The Thistle

The Food was epic and the experience was perfect!! We booked their private room for our Wedding Dinner and loved it. They let us pick a menu to keep things simple, we had a room to ourselves, and the waiter was very kind/attentive. I cannot wait to go back......PS - the Butchers Cut will literally melt in your mouth, the best steak i have every eaten

We went to The Thistle for a private dinner for our wedding party this past weekend. They were the only place I called who would take a reservation and allow us a private room. It was perfect! The food was amazing and we had a great time!

We were a party of 11 and the waitress did a wonderful job taking care of us. Overall, we were happy with a majority of our meals. The reason I am only giving it 3 stars is due to having an entire beer spilled on me by the waitress. She ran away embarrassed (completely understand) and a couple of others rushed over to make sure it wasn't in my food and to grab me a new chair. Very helpful. My shirt, my shorts, and even my shoes were saturated in beer. I was very positive about it and supportive of the waitress. The restaurant didn't offer to take the meal or beer off the bill. That was disappointing and should have been a natural response by the restaurant. Sadly, being the nice guy didn't help. A very pricey and wet meal.

We ate at the Thistle last evening. It was the first dinner out solo my wife and I have had for a long time. Our server was excellent and so was another woman who checked on us.

The manager was polite but it was one comment from him regarding our overly fishy $48 Seabass special that really sunk the experience. The fish itself was so fishy that the flavor even seeped into the risotto it was served with. My wife and I are no strangers to eating fish or dining out and when the manager asked how the food was we told him. His response was delivered politely but felt pretty condescending:

“Have you ever had sea bass before? It is a white fish and is does have a more robust flavor.” Something to that effect. We were pretty sure that was not our experience so quick search yielded this result. (See picture) I guess decide for yourself. As a token of goodwill they offered a free dessert which we took and it really was disappointing. It was an espresso cookie that seemed like it was maybe a few days old.

My chicken sous vide was delicious and we both ate all of that. Together we ate maybe half of the Seabass, we even ordered more sauce to try to balance or mask the fishiness, but shame on us for not sending it back.