My husband and I are from out of town and have previously eaten at 300 East with friends - so we thought we?d enjoy the cool 4th of July weather Charlotte was having and eat outdoors. When we asked if we could sit at the remaining unoccupied table, the hostess told us ?we like to save the four-tops for three or more customers.? Stunned (and hungry), we said okay. She sat us by a front window and near the front door and I counted three other ?couples? request the same outdoor table and they all received the same reply. The restaurant was very slow (maybe ten people inside) and the table remained empty during our lunch visit. From our previous visit, we remembered the food being very tasty. Unfortunately this was not the case this time. I ordered the Ahi salad and received two small pieces of tuna along with a very rubbery rice cake. The waitress never returned to our table so after waving her down, she did go back to the kitchen and tried a different method of warming the rice cake. She then told me the rice cooker was broken and that is why the cake was rubbery (?). Our meals were definitely not worth the hefty price tag and were very disappointing. We should have left once we were told we couldn?t sit at the empty table outside! Lesson learned.
Pros: outdoor seating - IF you have the correct # in your party
Cons: outdoor seating criteria, food portion vs. $, service
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