text: This dining experience was less than satisfactory First of all we had a reservation but we still had to wait to be seated When we finally were seated we were told that there was no cocktail menu only a wine list that was not a huge deal My date and I had already glanced at the menu so we had an idea of what we wanted We both ordered a sea bass cake for an appetizer which is what drew us to the restaurant Taste of Charlotte it was severely lacking in flavor and was in desperate need of salt It tasted nothing like the delicious sample we had tried months before We also both ordered the steak and grilled shrimp with lobster Mac and cheese and asparagus sounds amazing right It was severely disappointing The lobster Mac and cheese tasted like Kraft from a box with artificial crab meat The shrimp was not seasoned and not grilled just simply boiled with no flavor The positive points of the dish was the steak was flavorful and cooked to the correct temperature and the asparagus was not bad but nothing special The night ended with desserts I ordered the creme brufbluee and my friend ordered the Nutella crepe both were again disappointing The creme brufbluee was old and very cold The Nutella crepe was tough and chewy Luckily we were there for restaurant week so all three courses was only but I would have rather paid full price somewhere else