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| - I'm a bit of a regular here, they do most everything very well and I keep coming back.
So why 3 stars? It's because they do everything well except the steak that is. Steak in this particular Hyde Park location is hit-or-miss. Temperature can be off, in my estimation 25% of the time. It is not predictably off either, can go a level up or down. This never happens with Red. The Hyde Park in the Westlake location is more consistent IMO and I'd give THAT location around 4 stars (I was a regular there before I moved from west to east).
Strengths (and why I come back): this is a great seafood restaurant. They do seafood here as well as Red does their steak (conversely I would not order seafood as a main entree at Red). The scallops appetizer is among my favorite scallop dishes in any place I've ever eaten; perfectly blackened and topped with bleu cheese and walnuts. The lobster here is grilled and not steamed, and grilled to perfection while retaining a flakey tenderness and smokey goodness to it, this has been the case more often than not. Other strengths: Crab cakes and fish, especially the Chilean Sea Bass.
Parking is extremely easy, but there is a complimentary valet which one would never have to use really, except in bad weather. It is also easy to get a reservation, even last minute. The servers are consistently knowledgeable, friendly and attentive. They have white table cloth and napkins that are kept immaculately clean, the mark of a high-end establishment.
If the temperature issues on steaks are fixed, then this would be 5-star.
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