My wife and I were seeing Wicked at 8 p.m. We wanted at 6 p.m. reservation on a recent Saturday. I called the same day and was told by the hostess that were booked and had over 400 reservations this night. I called again asking for a 5:30 p.m. reservation. Still booked. I phoned a 3rd time, dropped a name and was given a 5:30 p.m. reservation. The hostess ""squeezed me in."" \r
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We arrive at 5:30 p.m. to find the valet parking attendants smoking. What a wonderful first impression. We walk in to a totally empty restaurant, after all, it's 5:30 p.m. and they just opened. We are seated at a nice table for 2. The room is cool. The server comes right over. She was very nice. She knew the menu. Around 6 p.m. we ordered. \r
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The medium steak was rare to medium rare at best and sent back. My wife's fish was too salty to enjoy. The creamed spinch was full of salt. The roasted potatoes were the highlight of the evening! The steak was good, but nothing I would come back for. The dessert menu was very limited. \r
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We departed at 7:20 p.m. and guess what... the restaurant that was fully booked and the hostess was doing us a favor to ""squeeze us in"" at 5:30 p.m. - - there were only 6 tables sat when we left at 7:20 p.m. What a joke. Another restaurant trying to hype themselves.\r
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It's so silly - - I wonder why restaurants like this don't fill themselves at 6 p.m. but prefer to lie, tell people they are fully booked, only to look foolish to those who see that clearly they weren't.\r
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I don't think there was any reason to return.
Pros: Attentive Service
Cons: Food is salty, they hype that they are booked when at 7:20 p.m. only 6 tables are sat on a Saturday, valet parking smoking when you arrive is your first impression
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