text: Totally DisappointingnnI came in last Monday and was really excited about trying this place i figured it was going to be great seeing as successful his other restaurants are i was sadly mistaken nnStarting from the beginning our server was very sweet but her food knowledge and wine knowledge were both extremely poor she could not pronounce the specials i cannot imagine if we had questions about them that she would be able to answer them correctly she struggled with knowing where the oysters came from i wish i could have saved us all time and turned behind me as they were posted on the board with all of the other fish As far as my cocktail it was a great margarita probably should have just stopped there My friend ordered another beer he had one at the bar first and she asked for his ID Umm if he already has a beer why is it necessary to check it again more of a nuisance if you ask mennOk so I love food and so do the people i dine with so we like to try a little bit of everything we started with the Tuna Crudo this was ok it was nice and fresh Roasted Marrow on the Bone it was ok barely any Marrow so it was hard to really get a good feel Ham ways barely any Ham served on crostinis that was so much bread you could not even taste the Hamnot ok Chicken and Waffle good again not very much of it but flavors were good Ok so for all of the starters the one thing they all had in common was they were extremely small and you were barely able to taste the flavors correctly because it was poorly executed Still Starving nnNow at this point I order a bottle of wine we waited for a bit and then our sweet server came over to let us know the wine was coming but not yet since the managers are the only ones able to get the wine and right now they are dealing with Valet Umm ok so you rather deal with valet then bring wine to your tables if this is the case let the servers get they are own wine to eliminate something like this I was pretty annoyed at this point But then she brings it over she cannot even properly open the bottle she leaves the foil on the lip and then pours our wine by holding it at the neck of the bottle silly yes but again were they not refreshed on wine service or at least told what they are standards as a restaurant are nnMoving on along next up salads Burrata mozzarella salads and Arugula salad the Burrata itself was ok the salad was barely dressed and barely had any balsamic on it i cannot comment on the Arugula but it seemed like he enjoyed it nnFor our Entrees i had the Duck which i would say is the best dish of the night the flavor was great and my duck was cooked nicely My friends had the Rib eye it was extremely bland and really just not good My other friend had the Scallops now by looking at them they were cooked perfectly but when you tasted them they had a very burnt taste to them like they did not use butter or oil in the pan before they seared them again poor execution nnDesert was really where it fell apart for me I had ordered the Bread pudding it was served with Chocolate Ice cream the Ice cream was nice the Bread Pudding was so oily that it was separating my Ice cream like i get that its not a healthy desert and of course its made with butter but i have never had one that was this oily extremely disappointing but not as disappointing as my Tea yes my hot tea was not served with enough hot water so it was so strong and not drinkable i would have told my server this if she would have come back to the table sooner but that did not happen nnnSo all in all i had a pretty bad dinner experience and i felt like the real kicker was when we all shelled out each yes for a dinner that i really did not like and it was not in NYC so i cannot justify it by saying well that is just the prices nope its Charlotte and I could not be more disappointed in Emerils choice of staff in both the back and the front of the house