and moo shu egg roll appetizers. For my main course I had the orange peel chicken. I enjoyed everything I tried. The prices weren't unusual for a mid-scale restaurant in an outdoor mall-type setting.
Dessert was a taste of their mini-trio sampler... a small lemon souffle, peach apple cobbler, and chocolate souffle. Each excellent.
Service was a bit off, the waiter came across as somewhat arrogant or haughty, not really personable. They didn't check back very often to ensure drinks were refilled promptly. But over all, it was only a minor detraction from an otherwise above average dining experience.
Definitely worth a visit, and will be happy to try again next time I'm in town.
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