1 Stars: Just don't. Seriously. (by Anthony C.)

Anthony C. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:13:00 GMT

I hate to be the reviewer picking on other reviews, but I must assume the "anonymous" post is an employee. Because the review before mine by Rebecca is dead on. She writes "lots of bucks put down for not enough 'bang' at this place."

Let me start by saying that I will never go back. I will also note that there are restaurants that have food poisoned guests of mine that I have given two stars to on here. With that in mind, one star. Here's why...

The food is overpriced. This is universally true. Look up the menu. There's nothing particularly bold, and the quality (this you'll have to take our word for if you're reading pre-visit) is nothing special. It's not so much that the food is bad... it's just that you could get better food at the Stockyard Restaurant in Brighton, and similar food at any 99 Restaurant... both at a lower price.

The real sin here is the service. When I last visited, I was part of a small group of family members. While I am a younger person and was in dress-casual, I am a discrete, generous tipper with reasonable expectations. The young man on water service got $10 from me just for being exceptionally tactful and careful filling water. However the manager and hosts/hostesses were ignorant and rude.

They refused to sit our party (with elderly guests) because one person hadn't arrived. That was the day of her graduation which took place down the block (as was well known by all local businesses), and she was being held back for some administrative issues. We had to wait outside because it was too busy, and when our last family member arrived we were told we'd missed our reservation because our full party wasn't there at the correct time.

When I grew impatient and tried to follow up after an older family member already gave up, I was met with immense disrespect, literally brushed off to take another customer mid-sentence by a manager and host.

Good thing these employees aren't being compensated to provide customer service. Oh wait...

And like I said, from there on out, it was reasonable service by the waitstaff, and mediocre food. Oh, and an unreasonably high bill. It was someone else's treat, but even still I felt cheated.

Never again. I can't, in good conscience, give them any more of my money. There are just too many other better places to eat both in terms of food quality as well as service.

3 Stars: OK for the money (by Rebecca P.)

Rebecca P. — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:51:00 GMT

Lots of bucks put down for not enough "bang" at this place. We found it overblown and a bit pretentious. Service was OK but the waitstaff was snotty. This is "the place" to be seen in town, apparently.

Insider Pages Reviews for Anthony's Pier 4 Restaurant

1 Stars: Just don't. Seriously. (by Anthony C.)

3 Stars: OK for the money (by Rebecca P.)