text: This is one of those restaurant ratings that makes me question the palate of some yelpers I am quite the food snob and a bit of an amateur gourmet cook make my own pastassaucesbreadsice creams so if I eat out the food should best my abilities in some way This place simply did not live up to anything near its star yelp rating in any dimension other than its excellent service Let me say that again Service was excellent Waitstaff was very attentive and the owner was extremely friendly as well stars for this part of the experiencennNow the food The prices struck me as being too low for the area for filet for homemade pasta seemed cheap to my eyes for dinner Turns out I was right I would bet a fair amount of that this place started with the best intentions and good quality ingredients but the owner has cut prices and ingredient quality because he cannot figure out what is wrong with the restaurant given such high yelp reviews but poor customer turnout Place was very quiet on a Saturday night at pm in spite of a great jazz band nnCase in point my girlfriends filet was nowhere near a USDA prime or even a choice cut I would guess it was a select cut or a no roll piece of meat similar to what is used at a chain steakhouse On top of that the steak was not seasoned at allno salt or fresh pepper It was dreadfulnnI ordered the citrus prawns and lobster ravioli The prawns were clearly shrimp and not even big shrimp I would guess they were shrimp at best nowhere near shrimp and they were definitely not prawns Shrimp were also overcooked and flavorless and were cooked via boiling water rather than seared a la minute Ravioli texture was great but filling was mediocre Sauce was OK but did not seem to be thickened via a typical method butter or cream My guess is that the sauces are premade in the morning and they found butterthickened sauces would break on themnnCalamari appetizer was not seasoned was bland and overcooked Calamari were chewy and the tomato sauce served to accompany it was mehnnAll in all the relatively cheap food prices poor quality of ingredients shrimp masquerading as prawns in my dish convinced me the owner probably started with very high ingredient quality and higher prices but has lowered his price point and ingredient quality to try to spur demand I am guessing he did not do well though even with the best ingredients because the chef in the kitchen clearly is not the best and does not know how to season food Nothing I ate had even a modicum of salt on itnnIf the owner fired the chef and brought in someone new raised the prices and the ingredient quality he would have a winning establishment I only hope he reads this review because it is clear he is trying his best is a very affable fellow and I genuinely want him to succeed