Emma ordered all supplies locally and insisted on the best quality; therefore, the Estaminet quickly became known for serving the finest foods and providing the most sought-after lakefront atmosphere.
I feel the need to share due to safety concerns for others. Emmas security (bouncers) are unpredictable and hazardous.
Enter at your own risk. No one has the right to use bullet words or violence like they did, especially not to paying customers, and certainly not to women.
Will never be returning. Enter at your own risk of safety.
The servers spent more time socializing than serving, the food came out cold, the fries were soggy and the taste was mediocre. When I tried to wave over my server so I could get a drink refill, and possibly some warm food, she just stood in the corner on her phone and talked to the other employees. We eventually gave up, ate a few bites then paid for our bill and left. For a place thats been around for so long I was quite disappointed in the quality and experience that my family and I had.
It must be the view that keeps this place in business because it surely isn't the food or service. Although I wouldn't rank it among the dregs, we were completely dissatisfied with the quality of food, the price and the service. At first glance, you get the impression of a comfortable yet rich culinary experience........and then the food is served. The steaks and prime rib (I didn't taste them) appeared ok. My pickerel special with a calamari appetizer was ho-hum. The calamari was especially bland, over battered, and tasteless. My wife ordered the "traditional" pasta bolognese mainly so my infant daughter could have some. When asked, the server said its perfect for young kids. It arrived with an odd brown hue and tasted more like hamburger helper stroganoff. It was far from what a traditional and simple bolognese should be. We actually could not even find remnants of tomato in th esauce. Poor food aside, the service was friendly but impersonal and sparse. Lastly, the dishes were very overpriced.
Unfortunately, we hadn't read the reviews on this site prior to going. Lesson learned!
Two of the four apps were excellent(spring rolls/baked goat cheese) and two of the entrees were excellent(beef tenderloin/ribeye). However the below average service brought down the entire experience. One of the steaks was way over cooked and all of our sides were wrong, unfortunately no one ever returned to see why we weren't eating. When I finally ate the risotto I didn't order it was way under cooked and the seafood stew my wife had was awful. The white wine we order came warm and the beer we were drinking they ran out of at 8:00pm on a saturday night. We sat back and watched the table behind us receive much more attention from the same server. I assume that is because they looked like they had more money than us?LOL! Our tip either confirmed that for her or just maybe she will realize it reflected the service!
