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Beyond The Sea

Beyond The Sea

4957 Lake Shore Drive, Town Of Bolton, 12814, United States Of America, BOLTON LANDING

Fish • Pizza • Steak • Seafood


"Where to start. Tuesday night 7:30 reservation, party of 6, my sons 14th birthday. This was the day after labor day and there was only one other table. Our server Julie couldn 't have been less happy about having to work. Slow on drinks, (food before drinks is terrible) inattentive, stick up the you know. Fine whatever, but with two tables you 'd think you would give extra attention and a smile to at least make a good tip from a party of six. Back to Julie in a minute. Now the food. We ordered the korean pork belly the artisan bread (for 7$ bucks) and the filet tartare to start. Pork belly was good , sweet and a bit of spice but was inconsistent,. One piece very tender the other chewy. The tartare lacked seasoning and overall a bit bland. You also got just two small crostini with it. Then my wife and I shared the wedge. Not sure why it was overloaded with figs as they sure didnt add Anything to it. Looking at the menu before we went we could already tell it was well overpriced. Avg entree was about $60. But we were told it was really good and I dont mind paying at all if its good food AND good service. Entrees 3 kids filet entrees. All cooked to a good med rare. One swordfish special for bday boy. Two small pieces about 1/4 thick and cooked to death. I had the $60 scallop dish. The 4 scallops were cooked ok, slightly not seared enough but passable. My risotto was ok as well except the stringy vegetables on top just didnt go well with it. They weren 't needed. My wife had the chilean sea bass with lobster risotto with pea emulsion. Fish was cooked great but lacked seasoning (again). However there was no lobster in the risotto or there was no risotto in the lobster as it was hard to tell as it all sat in the bowl of pea soup. Needless to say my wife told the hostess when she asked how it was and she said that she really did not enjoy the dish which she picked at. We also mentioned the not so great service from Julie. . When we got the $500 bill the sea bass was still on bill, so we called the hostess over and asked if we ate it. My wife said do you want to go back to the kitchen and look? She eventually took it off. A slow night at the restaurant doesnt mean the whole place takes the night off especially when you are charging those prices. This isnt applebees with teens working and wanted to get out of work and hang with their friends. Our experience was overpriced mediocre food, not good service. And we made the reservation on OpenTable. I noticed two hours later that they canceled our reservations so we cannot review them on OpenTable hence why I put my review on yelp but I 'll be contacting them and I 'll be copying and pasting this review unopenable as well."

Sapore Italiano

Sapore Italiano

416 South Broadway West Cape May, NJ 08204, 08204-5307, CAPE MAY, United States

Tea • Wine • Soup • Pizza


"Updated review from 2023: Since our first visit to this restaurant in 2019, we have returned each year following. They added Ooen Table for setting reservations and we've not had an issue getting a seat since. I would still recommend booking at least a week in advance, especially if you intend to dine on a weekend. The food has always been good and they handle those with gluten sensitivities very well. That is the number one concern for my wife. Everything else is trivial in comparison, but having said that the atmosphere is warm and cozy and the staff are pleasant (and numerous). The attention we received was adequate though I was a little surprised that our server did not offer to open our wine or offer a bucket of ice. That has not been the typical case here in the past or at any other fine dining restaurant in Cape May proper. Was that a big deal? No, of course not and it could just have been an oversight or an indicator of how busy they were. Regardless, we will see Sapore again next year! Review from 2019: We couldn't get to a live person on the phone. We called 3 times within an hour between 4 and 5 pm and each time the call was forwarded to some other number that had no greeting indicating it was for the restaurant. Very bizarre. Anyhow, we decided to just go and see if we could get a table. Alas it was booked until 8:30 which was too late for us. We opted to order takeout and it actually came out fairly quickly. The food was very good. I had linguine alla vongole and my wife had the sapore Italiano (gluten free pasta due to allergy). My wife did not get ill which means they did a good job avoiding cross contamination. Kudos for that! We'll certainly be back, but only if we can actually get through on the phone to make a reservation. Dietary restrictions: Gluten sensitivities are handled well here"