Natasha V.
Yelp
This is my first review since this was the old Bayside.
The Good: It is a fantastic location off Walled Lake. The views are to die for. The staff has always been accommodating and the drinks are pretty good.
The Bad: Read the other views. There are issues with Management. I ordered a whitefish dish with curry, but when it came it was certainly a big piece of Whitefish, one that was SPRINKLED with Curry! They prepared it maybe on the grill and proceeded to heavily sprinkle curry on the top! No way for the cheap curry to impart flavors into the fish!
I knew that was weird, but I took a bite anyway and then another bite. It taste just like it looks, a dry piece of fish with curry sprinkled on the top! The fish tasted completely unseasoned, no curry or any discernible flavors.
I am not one for sending food back but I thought surely this was a mistake. I told my waitress (which seemed sad for me), I guess she knew what was coming. The Manager came over, I told him it's just fish with curry sprinkled on the top. He tells me that the menu clearly says it's a rub, which he just didn't get the point. This is not how you use any "Rub"! I didn't waste my time telling him that you cook the food after it's marinated in the rub, etc. You don't sprinkle the rub on "any" meat and present it as finished! Since there were many white areas, it was clear they don't know how to really use a rub! It was a whitefish, if you really used a rub, it would not have been stark white in so many places. So I told him I expected it to be in a sauce, but he insisted the menu only said a rub. Again, it was sprinkles "after" it was cooked! So, he asked if I wanted the kitchen to make a sauce with curry and butter - WTH!
Is that how he thinks it's made? Ok. No. No, I would just like something else, I kindly told him. Get ready for it...he, the Manger said they do NOT take food back or make exchanges! Wow! Never heard of that before.
So, there it is! Not to cause a scene I said ok.
That was my experience today. If not for the location and view I would never come back. However, the next time I go I will stick with what they know how to cook, the basic bar food. I would save your money for a good seafood Restaraunt, go cheap here. Trust me, the boil is not worth the money either, so cheap bar food or a salad.
They are not going to change their ways because they have the location. However, putting this on their menu is WAY out of their league...way out! Not exchanging is just plain sad for a Restaraunt with any class.