Not the best experience, but I'm not giving up...
Saturday, January 13, 2007
As a rule, if I have a great meal, I have dessert. About a month ago, I left The Red Cat without dessert and a little bit annoyed with their management. I hesitate to call The Red Cat bad because everyone else adores this place, so I'll call my experience there "not great."
Bottom line: our appetizers (saute of zucchini and fried oysters) were delectable; our entrees (wild striped bass and atlantic salmon) were a boring, dare I say "trite", and lacked the life that you expect a restaurant with such great praise to have.
A service note, here: our entrees sat on our table for about 10 minutes longer than they should have, even 7 or 8 minutes after someone from the wait staff walked by and said that they would be by to pick it up. When our server came by, we were a little flustered, which apparently prompted the manager to come by and say that "[she] didn't know that [we] were in a rush." Well, we weren't in a rush, but our entire table agreed that she was insinuating that it was our fault that our plates weren't removed from the table. I guess that this could happen anywhere, but it's unfortunate that it happend at this restaurant. This, coupled with the so-so entrees (maybe it was our fault too that we didn't order the right ones), was why we opted out of dessert.
Upon arrival, I loved the atmosphere, the wine list, the cocktails, and the menu, but things went down-hill after the appetizers. I really want to like this restaurant , and despite my better judgment, I am going to try it again because so many people have had wonderful experiences there.
Pros: Atmosphere, Date spot, Cozy bar, Everyone else seems to like it
Cons: So-so entrees, slow wait staff