Went to this place last night and we were very underwhelmed. We started off with the deviled eggs which weren't terrible, but not delicious either. They did coke out really fast- even beat my drink by 10 minutes. I had one of the signature cocktails with lavender in it which was really good. My boyfriend had an Old Fashioned that was really good as well. My drink took about 20 minutes to get from the bar, but his came out quickly. Our server seemed really busy and I had to ask her eventually to put in our food order. There were several servers working and the place is tiny so I could only count 3 total tables that she had (all 2 tops). She was in the back of the restaurant a lot. She condescendingly thanked me for my patience when I asked if we could order our food- we had been there about 30 minutes at this point and we were very hungry. I ordered the scallops and my boyfriend ordered a filet, baked potato, and the lobster Mac and cheese. I was really looking forward to this. I lost track of how long it took us to get our food, but it was almost an hour. I understand fine dining takes time, but that's ridiculous. My scallop plate was supposed to have a pea purée aside a mushroom risotto. The peas were mixed in with my risotto with some mushrooms thrown on top. My risotto was green. Not at all like the other pictures I've seen. It has a red pepper sauce on top that I had to scrape off because it made the dish even worse. The scallops were seared on one side only without consistency. One was only seared halfway on one side. The steak tasted like it had no seasoning and the baked potato was runny on the inside. The lobster Mac was good but there were pieces of unmelted cheese in it that could have helped make it creamier. My second drink wasn't even purple and barely tasted like lavender. Our bill for the food and a few drinks was $250 before the tip. We would have gladly paid that for a delicious meal, but it was like a slap in the face after what we were served. The server even asked us if our food tasted ok after we got it to which I replied, "Not really," and she said ok and walked off. Two different managers asked if we were ok because I'm assuming we didn't look pleased and they didn't care to hear it either. Did I mention that our reservation was at 6:30 and we didn't leave until almost 9?! The seating in this place is too crowded as well. I felt like we were sitting with the people around us instead of finally getting a date night alone. Also, it will be nice to have an open restaurant when it cools down, but all it did was make it hot and let in sooooo many flies. We were swatting at them the whole meal.
This review is to be constructive as I just wanted a nice place to eat here in town. I just moved back here and all we wanted was a nice date night after having recently having a baby. It's so disappointing that even for all that money, we still can't get a nice fine restaurant here. read more