Charles At Smugglers Cove

  • 3.5 star rating
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3.5 rating over 2 reviews

8340 53rd Ave W
Mukilteo, WA
(425) 347-2700 View Dishes

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Description: Charles At Smugglers Cove is a Romantic restaurant where most Menuism users came for a romantic date, paid between $25 and $50, and tipped more than 18%.  Tags:
   
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November 19, 2007

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Nice property, classy restaurant

We had dinner there for my wifes birthday. We were seated upstairs in the masionette turned restuarant.
Very nice, plush, romantic.

Food was French style and overall very good. The entrees came with the best au gratin potatoes Ive had.

The food quality over all was 8 out of 10.

My problem was with the Duck Terrine, all capers, cornichons and olives on a mound of red leaf lettuce. 4 teaspoon sized quarters of pate for $10.50. I didnt even bother eating it and sent it back…Garnish of pate’ for almost $3 a bite, no thanks.

It took forever to have it replaced by a watercress soup and the server did some gymnastics with the bill giving me a dessert and a half rather tha taking the pate’ off the bill???

The wild salmon on puff pastry my wife had was exceptonal as was my grilled shrimp and scallops bearnaise (although it looked like buerre blanc with a tarragon reduction, not Hollandaise with tarragon as it is classically)

I thought the service was a bit distant as we poured our own wine, Estancia Pinot Noir, and waited forever to return the pate.

Desserts were good.

Overall a romantic place, real busy too for a Thursday night.

They must be doing something right!

I still dont get why people have to get on the cell phone during dinner, I did not need to hear the guy 4 feet from me discuss his net worth and try and shield his lips from my view, like I cared!!

Dishes I tried:

Salmon, crab and basil on puff pastry

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The real deal, great flavor, exceptional qauality

(unsure of French name) Grilled scallops and shrimp bearnaise

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My only critique on this great dish was the water floating on the plate from the reheated brocolli and the carrots were way overcooked.

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February 15, 2009

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Five star setting, 3 star food quality to price.

The ambiance in the restaurant is incredible! Very romantic! A good place to take someone if you want to dine slowly and chat a lot…but bring your fat wallet!
I cannot say that the food is worth the cost. If you are going to charge $29 for Salmon Wellington, BE SURE to use only the very best cut of salmon! That goes without saying! Half of my fish was the “dark part” of the salmon which is very fishy.
The salads were very good, the wine and bread was fantastic. Keep in mind that this is French food, so you are going to find a HIGH fat content in your meal. If you have a sensitive stomach, be careful.

I would give this place another try simply because the setting is incredible, but I am going to try lunch this time.

Hey guys, work on the food quality to match the price more closely. Over all, very lovely.

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This restaurant is located near the cities of Everett, Clinton, Langley, Mill Creek, Picnic Point-north Lynnwood, and Bothell.

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