Cocktail Bar · $$$
1 Old Cutler Inn
16800 Old Cutler Road, Palmetto Bay
- Delivery
“I live very close to this restaurant and wanted to try it since it opened. My husband and I went without a reservation, but showed up at 5 p.m. and secured a seat at the bar. Lets get to it...The food is overpriced and not that great. That is unfortunate but true. The menu is very small and has issues...for example why would you only offer Swordfish for a fish option. I have worked at restaurants for many years and am an avid cook...I know as most do that Swordfish is a very polarizing fish...people love it or hate it...So why would a restaurant pick that as their only dinner fish option??? Why not Grouper or Snapper or some other fish that appeals to most people who eat fish? Moving on, my husband ordered the oysters...They had clearly been pre-shucked (which was confirmed by the bartender) and were DRY...all their beautiful Oyster liquor was gone because they had been pre-shucked and it evaporated. The bartender could tell my husband wasn't happy and just said "I'll give your input to the kitchen" Not the correct response! Then I got the clams appetizer, the clams were fresh and good...the broth they were in was bland and lacking flavor...It really needed a little salt and a punch of acidity...like a squeeze of lemon...For dinner my husband got the Fun Guy pizza...On the menu it says it has Prosciutto Cotto on it...That is just confusing for diners who are expecting its way more common cousin Prosciutto di Parma to come out...the two types of ham are completely different...Prosciutto Cotto reminds me of deli ham...it is not usually smoked...where Prosciutto di Parma is smoked and aged...The pizza would have been WAY better with Prosciutto di Parma. Moving on I had the Flat Iron Steak and it was actually tender and good...problem is it was I want to say $42...(I have to guess at that price from memory because there are no prices on their online menu) Flat Iron is a very inexpensive cut of steak and there is no way they should be charging $42 for it...another example of the high prices was there Beef Short Rib which I wanna say was $62 on the menu...Uh no I will go to Chef Adrianne's and get every bit as good short rib and same size or bigger for $45...come on with the prices guys...so in summary they need to stop trying to be overly artistic or fancy with inexpensive ingredients...and give people good food at a good price....If not... in this area, they will not make it...We know what's fair and what is not when it comes to prices and ingredients....They need some time to work out the kinks and I hope they do, because I am always rooting for new restaurants to succeed.”
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