We recently went to try out the restaurant during Miami Spice. $35 a man, not bad. Food on the other hand, not good. We received tiny portions of everything. The watercress salad was excellent. I had the salmon and my wife had the braised rib. Rib good, salmon just o.k. In the middle of dinner they served us a small bite on a clever dish of some type of meat that the entire table questioned...not good. I took a consensus of everyone at the table and it was a unanimous "3" on the 10 scale for the mystery meat. In all fairness, it was the Miami Spice deal but I was super hungry still when I left. The reason I'm taking the time to write this is because they ticked me off at the bar. I ordered a bottle of bud light at the front bar and paid $7.69, gave her a $10 and said whatever. Then, at the back bar I ordered another Bud Light and they told me $9. I said the bar at the front told me $7.69. She said "It's $9." I said "should I go back to the front bar?" She then came clean and told me "Well, the tip is included." What a joke. Borderline scam. I wonder how many people tip on top of the $9. I guarantee they're banking on it. It's one thing if you hand someone a check and the tip is included but to verbally give the tab without any indication is downright sneaky. Otherwise, beatiful place, gorgeous cutting edge decor but skip the food and keep an eye on everything going on around in that place and outside that place....Evidently, they paid $23 million for the renovation and are using every trick in the book to get it back.
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