Ariadna Costantino (.
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The least enjoyable experience I had in St. Augustine, personally.
Tuesday lunch, 25 mins wait time for a table, no biggie, don't mind waiting, it's a popular spot after all.
We get seated, our server was very nice but unfortunately it didn't make up for the atrocious food and slow service.
We were a party of 4 and we all ordered different dishes + shared an appetizer.
The poutine and the salad were probably the only edible things we had.
The shrimp and grits for $32 were probably the most disappointing of all. The grits were so watery, not creamy at all and lacked flavor. The shrimp was cooked correctly (meaning it wasnt overcooked or chewy), but unfortunately it didn't make up for the horrible grits.
They sprinkled some corn, pepper & i believe cilantro on top but again the grits were so horrible it didnt matter what else they put on top of them. At least the biscuits were good.
My husband had a swiss mushroom burger that they brought like 20 mins **after** they brought his peanut whiskey milkshake. The milkshake is huge, and I will say that my husband did enjoy the taste. But the waiting time between ordering vs actually receiving the dish really ruins the experience.
What I'm discovering, the more restaurants in St Augustine I explore, is big restaurants should probably be avoided. Even if some dishes are nice, they have so many tables but almost all of them are extremely understaffed, and Prohibition Kitchen was not the exception.
This is reflected in the long waiting periods of time to catch the server to ask a question, and also probably in how long it takes to bring the food out after it's ordered since the kitchen is probably understaffed as well.
I guess if you wanna come when it's not busy, I'd only really get a milkshake.
I am already making plans to return to St Augustine but this is not a place I would like to come back to.