. . . "1"^^ . "The location/ambiance: It's located somewhat between the financial district and the old port, so if you're there for sightseeing or business it's a decent choice for a nice meal out. The place is classy (lots of warm tones - brown, copper) without being too pretentious. It's not too cramped, but we were there on a Monday night so the crowd was sparse anyhow.\n\nThe food: I enjoyed the food for the most part, some dishes definitely were better than others and there were a few disappointments along the way. The warm potato salad with marinated octopus was out of this world. It was bursting with flavor and was more octopus than potato salad in the end. The goat cheese starter was also very nice, though quite rich. For entrees, we had the lobster ravioli and the fish & chips. The ravioli was fine, but nothing special. I didn't care for the presentation or the mass of onions in the dish. The fish was nicely done and melted in your mouth. Dessert was a brownie with chocolate ice cream and some sort of raspberry sauce. This was the worst part of the meal and it really lacked a deep chocolate flavor. \n\nThe service: This is where the whole experiences goes a bit awry. We're seated promptly by a stiff maitre d' and then wait for 20 minutes for anyone to come take a drink order or tell us about the specials. Finally the maitre d' comes over and says something off-putting like, \"Looks like you're anxious to order\" and takes our orders without telling us the specials. The food comes promptly and was true to the menu. We receive no other service until halfway through our entrees I finally flag down a waiter to order another drink. Apparently, he was our waiter but this was the first time he spoke to us, as he was busy flirting with other patrons. One of the drinks was delayed until our entrees were nearly completed. For dessert, he reeled off a long list instead of giving us a menu. Only during dessert were we ever asked how the food was. The waiter was jovial but he was not good at his job service wise. \n\nThis is hard to rate because the food was overall very good but the rest of the experience I would never want to re-live. Average."^^ . "0"^^ . "2008-08-11T00:00:00"^^ . "3"^^ . "1"^^ .