John C.
Yelp
Avoid this venue. Don't quite follow the 4 star review.
Ordered the she crab soup and gumbo.
Gumbo sauce was serviceable, but the popcorn shrimp gave it a Campbell's soup Betty Crocker sort of feeling. Felt canned.
She crab soup, chalky chunks of crab and sandy texture. No sherry or bisque texture at all. Might pass with somebody that did not know better. Again, flavor was serviceable.
Steaks had no sear: thrown into the broiler, but the broiler may have been a little cool. The sear and caramelization gives flavor and texture.
As a result the fillet was soggy and badly under done. Once the meat comes out, rests and gets served, the idea of sending back into the heat to cook more ruins the meat: so one just deals with it. One good thing that can be said, is that quality of the meat wasn't terrible. The error happened in the kitchen.
The New York strip: same problem. Poor sear. The cap on the end was not rendered at all, so the result is a bit of sear and charge on each edge, with a strip is soggy an un-rendered fat in the middle. The temperature wasn't too off.
Mash potatoes weren't terrible. The nursing home, dome shaped scoop, sure gave away the production line approach in the kitchen.
Green beans weren't terrible were the star of the show, left el'dente so they wouldn't get soggy in the steam table. The spinach how ever not so lucky. Wet, soupy in the cruet, and salty beyond belief.
Service: drink menus were not offered, so drink orders were taken blind. Along with a dinner order. The server fired the soup, before brining drinks, and so they were on the table well in advance of the drinks. Nothing pairs with gumbo like an old fashioned.
Meals were brought, and finally a wine list presented, with a menu of drinks we should have ordered. Steaks were cold and half eaten, by time the wine arrived.
The server spilled the wine and both glasses had wine dripping from them. A sloppy attempt to clean them up, while waving to friends across the street.
Our rule of thumb, when at an unknown establishment of steak and seafood, is order the steak. If they can get that right, maybe try the seafood next time. Looking around, we seemed to make a good choice, such as it was.
The complete lack of connectivity to the diners, and lack flow and restaurant craft left us scratching our heads at the $150.00 check.
This establishment may have been good at one point, but worth avoiding when so many other choices are available.
