Hello happy hour!! So if you're in the area around happy hour time, this is a great spot. Get a martini and the oysters!! That garlic sauce? I mean seriously. The place itself is huge. They have tons of seating options both inside and outside. The bar staff was crazy friendly. He was quick and made food recommendations. We met the manager also and signed up for their vip program. They had great deals on the vip, sign up!! The manger was happy to chat and answer questions. I'd recommend this place in a heart beat for both personal evenings out and for events. It has a modern vibe with a giant rotating globe hanging in the main dining room. The bar was sleek and off to the left side if you enter through the front. Bar is self seat. Overall: A Happy hour. Get a martini and oysters. Sign up for vip! read more

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Such a great and secluded restaurant in Dr. Phillips. Located in The Dellagio plaza this (mostly) seafood themed restaurant has such friendly staff and delicious food. Today I discovered their happy hour which is M-F from 5-7pm. They have drink and food specials on the menu and helpful staff or seasoned residents that will help you in your choice making. I highly recommend their lemon drop cocktail and their sex in the city. Both have a sweet and tart flavor to them if that's your style. Also try their grilled oysters, they are to die for. Made with garlic and Parmesan and some bread perfect for dunking. I will definitely have to come back again for their other menu items, but I'm happy I got to experience their happy hour. read more

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I decided to go to Big Fin for my Bday Celebration. My party was of 9 individuals. The majority of us had previewed menu prior because to arriving and we're going to do Magical dining. When our waiter arrived name "Joe" he looked annoyed at us and was being passive aggressive. Since we were a big party and we're paying separately he instructed to not change chairs. When the last two individuals of my party arrived and were asking for the magical dining menu he handed them the menu and walked away. Even though they were ready to order. The turning point was when he lied to my fiancé and said that he did not hear him asking for a drink and never put in the order. When a few mins prior he stated that his drink was coming out and bar was backed up. I spoke to the manager and informed him how rude, inattentive and passive aggressive. A few mins later the manager came and introduced us to our new waiter Forest. Forest was amazing went above and beyond. Made sure everyone's order was correct and put in. If it wasn't for Forest this would had been 1 star review. Thank you Forest for the AMAZING service. You made my bday dinner memorable. read more

Big Fin Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Orlando, Florida

This place is a really solid place to go for seafood. Also has some good outdoor seating with an outdoor bar. The Grilled Oysters had just that right amount of smoky flavor while the savory compound butter just made it so luscious and tasty. It also had just the right amount of brine that you come to expect from oysters. The mussels were great as well. Plump and not over cooked, they soaked up the white wine and butter sauce. The crusty bread was also great for soaking up all that juice and sauce. My main entree was the crispy red snapper with curry sauce. The skin was nice and crispy while the fish itself stayed flaky and moist. The curry sauce was a good compliment that provided a little bit of heat. The crispy potatoes and string beans helped to round the dish out. Overall, good place. Because it is popular, it might take some time for you to get seated, even if you put a reservation in. read more

Big Fin Seafood - Mussels and Grilled Oysters - Seafood Near Me - Orlando, Florida

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we came in with a late reservation for a decent size group and they were very accommodating. The staff was very attentive and accommodating all of our special requests The table started off with an order of oysters mussels and calamari. The calamari and muscles were excellent. The oysters were tasty but very small. I had the Fried snapper and Caesar salad with anchovies. The Caesar salad Was good as they get. Fried red snapper was delicious. I've had better from Cuban places with a preseason it but nevertheless if you like snapper and don't mind picking through the bones this is a good choice. I would've given him five stars if it wasn't for our server. I know he was trying, but his random conversations were almost strange. Telling us about a disease his mother had a major picture lettuce by him. I can't make that up. We will be back. read more

Big Fin Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Orlando, Florida

Service was great! Food was excellent. Swordfish is a must try! But let's talk about dessert. The Big Fin Signature. Ooooo weeeeee. Worth every calorie. read more

Big Fin Seafood - Big Fin Signature - Seafood Near Me - Orlando, Florida

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Visited Big Fine for my moms birthday Walked into the restaurant the ambiance was beautiful I was in ohh just. Was greeted right away ugh u

Food and service was awesome. Recommend to all and the ambiance was A1. They brought the food out hot and tasty. Crab cakes was awesome

Food and service was excellent. Enjoyed the cocktails and the environment. Great visit during our vacation.

Really enjoyed my birthday dinner there. Food and service was great. I had the lobster. Super yummy. I'm looking forward to returning.

Food excellent Service excellent Ambiance excellent Fish preparations are all delicious, especially the branzino filet in a brown sauce. read more

Perfect fine dining experience without being too stuffy! You'd look around & you'd see people dressed up right next to people in jeans. While it's a little fancier than the average restaurant, the focus is less on decorum & dress code & more on their food. The food was phenomenal. I usually expect nicer places like this to have smaller plates, but the portion were pretty generous. We started off with the New Orleans barbecue shrimp. The shrimp came on top of a bed of sticky rice, & the rice was great for soaking up the sauce we couldn't get enough of. Definitely would recommend. For entrees, we got the Surf & Surf & the blue crab crusted corvina. The Surf & Surf is great for anyone who wants to try a sampler of shrimp, scallops, & crab broiled. The blue crab crusted corvina was really delicate, & the crab really complemented the fish. To me, the real star was the sauces. The beurre blanc was perfectly lemony & buttery, & even their tartar sauce seemed a notch above the stuff that usually comes in a bottle. Really awesome, would definitely come again to try new dishes! read more

Big Fin Seafood - The Surf & Surf & the Corvina - Seafood Near Me - Orlando, Florida

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Big Fin! This place wins Magical Dining 2019 for me! Came for the second year in a row to have the Shrimp New Orleans and it did NOT disappoint! Date night with hubby on a Sunday night, the restaurant wasn't full, however the hostess sat us at a table when we requested a booth. She said there were no booths.....when there were ....we spoke with a manager and switched to a booth. That was weird, but it is okay the rest of the night was amazing! Our server's name was Jeff, I think and he did great! Thank you Jeff! We started off with the popcorn shrimp....amazing, and the fish dip, that was good too and came with crackers to dip. My husband who doesn't even like seafood, loved the shrimp as well. I should have gotten the shrimp, instead of the dip, but that's okay. Now to the main reason I came, the Shrimp New Orleans! I remember it being one of the best dishes I ever tasted and it still was! The grits are cooked perfectly and it comes with jumbo pieces of shrimp! The portion size is huge as well, I took some home and thoroughly enjoyed it the next night. My husband got the surf n turf. They overcooked his medium-well steak at first but quickly fixed him another one that was cooked perfectly and brought out by the manager. Excellent customer server. My husband gave me the lobster tail and yessss it was tender and delicious! We will absolutely be coming back here. If it wasn't so far from where we lived, we would be regulars! For dessert, I had the apple pie bread pudding and hubby had the brownie, both were okay, but we still highly recommend Big Fin, maybe just go somewhere else for dessert! read more

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Great food, service and ambiance. I had the tasty shrimp and scallops and without the blackened seasoning (as they come) due to allergies, I could taste a little cayenne in the yellow grits with corn hash and sun dried tomatoes. I have to admit the corn was a clever reminder from the chef of where grits originate.. I loved that touch. My only complaint was that I didn't have more of it! Yummy! My husband had the surf and turf others had fish and chips and variations of shrimp dishes, the surf and surf which comes with shrimp, scallops and a crab cake.. we all raved about their food except for some sautéed spinach. My Mom commented it was salty. For dessert we all had the bread pudding and it was pretty good.. it couldn't compete with bread puddings in New Orleans but it was decent. My bar for bread pudding is very high having lived in Nola for 5 years. Our waiter Tommy was excellent. He was so attentive, funny, and responsive. I noticed he was the same for all the tables he waited on. He called us family and we felt like it.. he's our favorite distant relative with funny stories who loves his wife and good food! read more

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Magical dining review: A bunch of us came to try out Big Fin's magical dining menu on a Saturday while they still had it going on and most of us were first timers coming here. The menu was quite flashy with oysters as appetizers, lobsters or filet as an entree. It seemed really promising and overall a solid 3.5 stars. The waiting area for the parties to be seated is quite chaotic and very cramped. The viewing of the seafood case with shuckers there was cool to showcase the fresh seafood. We were seated in the side room and not main dining which made it seem more intimate for the 9 of us. All of us ordered from the magical dining menu. The options I chose were their oysters (add 2 dollars for big fin style which oysters grilled with cheese and garlic on top), lobster (at least 7 ounce) and the ooey gooey dessert. The bread service here is so good! Its like a ciabatta and it has a good crust but is still airy and soft on the inside. I almost filled my self up with this. The oysters were pretty good but didn't taste as fresh. The lobster was cooked well and not chewy. It was a pretty good size tail too at probably 7 ounces. I've tried a bite of the filet from the mdm menu and even though it was medium rare it just wasn't that tender. The dessert, ooey gooey, was like a brownie but topping it off with ice cream would've been so much better. However, it was still good on its own. Service was ok/friendly although forgetful at times probably due to large volume of customers on weekend. I also think servers hate mdm diners. Also, They do need a better exterminator though because we definitely saw a little friend crawling on the wall and back into the cracks to it home..... I think considering the prices you think it be more upscale but it's actually pretty casual setting for dinner. It is an okay place to go for dinner. read more

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---Rude staff -- we were welcome by staff prepping a dinning room saying welcome ! I asked you open what time -- replied happy 4:30pm . -- the front can help you. The 2 ladies at the door don't know what it means to have doors open & some staff saying we are open & then they say NO we have a private party we are Sold out. Yet I see scattered people sitting to order but saying we can't serve . Why have the DOORS open ? Why NOT have a closed to private party ?? Why staff not all on the same page of this information? Never know who you are speaking to when you choose to run your own rules at your restaurant. Don't be fooled by the hype or location . Staff can ruin the experience even if I decide to come back. Big MISTAKE-- --Ambiance - 5 only bc they decorated for Xmas. ---Food- N/A read more

Came here on a Wednesday night after work for dinner with a girlfriend. We met at the bar for a happy hour cocktail before our reservation for dinner. I'd heard great things about their happy hour and if we hadn't planned on dinner we really could have enjoyed just eating and drinking at the bar! I decided it was a cocktail evening and ordered the Don't Monkey Around, a delicious and refreshing gin cocktail, and my friend had The Mule. Once we finished our drinks we returned to the host stand and were seated immediately. It was pretty empty in the restaurant but it was a Wednesday during prime last minute holiday shopping time so I assume that's how most restaurants are this time of year. Our server, Brian, was over to us quickly and took our drink order. We decided to have 2 more cocktails as they were so yummy! My friend was dying to try the Oysters Rockefeller and I love potatoes in all forms so we ordered the oysters and Housemade Potato Chips for our appetizers. Brian came by with bread service as well which it was great and as a carb lover it was appreciated that there was plenty of it too! The Oysters Rockefeller were on point! And I loved the chips! The Parmesan and Truffle oil really made them special! For our dinners we got the Sesame Seared Ahi Tuna and the Shrimp & Scallop Orleans Combo. Both dishes were prepared beautifully! I really liked the crawfish grits my shrimp and scallops came with, really hit the spot for me! I was stuffed to the gills (pun intended) so I skipped dessert but I want to go back and try the key lime pie! Brian was a great, kind and warm! Bev brought us our food and his smile lit up the entire dining room! Another server, Tommy, was also friendly and funny and chatted with us during the evening. Overall it was a great dining experience and I will definitely we coming back soon! read more

Big Fin Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Orlando, Florida

Went to this restaurant during Magic dining. They had pretty good menu selections, and just to note, no substitutions. Food was good. Oysters were very fresh and tasted amazing! The chowder was thick! Loved it. Lobster was yummy and the gooey cake was sooooo delicious! Our waitress was okay. She wasn't as attentive as we would have liked and we noted on our reservations that we were celebrating my birthday and had to remind her when desert came out. Another gentleman was helping her and took my desert back to decorate my plate. read more

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This is what a $40 meal will get you. I did not get to capture the oysters (they were the size of the shrimp in the picture). I gave them two stars because they brought six more shrimp out the same size. They should have thrown those back in the water. read more

Big Fin Seafood - Name of the dish: Ridiculous - Seafood Near Me - Orlando, Florida

First time at Big Fin Seafood. Started with the calamari appetizer. Truly the best calamari I have had. We ordered the trout, salmon and scallops. Everyone enjoyed their meal. Nice wine selection...had a Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Finished it off with the crème brûlée. Decent prices and excellent service! read more

Came here for the magical dining menu and was pleasantly surprised to see the restaurant open right before Hurricane Irma. The restaurant is a seafood focused creole cuisine with fresh crab, shellfish, fish, and lobster. The hostess and server were quick and friendly. Food was mediocre, at best. Everything is a bit over-buttered for my taste, some people may like that but my body certainly did not. My mahi piccata was a bit too well done. I was going to give the place 2.5/3 stars before dessert but changed my mind after trying the apple pie bread pudding and key lime pie. Probably will not return. read more

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There are rumors, passing through certain circles, that this place is frequented by cougars. Unfortunately we didn't see any. The service was good but slow, they are understaffed. The oysters were great, the tuna poke was good, and the swordfish was out of this world read more

The service was exemplary here with Mo and Tommy. Even the manager stopped by to inquire about our meal. My husband's glass was never empty. Now let's talk food!! My husband ordered the oysters for an appetizer. They were fresh and sweet. For our entree I ordered the shrimp Orleans and my husband ordered the crab encrusted corvina. Well presented and prepared. For dessert my husband ordered the apple pie bread pudding and I ordered their famous ooey gooey with chocolate and fresh cream. Spectacular! We will be back and recommend this restaurant eho read more

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Big fin will always get 5-stars from me! They never disappoint. Jeffery, our server, was outstanding and very attentive. The table ate from the Magical Dining menu and had smoke fish dip, popcorn shrimp, surf/turf, blue crab corvina, and lemon blueberry butter cake & chocolate brownie. Yum yum yum!! Their happy hour is just as awesome, from what I hear. If you're a seafood lover, Big Fin is the spot!! read more

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Magical dining upgraded to Chilean Sea-bass. It came with 2 leaves of bok choy and that was it. Not even a whole bulb. Most places serve this type of dish with jasmine rice so I was surprised to see that this was all you get. The fish was good, but rice would have been great to soak up the broth, and a whole bok choy bulb would have been nice. read more

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We have been here a couple times the grouper piccata is buttery heaven and the asparagus with the piccata sauce is some of the best asparagus I've ever had. You wouldn't normally think much is side dishes but they are just as good as the main course. My husband had a lobster tail that was deliciously sweet. Obviously I had to have a bite. We also got the Mac n cheese which is a shareable size. It was very good and cheesy. Only thing that wasn't amazing was the blue point oysters. They just didn't complete with some other restaurants oysters in the area but they were still okay. Overall amazing food and fantastic service with the manager stopping by our table just to say hi. read more

Big Fin set the bar pretty high for this year's Magical Dining. Everything was excellent and my friend and I couldn't stop raving about our dinner and service. Amazing! We both started with the raw oysters, and they were delicious and impeccably fresh. We both appreciated that they were prepared for us to enjoy - no shucking or slurping needed. I then had the filet minon that came with garlic mashed potatoes and asparagus. While those sides were heavenly (especially those mashed potatoes), the filet was DEVINE. Sooo good, well prepared, and hit the spot to the "T". After all that goodness, I'd be silly not to save room for dessert! I had the apple pie bread pudding and it tasted as good as grandma's house feels - cozy deliciousness with a side of vanilla ice cream and drizzled with caramel sauce. Yum. My friend thoroughly enjoyed his lobster tail entree but wished he had gotten the bread pudding over the ooey gooey pie-cake dessert. Bread pudding for the win! Service was all-around efficient, too. There were minimal wait times in between courses, and both servers were courteous and engaging. Ironically one of our servers, Ryan, happened to be from the area I grew up in so it was nice to reminisce a bit, too! He mentioned that in June, Big Fin has their own $30 prix fixe menu, which I already can't wait to try out. This was a fantastic way to kick off Magical Dining month and hands down, one of the better dining experiences I've had in Orlando. Highly recommend and cannot wait to come back again. read more

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Great atmosphere. Wonderful service. Food is great and the price was on point for what you get!! Will be going back again soon for sure! read more

Matt was incredible! Came here for our one year wedding anniversary and it did not disappoint. The food and atmosphere was amazing!!!!!!! Service was quick and on point . read more

Big Fin Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Orlando, Florida

Simply a disaster! Started off with an amazing Happy Hour with a spectacular waitress named Jenn. She was kind and left us to the next waitress. This is where the disaster stated. We waited 25 minutes and had no one check on us. Approached the bar and explained that we had no service. Only 6 Guests at the bar. The silver haired bartender said he was only the bartender and did not handle table service. Ok...who has our table? That is where it went south. The entire team did not care, the incompetent manager stopped by and at the end of the day...his leadership was awful, and his entire team followed his lead. We left the entire empty big fin restaurant, and walked next door to a packed Dragon Fly and had an spectacular experience. The manager (Drew)was not engaged and after a $450 tab we left. Please understand that we had a great time until our server left and we were forgotten. Everyone was a disaster from that point forward. When we went to cash out the manager dropped our checks and said "figure it out and leave". This restaurant lacks leadership and follow through. Thank you to server Jenn who started our night on a great note! read more

Came here with about a dozen friends. We ordered a lot and divided up the cost was about $80/person. The things that we ordered that I ate were all great including the extra passengers, which I'll explain. Appetizers: Calamari was great and included some fried pickles and carrots, Raw Oysters were amazing, Potato Chips were topped with truffle oil and a Romano type of cheese, lobster bisque soup was tasty but should in my opinion have a small chunk of lobster in it otherwise it's just a tomato soup. read more

The snow crab legs were huge and sweet. Scallops were delicious, medium size - just right for an add-on. Vali, our waitress, was excellent. She was very attentive and gave great suggestions. The Miso sea bass melts in your mouth. Everyone enjoyed their meal. The manager came around checked on us. Beautiful ambience. Just couldn't have been better for celebrating a birthday. We have very picky seafood eaters - they consider themselves connoisseurs . They all gave everything high ratings. Definitely would come again. read more

Big Fin Seafood - Huge snow crab legs. They were delicious. - Seafood Near Me - Orlando, Florida

Magical Dining Destination #1! Big fin has some of the best (and most fresh) seafood I've ever had in Orlando! I started with their Cesar salad as my appetizer and next ordered the SHRIMP ORLEANS. Let this entree not be mistaken for your average "shrimp and grits." This dish is beyond amazing and packed with savory flavors I'm each bite. The shrimp was cooked to perfection and they were pretty large as well. For dessert I got the break pudding which was to die for My boyfriend got the seafood paella which was enough food to feed the both of us! The venue itself is gorgeous and the service impeccable! read more

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I came during happy hour. I ordered the Rum Mojito for the happy hour prices. The Rum Mojito was weak and was like a soda. My dishes for happy hour were Fried Popcorn Shrimp with cocktail sauce and Point Judith Calamari. Both happy hour dishes were good. I was only disappointed with my drink. Update on 5/2/19: The drinks were better this time. Definitely would come here again. I also ordered the oyster half dozen on happy hour menu. Love the foods they offer for happy hour. read more

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This restaurant has been part of my dining experiences for many years. Over the last 2 years the service and customer experience had declined BUT on Oct 12, my birthday I went in and was treated with respect and enjoyed everything. Orlando let's give Bigfin another chance. Justin , wait staff and Chef Josh was on point! Thank you for celebrating with me. Dr. A read more

We dined twice in one week. The first night there were just two of us and we treated like family and seated in a fabulous booth in the main room. Delicious baked oyster appetizers at the suggestion of our waiter, Mo. Entrees were crab topped grouper and cioppino with linguini. Good wine list. Second time we were a party of three placed in a back room but the food was still great as was the service. Manhatten clam chowder, another order of oysters Bobby's style, a creole seafood pot, and two orders of pan fried grouper. read more

Big Fin Seafood - Oysters, Bobby's style with Parmesan, creole butter, bacon and jalapeño. Get extra bread to sop up all the extra sauce. - Seafood Near Me - Orlando, Florida

I wish I could rate Big Fin with 10 stars or more. We was a party of 8. Four couples out celebrating anniversaries and birthdays. As we enter the building, we was greeted with a warm and friendly attitude. The hospitality with all the whole staff was warming. We was seated right away. Our waiter was Andre. OMG! Andre was amazing. You can tell he truly loves his job. He praised the staff, the owner(s) and how the chef(s) pride in presentation of the food when they are served to the guest. I could go on and on about how wonderful of a waiter Andre is. He treated us as if he have known us for years. The food was magnificent. Kudos to the Chef and workers. My husband and I ordered the bang bang shrimp (was not spicy), filet mignon, and Strawberry cheesecakes. You can make a meal just on the shrimps. They give you abundant amount of shrimps. The filet mignon was very tender and flavorful. Butterflied and cooked just the way we ask. Three of the guest ordered salmon and was very pleased. The other two ordered steak or ribeyes. Also very pleased. One ordered seafood platter and was please. The manager came over and introduced himself and checked on everyone three different times to see if we was please with our meal and enjoying ourselves. The strawberry cheesecake was out of this world. OMG! it was delicious. Back to Andre. He told the manager of our celebrations to see if he would do something special for us. We was surprised with 2 flambe' pineapple upside down cake. Once the fire burned out, we divided the 2 cakes into 8 section. read more

Glad to see this place has new ownership. I've been going here since it opened and the last couple years it was really trending down to the point I thought it would close. I went tonight for their Maine lobster night and it felt like I was back at the old big fin. Great service and food. And the lobster was a great deal. $39 for a whole lobster. I was just in Boston and paid $85 for the same thing. Note to ownership. I know you want to make it your own and the menu is so much improved....almost like when it first opened. But bring back the shrimp and scallop orleans with the crawfish grits and ooey gooey cake please. read more

Fried calamari were like rubber bands. They were not tenderized and or they were overcooked. They had a crawfish ettoufee special. I asked if it was prepared with a brown roux and the very nice waitress confirmed with the chef or cook that it was. It was an orange sauce with no Cajun seasoning. It was cool not hot. Four cold whole crawfish and very small and very few shelled crawfish tails in sauce. It was served on a cold ball of sweet coconut rice that looked like it was served with an ice cream scoop. I rarely send food back but this was terrible. I ordered a steamed lobster with drawn butter. It took 25 minutes to get a 1.5 pound steamed lobster. When I tore the tail from the body, water came streaming out. The tail was wet, stringy, and chewy. I did not eat this either. They did take both off the check. They did not have either soup selections available. We had a 6pm reservation. Waitress was very nice. Busboy was very nice. My wife ordered a filet. It was undercooked but when they brought it back, she said it was good. Martinis were good. Very disappointed and will not be going back. read more

my wife and I recently ate here for our anniversary. We started off with the Wagyu meatballs which were excellent. Highly recommend! For our mains, I had the Ribeye and my wife had grouper. The cook on both was perfect, however I was not a fan of any of the vegetables sides they offered so I only had mashed potatoes. FYI, get the beurre blanc with the grouper. The dessert was the only thing we would not get again. We opted for the pineapple upside down cake which is flambéd at the table. Unfortunately, the residual alcohol left over from the flambé made it difficult to eat. We did find areas of the cake that were unaffected and it was fantastic. The service was great, absolutely no complaints and the area where the restaurant is, as well as the restaurant itself, seems very upscale. Would definitely return. read more