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North Star Restaurant

North Star Restaurant

85 Westchester Ave (Rt 124) Pound Ridge, NY 10576, 10576-1744, POUND RIDGE, United States

Fish • American • Contemporary American


"We had been looking forward to finally trying this place, not too far from our home, for my wife 's birthday. We had an astoundingly bad dinner. To start, we were greeted by the host, dressed on a Staurday night in faded jeans, with one pocket sticking out. Casual. Very. We had reservations, and asked for a table outside. The host rolled his eyes, said he 'd have to see if it was possible. He looked at his list, turned away from us, took two steps back, looked through a mostly obstructed front window, and without turning back to us, picked up 3 menus and said, I guess we can do it. No smile, no welcome, no warmth. The perfunctory, distracted attitude was the theme of the night, although we noticed that regulars were greeted differently. Our waiter wasted little time on small talk. Do you want drinks? What can I get you? Fine. All night, wait staff walked by our table without picking up empty plates, refilling water, etc. Our food was, to be charitable, mediocre. Turkey meat loaf was an unseasoned brick of ground turkey, burned in spots, served with frozen ! peas and carrots literally scattered over the mashed potatoes, which had the watery consistency of a puree, covered in a mustard colored very watery gravy that further deprived the potatoes of any flavor or character. My daughter 's mac and cheese was similarly bland, my wife 's shrimp dish was watery, oily, and flavorless. This was food that received no skill or care in the kitchen. The host stopped at our table, asked how the meal was, no eye contact. My wife answered, charitably but with serious concern, that it was okay, her inflection clear that it not good food. At any other restaurant where we 've dined, that would have brought a concerned follow-up question, what was wrong? What can we do for you? Here, nothing. He walked away. No response. We ordered a dessert to split, it was a birthday. Key Lime Tart. The crust wasn 't bad. Flavorless, watery, watery topping. Never again."

Le Bistro

Le Bistro

4626 N Federal Hwy, 33064, Lighthouse Point, United States

Steak • French • Bistro • European


"Dinner reservations were honored in an empty restaurant on Friday night. When we decided to review the menu and make small conversations with our waitress, which is the co-owner, it seemed insulting that we were asking how it was connected to a French restaurant. We ordered our appetizers they were great. The Entrees were another story. My middle rare steak came well. The server wanted to pour the sauce up and I asked her to be on the side. She told me we didn't do this. I said I don't want the whole sauce up, so please leave it on the side. I guess she wanted to pour up the sauce to cover that my steak, the medium rarely ordered, was well done. She then told me when I asked to give it back, she would check in the kitchen to see if it was actually overcooked. When she returned to explain to me that the steak was overcooked and the problem was that it was left too long in the plastic wrap, in it, they wanted to make me another one. My husband at this point had already finished his meal. We left the restaurant and the next day received a phone call asking if they could charge us an additional $30 because they had charged us the night before. Not sure what happened to this restaurant, but it's not what it used to be. Never in my life I had a restaurant calling me to tell me that they charged when the amount that she was charged was less than the amount that we tipped."