Problem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:
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Answer: Just ok.

Problem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:
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Answer: How to start this out? First impressions of this sister restaurant of 5 Church is less than mediocre. From the front when you first walk in you expect a place that's gonna give you great choices of meat, fish, and poultry localized, and taking advantage of the great farm to table scene we have here in Charlotte, but what we came to find out that's it's nothing more than the "college kids craigslist apartment of the culinary world". Not one thing matches each other. NOTHING! The decor and ambience were very nice, open floor plan, very inviting, beautifully rustic with an urban feel, but only leaves you with the giant question mark or sour taste in you mouth from wanting more. (Looks aren't everything) When we first sat down we asked what exactly was the concept of the restaurant, and we were informed that it's "comfort food"? The only comfort I found was ending this Enigma of a night and asking for the bill. In regards to the food, poor selection, limited menu, no creativity nor flavor, and overall bland. Only 12 items that suspiciously resemble what I can receive at a place that's on the corner of 5th and church (hint, hint). It's like 4 people came up with an idea of what sells at one place, we'll through it on a menu, and add smashed bland potatoes, or a truck load of crispy onions, re-name the place in a different location and call it a day. We all understand Charlotte is not a culinary Mecca if you will, but this tom foolery is not pulling a fast one on anyone. I mean pop corn to start out at the table? Really? Something that's cheap and adds no complement nor nutritional value to the apparent question mark that's already lingering in the room. You just end up asking yourself why? The one saving grace of this place, was something so small and minute that I wouldn't even call it saving. POPOVERS! Tasty and savory. About the only thing that actually challenged my palate whatsoever.

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It angers me to be so hyped up about a place and then have to give them such a low grade rating. Overrated, overpriced and under serviced would be the top 3 ways I could describe it. I was so stoked to try the new raw bar, fresh antipasta made in front of you, outdoor seating with firepits restaurant the Hard Rock was offering. Not to mention menu choices like beef stroganoff, ribs, fried chicken, and meatloaf. I for sure thought I would be in heaven. Now let me start with the 2 good things about this place. 1- The ambiance. It was a huge indoor/outdoor 2 bars, view of the pool. AMAZING set up. If you sit indoors, you can watch them make your antipasti platter fresh in front of you which brings me to the the highlight of the meal 2- THE ANITPASTI! So it was for sure over priced. $8 per cured meat. $5 per cheese. $4 per snack (snacks included olives peppers, bread, etc) My super awesome platter cost $38. Sad that it was the only thing worth it. The meats were perfectly salted and the cheeses were imported. I would actually order this again if I wasn't worried about the cost. Thats it. All the positives. On to the reason for the 2 star rating. First and foremost the shitty service. Not only was our waiter unattentive and slow. He was careless. He didn't once offer to refill our empty glasses we had to ask. He didn't notice nor care that 1 of the 4 of us barley touched her food due to it being undercooked. (seriously meatloaf pink??) We also noted that our order was put in around 7:30, and we were patiently awaiting our check at 9:20. Between us we had ribs that had jalapeno in the title, yet tasted sweet. 2 orders of undercooked meatloaf. And a steak. The side items were decent, but even the taters that came with the meatloaf lacked consistency. My boyfriend insisted we get dessert since all 4 of us were still hungry and there are not many places in town you can get freshly made monkey bread. Again a dissapointment. Small, and it took more like 20 minutes versus the 10 they claimed it to take. Overall the bad food may have been a fluke. I could tell there was a potential for yummy-ness had they cooked the meatloaf another hour, added spice to the ribs, and a little love in their kitchen. On this trip they really lived up the the "culinary dropout" name and left a lot to be desired.