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Sam Harry's

Sam Harry's

1551 North Thoreau Drive Schaumburg, IL 60173, 60173-4107, United States

Wine • Soup • Steak • Seafood


"We went on Valentine's Day and both my wife and I were disappointed. First, our waitress was great. No complaints with her. Second, the special dessert they had was a brownie with ice cream and a pastry on top. My wife couldn't stop raving about it even though the brownie, IMO, was really dense and hard. Third, my wife doesn't like oysters, and the restaurant was kind enough to substitute a shrimp course instead. Unfortunately, those were the only good things in our opinion. We sat so close to the people next to us, I could have reached over and eaten off their plates. They sat us next to the kitchen which is next to the door to the outside deck. Easily the worst table location in the restaurant even though there were many open tables in much better areas (we had reservations, so it wasn't like we were walk ins). The butter and bread was just fair. So many top notch restaurants are elevating their bread and butter, so it's disappointing when you get a butter so ordinary. The lobster bisque was oily. I'm not sure how they made it, but we've had lobster bisque a hundred times before, and this by far the worst tasting. My wife thought her medium rare steak was overcooked and not tasty. I felt mine was cooked properly and was very good. Finally, the atmosphere and ambiance in the restaurant is just OK. Not sure why so many people rate it so high. They did the best they could with it being connected to a hotel convention center, but it's not 5 star. Overall, while the wait staff was excellent, whomever allowed us to substitute off a non substitution menu was very accommodating, there were way too many negatives and we won't be returning."

Pirozzi

Pirozzi

2929 East Coast Hwy Corona Del Mar, CA 92660, 92625-2992, CORONA DEL MAR, United States

Meat • Pizza • Diners • Italian


"We were sat in the outer tent with a reservation on a Saturday at 6:15 pm. There was one server and a couple of runners assisting him for the whole space. There were several large parties sat, as well as 2 and 4 tops sat several seatings while we were there for over 2 hours for a long drawn out meal due to long delays for the server to return to take our order and check on us in between ordering courses. That wasn't necessarily the thing the made the experience unhappy it was just a bit much as it became noisier at the end of the evening and we were just sitting and waiting for the bill and then for it to be run. My main issue was cleanliness. The poor server and his crew outside were sooo slammed. Already sitting in the outside tent is a little on the dirtier side, but the exterior door of the tent was a pile of mess of chairs , silverware and cheese bowls etc. Our first order was spaghetti and meatballs for our child and one meatball had a hair in it. When the server finally returned to check on us, he was apologetic, and took it off our bill. But as I said I can kind of see overall the cleanliness plays into something like this occurring. Overall the food tasted good. I can RAVE about the pizza the crust is a perfect blend of soft and chewy. The pesto sauce they bring complimentary for the bread better on the pizza crust is delightful and the artichokes appetizer, if you are fan of this veggie, was quite delicious. I wish they had more specialty non alcoholic beverage options and that they didn't automatically bring water with ice. Overall we would definitely visit again for the pizza and/or order it for take out."