Lockie Hunter
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We have been coming to 9 mile since my children were little, and now they are in college. So many many years of visits. This last experience was a little underwhelming though. We know it’s a busy place, and the host was excellent, but the server was almost nonexistent. My son was quick to point out that she refilled our water once and was not there much but was very quick to arrive to get the check and pick up the credit card. Other than that, we did not see her much at all.
The other thing that was a little underwhelming was the margarita, I really didn’t finish it. We drank about a third of it. It was heavily orange juiced and really sour. I know it’s a batch cocktail, and I’ve had it there before, but maybe this batch was off? It just was so sour and orangey that again, we really didn’t drink it. I switched to red wine.
Our food was good, but it wasn’t wonderful. I had the tuna, which in the past has been fine, but in this instance I found several stringy pieces that were really hard to chew, so about a third of that was an issue as well. Again, I’ve not had this issue with the tuna in the past.
The salads were good, I love that spicy dressing, and could just put it on everything. And, of course, the natty bread was up to its usual excellence.
I really wish they would bring back the ‘soon come’ dish or an equivalent, because it is a favorite of my family, but I know that dish has been gone for years.
I still love the fact that they have so many options such as the zucchini noodles for gluten sensitivity, and they are really wonderful with allergies and switching things out if you are a vegetarian or vegan or any sort of combination. They are really lovely about that. But overall, our impression was… Again, underwhelming. Between the spotty service and the chewy tuna and the really sour cocktail, it just wasn’t a great experience this time.
We are accustomed to the long wait, and we will often just walk around the block and enjoy the day. We love the loud festival atmosphere, and none of that was a problem. The real issue was in the elements that I mentioned above. We also understand that since Covid and the hurricane, it’s tricky to find good help and it’s tricky to resource items, and so we have really been trying to go to our favorite local restaurants and eat out even more than we normally do to make sure everybody gets back on their feet, and we are usually very patient with issues, especially post – hurricane, but this experience was just Sort of….meh.