Definitely not a 5 star place
My cousin called to make dinner reservations at 7:15pm on a Saturday night for a party of six people. When we arrived, we noticed there was a sign that said they would not serve sushi rolls besides at their bar area. Lame! So we had to cram at a table at the bar area in the corner. I wish they would have mentioned it over the phone to us.
Once we found a dark dingy small table, we waited for our waitress. Once she came, she handed us one menu although there was 6 of us and ALL of us were eating. We asked for more so she found 3 more. Some had different prices. There was also a sushi menu. Once we finally decided what we wanted, we ordered the following:
Calamari $12- Probably the best thing there. The calamari was battered and fried just right. It came with a cocktail sauce, tarter sauce, and lemon. I recommend it as a starter here.
Chicken Wings- There are different options of sauce. We went with their asian flavor and it was a nice sweet, spicy, and sour taste. The actual chicken was tender and pretty good.
Baby Beets Salad $9- This salad was silly small. It was barely any kale and arugula with some oranges, tiny amount of goat cheese, pistachio, and beets.
Pappardelle Pasta $22- The menu said it included spinach, roasted tomatoes, mushrooms, goat cheese and basil but there was barely any tomatoes or spinach. Instead of goat cheese, we asked them to use Parmesan instead. The dish was very bland and barely any cheese. Nothing worth the $22. The actual pasta noodles tasted fresh, but since a boring dish.
Wester Ross Scottish Salmon $33- This dish was basically a large piece of grilled salmon that sat on top of a citrus white rice. It also came with 4 brussel sprout. The salmon had a BBQ/teriyaki flavor to it and was quite large. It was cooked just right. There wasn't anything special about the dish though. Looking at old Yelp photos, their old salmon dish doesn't look like the new one. The new one is much more boring and also pricing had gone up.
Herb Roasted Half Chicken $29- This rosemary roasted half chicken came with potatoes and was covered in a creamy white sauce. It was tender and pretty good. This dish can work on presentation.
Blue Crab Hand Roll $9- This eventually being complementary because we had to wait so long for it. It was alright. Nothing amazing, nothing bad.
We also got two other hand rolls but can't remember what they were called. They were alright as well. I thought the pricing was pricey for quality and quantity. It lacked presentation, freshness, and flavor. Nothing was very memorable. It also annoyed me that the menus were different and some had different pricing. It was not consistent. One was even dirty with food spots on it.
As for service, I'm not sure if our waitress knew what she was doing. She didn't give us enough ultinsels and napkins. She only gave enough for 4 when there was clearly 6 people. Also when a larger table opened up next to us, she didn't offer to move us, although we hadn't ordered yet. We had to move ourselves. Our requests also were not made when asked. We had to ask 3 times for ketchup and water refills. Overall, this mediocre restaurant is a solid three stars. Will not be coming back. read more