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Business Lunch:
New England Chowder, Monkfish, and Squash.

Service was good, prompt, courteous and friendly.
Chowder was very good as always. Consistent good quality, why I come back.
Monkfish was excellent, sause was heavenly. Definitely will reorder.
Squash was good, but lacked something to make it special, will not reorder.

Off beat bar and restaurant. Pizza was good, service good, jukebox weird, and patrons humorous.

Made our own pizza, Xtra sauce, Xtra cheese, ital sausage, pep, green pep, and blk olives. Sauce was spicy and delicious, cheese just right, crust okay(prefer crisper) Will order again.

Worth checking out

Bacon deluxe w/cheese was great, just what I want from a burger. Juicy, flavorful, generous and fresh. $5+ reasonable

I didn’t like the onion rings, the chili powder in the batter was blah, and at almost a dollar a ring, to expensive.

Strawberry shake was excellent.

Popular, Trendy and Good. Make reservations, reasonably priced, good food, good service, and nice surrounds make this a great downtown restaurant.

On my last visit we had the Garlic Noodles, and Kung Pao Chicken. The garlic noodles were amazing, the cilantro and cucumber made for a fresh excellent summer dish. In comparison the Kung Pao Chicken was good, a touch of spice, but the noodles were so much better.

If you forgot to make reservations try seating in the bar, full menu and better service.

Consistently good, prompt, and personal service.
Food is consistent, good and inexpensive.

I am greeted by name, conversations continue from visit to visit. Food quality is always realatively good, not the best, but I know what I am getting, no suprizes.

This is how you run a restaurant

Wow, horribly slow service. We went in for a business lunch. The staff seemed a bit disorganized, but we were shown to a table next to very large picture windows. There was little room around the table once we were seated, and staff had difficulty moving around the table. After ordering, we waited an hour to be served. At one point empty water glasses sat unattended for 45 minutes. Now recall this is a weekday business lunch. The restaurant was not busy, including our table of 7, there were 9 other patrons, 5 of which had already been served, the other 4 came in 30 minutes into our wait.
Now the food: At our table we had the Latin and Caribbean Bento Boxes, Thai Ginger Beef Masala Dosai, Havana Style Phad Thai, Spicy Eggplant and Tofu, Jamaican Style Curried Chicken, and Curried Potato & Leek Bisque. Strangely the soup was served after we had received the main course. Reports were favorable on the Latin Bento, Ginger Beef but too spicy, Jamaican Style Curried Chicken, neutral on the Havana Style Phad Thai (dryish noodles with sausage and prawns, bland) and unfavorable on the Caribbean Bento Boxes, and the Curried Potato & Leek Bisque (bland).
Serving staff relatively inattentive, in an almost empty restaurant. There was quite a long wait to produce the check when asked, and even longer processing the card. They claimed to have issues reaching the bank.
If the service issues were corrected it might be reasonable to try the food.

Simply Wonderful

Service, atmosphere, and food are always amazing. This visit we had the shrimp cocktail and crab cakes to start. The shrimp cocktail was wonderful, flesh crisp, and pure. The shrimp are huge! The crab cake was light, fluffy and so delicate. Just perfect, could have used a touch more sauce, but otherwise amazing.
Next came the Fillet Diane, Rib eye, asparagus, and garlic mashed potatoes. The fillet was incredibly tender, cooked to perfection, rich and creamy with the mushroom cream sauce. The rib eye was amazingly flavorful, and cooked just right with a great crusting adding to the amazing flavor. We kept passing forkfuls demanding each other share the delightful experience. The asparagus was great, the balsamic vinaigrette adding to the wonderful flavor. The garlic mashed, always a favorite, balanced the flavors nicely.
Then we shared a crème Brule and a slice of key lime pie. Crème Brule was heavenly, the caramelization simply perfect. The key lime pie so fresh and flavorful, with fresh lime zest and whipped cream, a perfect end to a perfect meal.
The sommelier helped pick out a wonderful bottle of syrah, providing a wonderful accompaniment to the meal.
Once again, Morton’s is the place I am guaranteed to have an amazing experience.

Back to test another couple items on the menu, Rigatoni al Sugo di Carne, and Risotto.

Rigatoni al Sugo di Carne: Rigatoni with a tomato and ground veal and beef filet. Okay missing something, we thought an aromatic. Presentation – Good, Taste – Fair, Ingredient Quality – Good, Preperation -Good. We will reorder

Risotto – mushroom risotto. The risotto arrived in a clump, immobile and with to much butter. Presentation – Fair, Taste – Good, Preperation – Poor. We will not be reordering.

Service: Elusive, quiet, inattentive, but acurate. When asking for drink variations the server vocalized less than appropriate assumptions.

In the continuing saga we returned to sample the bar menu again. We tried three dishes: Polipetti e Ceci(baby octopus), Carne Cruda con Rucola e Tartufo (beef carpaccio), and the Escargot.

Polipetti e Ceci $12: Baby octopus, garbanzo beans, fresh herbs and wine reduction, the wine reduction was quite good, onions and beans very nice, but the octopus was tough and chewy.
Presentation – Fair, Taste – Fair, Ingredient quality – good, Preparation – poor. We won’t be reordering.

Carne Cruda con Rucola e Tartufo $13: Beef carpaccio with arugola, parmigiano, capers and black truffle melange, simply not that interesting. Presentation – good, Ingredient quality – good, Taste – fair. We won’t be reordering.

Escargot $13: Snails shelled, served in a butter herb sauce, fennel garnish. Quite good, tender and tasty. Presentation – fair, Taste – good, Preparation – good, Ingredient Quality – good. We will reorder

Service: Prompt, courteous, quiet, and inattentive. We tried vainly to get a spoon for the port reduction, but gave up eventually.

So I start my way thru the bar menu again to see what has changed. I tried the Grilled Caesar and the Hanger Steak.

Grilled Caesar $8
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It was okay, nothing special. Grilled halves of romain heart, thin sliced parm cheese, croutons, and caesar dressing. Presentation – good, ingredient quality – good, Taste – Nothing interesting, Value – low

I won’t be reordering.

Hanger Steak $14
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Very good, flavorful, and tender. Steak cooked perfectly, great flavor, and wonderfully juicy. Sliced steak with finger potatoes, green/yellow beans, and carrot halves. Presentation – good, ingredient quality – good, Taste – good

Definitely will reorder.

Service, there have been changes in staff, while not gregarious, it was prompt, attentive and good (this time). Hopefully it will be consistent. We will see over time.

Inconsistent Service.

I would love to take people here for important occasions, however the service is wildly inconsistent. One day its excellent, and the next you can’t get someone to acknowledge your presence for 20 minutes.

I had previously tried everything on the bar menu, and found the buffalo burger fantastic, however there have been major changes. The patty previously was wonderfully juicy and flavorful, now it tastes like any other pressed frozen beef patty.

I will make my way through the bar menu again, hopefully the other items have improved as much as the buffallo burger has fallen.

I usually drop in the bar after visiting the museum.

Service is excellent, Leena the bartender is exceptional.
Food is good, portions are small.
Just had the pizza, a flat pan bread with a pizza like toppings. While it was good, it really didn’t really meet my expectations. I woun’t be reordering.
I have had the scallops in a fried wrap. Once again while they were good they didn’t really meet my expectations. I won’t be reordering.

Service and environment are wonderful, but the food needs something more for the expense.