Alfredo Garcia Review of The Optimist
I had been really looking forward to dining here f...
I had been really looking forward to dining here for such a long time and especially after reading about all the great online reviews. So I decided to take my wife last night for our anniversary dinner and what a major let down!! The Plateaux appetizer was just ok for the price...oysters and shrimp were good, but I've had better ceviche and tuna poke at the mall food court and the smoked fish dip was just plain gross. We split the halibut entree which was tasty but overcooked/dry, and had to wait another 5+ minutes before we even got our 2 side dishes that should have accompanied our meal. Speaking of those sides...after sending back the first order of basmati fried rice because it was so heavily over salted, it was actually one of the better parts of our meal. Our second side dish was the summer grilled vegetables, but they were served drenched in oil that drowned out any flavor they may have had. We each had a bite and decided at that point it wasn't even worth the time to make another complaint- we were so disappointed and ready to leave by then!

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