This restaurant, with Irish links, was a ‘should visit’ during a recent two-day visit to Jupiter. It was not a pleasant experience. My first mistake was to engage our server on the Irish link which she said she wasn’t aware of, and doubted! Not a...good start. Her demeanour deteriorated throughout the evening and, to be frank, dominated our conversation. With each visit to our table, she was more curt and abrupt than before. She ‘recommended’ a wine costing almost $100 but once she (somewhat reluctantly) allowed us read the wine list ourselves, we saw many good looking options for a lot less. The food was good, but nothing spectacular given the prices. My wife had the ‘Tuna-Seared rare with sesame seeds’ starter ($17) as a main course and our host had the vegetarian option of ‘Baked Portabello Mushroom etc. ($28). I had the Yellowtail Snapper Papilotte cooked in a parchment bag ($39). My companions also shared a Bistro Salad starter ($10) as a ‘mains side’. We were guests of our companion, a local, so we didn’t see the actual check/bill. Nor what was charged as add-ons (we had ordered a side of fries but it never arrived). We think that she added the expected/customary 18-20% as a tip (we found this to be the norm throughout our eight days in Florida) in addition to the local sales tax of 6%. It wasn’t a ‘cheap’ night out and, but for the service, this was a good enough meal. Disappointingly, our experience was significantly compromised by the attitude of our server. Perhaps they had a bad day. Even so, they shouldn’t have taken it out on the customer.More
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