We made a reservation 2 weeks in advance for our 21st anniversary requesting a good seat by a window with a good view. We chose Clinkerdaggers as an excuse to have the Taylor's 40 year old Port--my favorite port. We were given the worst seat in the house. We only had a view of the Kitchen door and the staff pouring in and out while bumping into each other. The staff all looked very tense making the atmosphere tense. When my port arrived the color was way too light, there was too little body, no depth of flavor, and an alcohol burn instead of being buttery smooth. It did not give me goosebumps and tasted just like any 20 year old port that I had tried and not an $18 an ounce glass of 40 year old port. When I asked if I had gotten the correct port the waitress looked mortified and wanted to exchange it for another drink. I explained that it was the main reason that I had come there. There was no other option. I did not want another drink. There was no resolution possible if the claim persisted that what I had received was the 40 year old port. In the mean time another woman, a manager perhaps, offered us an additional free desert to our anniversary desert because they had given us such a poor table on our anniversary. We were too full to take advantage of it. We had one desert and split it. The waitress kept fretting over my port seeming very nervous verging on guilty. I do not think she was responsible but perhaps knew. She was very sweet otherwise and wanted to make sure I was satisfied, but never offered to remove it from the bill or charge me for a 20 year port instead. As an experiment I wanted to see what they would do on their own to see if we would come back. Plus, I really did not want to make a big fuss. So, I said perhaps it was the horseradish making it taste off. She said to my wife, he is lying isn't he. I just waited to see how it would resolve on our bill. We were charged full price for the port. We paid our bill, left the waitress a 25% tip and left a quickly as we could. We will not be back. I will have to find a source for my 40 year old port elsewhere.
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