Our ""unforgettable"" experience at Prime 112 on South beach started way before the car attendant asked me for $30 to park (exhibit) my car right in front of the place. For weeks I had tried to get a reservation for my family. Every time I called the experience was the same. A ""lady"" full of attitude would always put me on hold immediately and had me waiting for at least five or ten minutes and sometimes for more than one time during the call. Every time she would say that even though I was calling days in advance of the desired date and time, it would always be the same result, nothing before 1130 PM. The answer came right away and blunt and it seemed like she never even checked to see if there was anything else (playing ""hard to get"" and busy was my impression). In view of my lack of success I asked my wife to try as she is patient and maybe the ""lady"" did not get along with men very well. After going through the same treatment and holding for some 15 minutes, she was ""able"" to get a reservation for 530 PM on Sunday (not the day we wanted of course nor the hour). Not a person to ever curse, my wife told me what a b...h after her experience with old friendly. Once we were seated, the unenthusiastic attendant went through the motions and we were served. The food was average (do not go for the key lime pie) and the service OK. The only portion which was big was the check. Over $400 for four people, three of which were non-drinkers of alcoholic beverages. What was very interesting was that my wife had been told that it was 530 PM, take it or leave it and the restaurant was empty at 5:30, 6:00, 6:30 and half empty at 7:00 and not that full at 730 when we left, so I wondered why almost a week before, when we made the reservation, we could not get anything better than 530 PM on Sunday!!! Net net, another one of those highly priced, hype full, south beach restaurants which are not very customer friendly although I have to say that old friendly takes the cake.
Pros: Porterhouse
Cons: Highly overpriced, Rude staff, Impossible reservations
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