I've been lucky to travel the united states and around the world. In 44 years, I've had some amazing experiences, good and bad, but I have never walked out of a restaurant; I did here. My girlfriend and I spent 5 nights in Charleston and saved Grill 225 for last. We made an 8:45 reservation and arrived at 8:46 (walking from our hotel, the lovely Charleston Place). The restaurant was less than 1/2 full, it was a Wednesday night. We were told to wait at the bar upon asking for our table. Mistake 1: never tell a guest to go sit at the bar just so you can try to sell them a cocktail. The hostess was the coldest, least friendly hostess I'd ever encountered in Charleston where ""friendly"" is a way of life. After being seated we order a bottle of 2005 Sancerre per the wine list and were brought a 2006 bottle. When I pointed this out to the Waiter, he said nothing, left the table and sent the wine steward over to our table. The wine steward proceeded to tell us that it was impossible to get 2005 now and became rude and hostile. We thanked him for the information. Set our napkins down and exited the restaurant. Grill 225 takes the term Southern Hospitality and re-terms it Southern Hostility!\r
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Fortunately, we walked accross the Street to, funny enough, a restaurant called ""S.N.O.B."" (Slightly North of Broad). They managed to seat us in less than 15 min. even though their restaurant was pretty packed. We had a lovely dinner than included a bottle of the same Sancerre Wine (2004!) and the bottle was priced $2.00 less than the 2005 bottle at Grill 225.\r
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The moral of this story: Restraunters never be a Snob; Charleston travelers, make sure and dine at S.N.O.B.\r
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