J E.
Yelp
We have very mixed feelings after our visit - We really wanted to love dining here, based on the amazing menu, pics we saw online from those who dined here before, and it's a combo of fresh seafood and Italian - But unfortunately, our visit wasn't that great.
First, we got there, sat down and wanted to order wine to enjoy while reviewing the menu, but we waited 10 mins with no one to check in/great us, so when I saw a manager nearby I asked him for some assistance and then our server appeared a minute later. He was very friendly, not sure what happened in the beginning, but we overlooked that as we proceeded with dinner.
We started with their shrimp scampi and wow, that was the blandest shrimp scampi we've ever had! We had to add salt to get some sot of flavor from it, but it hardly had the flavors that make it a loveable dish - such as garlic and lemon... We didn't taste these at all and for the price, it wasn't very appetizing looking and flavorless - Definitely wouldn't recommend.
The entrées we ordered were their swordfish for her and I got their linguine with scallops, shrimp, and broccoli. My linguine dish was very bland as well... not sure what was going on here, but no garlic, no seasonings at all, and I asked for their diavolo sauce and what I got had no heat either. Wife's sowrfish was totally raw inside. We showed this to the server and he told us it looked like that because this is the season where they get "orange swordfish" but what we were showing was a very obviously piece of raw fish.
He took it back and brought it back to us about 15 mins later cooked to a greater temperature. He agreed that once he got it in the kitchen, he noticed it was raw. But you NEVER HEAT AND RESERVE a food item touched by the customer - that's gross. As a result, she barely picked at it and it was simply wasted. Poor service! When someone sends back raw food which they've already cut into, time to toss it and serve a new one - especially when it's the kitchen's fault. Talk about cross contamination.
Anyway - we had a very lackluster visit, which was sad, as we expected to much more from this visit. We love Boston and will be back to visit one of the amazingly incredible restaurants that are there, but this won't be on our list.