What is the most disappointed you have been in a fine dining experience?

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Disney World

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Colby beef.

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Not sure you know what fine dining is.

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Colby beef

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yikes

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Colby beef

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Is this some kind of meat/cheese hybrid? If so, it may have been worth the $40 upgrade just to be able to claim you were one of the first to try it.

i was disappointed in my one and only stella! experience

i also found french laundry to be good but i've had better meals for a fraction of the cost

Is Gino's fine dining...If so...

STELLA. Without question. Now that it is gone and I read what the chef/owner's solution was - I know why. Boswell "spared no expense" in a way that honored no value.

Brennan's in Houston.

This place usually is solid but the last time I went they were off their game. The waiter had a very obvious disinterested demeanor. Also, my brother ordered fish and it came out RAW. Luckily, they comped his meal without us asking, but for a fine dining establishment, that is inexcusable. The chef came to our table and apologized. I could tell he was mortified.

le Creole

Okay...

Looking for something different and did not have our kids with us (and, trust me, mine [6th and 8th graders] enjoy a fine dining experience [e.g., Mr. B's, Fleming's, Ruffino's]). Decided to give this place a shot. It was so hit/miss.

Were seated relatively quickly. Ordered an appetizer that was underwhelming. Entree's - wife's was room temperature and had to be sent back. My chop was cooked well and was hot, not so much the potatoes that came with it. Bread was almost burnt.

Dessert was serviceable, but unimpressive.

Service was decent.

Considering the bill, and the expectations, it was very disappointing.

Yeah i went to red lobster for the 30 shrimp deal. Wasnt going to cause i could give a shite, but friends from austin were in town doing the tourist thing and met them for a drink near clearview in Metairie and they were in the mood for seafood. i suggested Red Lobster half jokingly and mentioned the deal. them being on a budget, they agreed saying they havent been in years. we went. as i first walked in, i was pleasantly surprised. the hostess was frickin hot. i mean HOT! what this skinny tan brunette goddess was doing hostessing at a Red Lobster i will never know. she brought us to our table. we were given water with no ice. We wait about 6-7 minutes before our waitreiss shows up to take our drink order, answer questions, and offer suggestions. well, it takes another five minutes for this tortoise to bring us our drinks, which were weak and absolutely bland. this place was not busy AT ALL. kinda weird for prime dinner time in metairie for the best seafood in the world no? alas, our server should not be taking this long. but i'm not here for the drinks, i'm here to try the supposedly great food.

i should mention that while the waitress was finishing our drink order, some wonderfully smelling Cheddar Bay Biscuits arrived at our table and i politely mentioned before she left that we would definitely be needing more of these as we were very hungry. the smell was great, thats it. they were totally burned on the bottom i mean black around the edges and dark brown in the middle. the only edible part of the entire batch of Cheddar Bay Biscuits were the middle of the very top of the biscuits so much for these legendary biscuits. they were fricking horrid. when we get our drinks we are obviously. ready to order but we still have to wait for the waitress to come back, and when she does she wreaks of cigarettes. nice time to take a smoke break sweetie, and i see you were very well trained by this "fine" establishment. i go with the clam chowder and my 2 friends order the lobster and crab stuffed mushrooms and we all get salads.

for dinner we all get the 30 shrimp deal, and i get the scampi and mango jalepeno combo, my friends get a mix of those with the fried and grilled skewered shrimp. i should mention again that this place was not busy and every course took frickin forever. guess the kitchen staff was well trained too. the clam chowder was like someone poured cold frickin milk over raw chopped potatoes with maybe 2 stiff chewy pieces of clam in it with no seasoning. i almost spit out the first bite and had to use half of the salt shaker in order to force half of the rest of the the bowl down.

my friends didnt even finish the mushrooms, so i tried one to see how bad they actually were.. the presentation made them look disgusting, the mushrooms were severely overcooked and almost black, and the seafood was just over buttered and rubbery as frick. like chewing on silly putty dipped in melted cat shite and butter. the salads, a disgrace. i dont think i had one piece of green lettuce on my entire plate. it was all the white hard lettuce under dressed, and of course it took a decade to get my extra side of dressing that was the only option in finishing even have of this salad a dying rabbit would turn down. oh by the way, we still havent gotten our extra cheddar bay biscuits (CBBs). oh, and I actually slipped this waiter ten extra fricking dollars for extra biscuits. but I think they could be made better at home instead of burnt to shite at a RL.

miller union lunch. Very mediocre but I want to go back for dinner for a proper assessment.

I usually have good luck with fine dining spots