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| - Our first visit to Port City Club was a spur of the moment, "hey, we've never tried this place" kind of thing. My wife had a coworker who said it was good but as much for the summertime, sand in the toes on the lake part as for anything else.
Our experience was a combination of hits and misses that left us thinking, it's ok and we may give the place another shot come spring/summer. Here's the rundown...
We started with a crab toast appetizer which was tasty but some of the crostini were burned, some were under-toasted and one was just right. The cheese on top was just meh and had been melted and then left to sit and harden a bit too much before serving.
The wedge salad was fresh iceberg, with bacon and diced tomatoes served on a chilled plate with some very good blue cheese dressing. It wasn't perfect though as the menu said served with crispy onion straws and there were none to be found. My wife had a house salad which was mixed greens with some too sweet pomegranate/orange vinaigrette.
For entrees, I had the lobster and shrimp roll which was served, as it should be, in butter toasted split-top rolls. The two rolls were packed with filling (more shrimp than lobster) that was dressed nicely and topped with arugula. I asked for no fried capers but they arrived covered in them which was a bit of a pain. My wife had spaghettini with a giant meatball in the middle. She loved that the pasta was fresh made and the meatball was good. She would have preferred more sauce but overall, it was good.
That's it on the food side. Generally good but not great and we definitely liked all the variety on the menu and feel that is a plus that would help us come back. It also may lead to the good not great on some of the food though. It's hard for a place to get so many things just right.
The service was definitely friendly, a bit overbearing and on the hard sell side and without full grasp of the menu items (see above paragraph for a possible cause). I don't need to hear a full rundown of 3 of the 8 or so apps, just pick one and be done. Also, the tables where we sat are VERY close together so when he would stand between them his crotch was almost on the edge of our table and his butt on the table behind. Thankfully, there was nobody sitting to the butt side. Just a little off-putting.
A longish review, I know but there was so much variation that it felt warranted. Like I said, we will surely go back but, truth be told, if the meal was exactly the same in all these aspects, the second visit would likely be the last. Too many other great and consistent options to risk $$ on good/great/inconsistent.
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