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🙂 4/5 - This was a difficult call on the rating.
By 👻 @Andrew L., 07/25/2022 3:00 am
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I hated to go with four stars, but as I pondered our experience, four seemed to be the right decisionMy wife and I went last night to celebrate her birthday. We had been to Spago's in Maui before, and we secured a table for this visit as soon as it was available online. I had to set a reminder to check every day so I wouldn't miss the window. As the day rapidly approached, I received the confirmation message from the restaurant, to which I enthusiastically replied "yes" and even specified that we would be celebrating my wife's birthday. A wonderful evening was set!We arrived just before the reservation time and we're welcomed by the hostesses. We we seated at a beautiful outside table, in the shade, looking out across the water as the sun began its descent to sundown. A picturesque moment indeed. Picturesque - but marred by a still 25-30 knot wind. At first we were willing to persevere though the wind, but once we were handed paper menus, that we had to place two glasses and two hands on just to keep them from whipping away, we decided that perhaps the outdoor moment was not going to work. Anticipating that the wind would also blow away any food - we asked to be relocated to an inside table. I'm still scratching my head as to why the restaurant wouldn't place daily menus into some type of sturdier presentation. Again, the hostesses were gracious and accommodated us at a nice spacious table inside. Now, the interior seats were not quite as magnificent as the outdoor area - the room felt like the decor was as afterthought as an overflow space. It was ok - but I did expect more. Being seated we were approached by our waiter. We had carried our flimsy paper menus from outside - and the waiter, perhaps trying to be cute, commented on us bring our own menu and suggested he was going to tell the chef that we had wanted to prepare our own dinner as well. The humor fell flat, and set an odd tone for the mealWe ordered two drinks - a sparkling rose and a signature 1944 mai tai. The rose was good, the mai tai was simply average. I finished it - but switched to a much better gin concoction that was tart and tangy. Much better cocktailSo all this mediocrity was ultimately overtaken by the amazing food. Let me emphasize this - the little details we noted to this point were completely overshadowed by sublime cuisine. We enjoyed two appetizers - the poke cones and the lobster salad. Mouthwateringly good. We had been anticipating the poke cones from our previous visit and they were every bit as good as we rememberedFor our entrees, my wife had the red curry and I had the steamed onaga. Both dishes were absolutely outstanding. Truly epic food - on par with meals we have had at Le BernadinAs we relished the last of the entrees and were gazing at the deepening sunset, we did decide to try the Baked Haleakala (baked Alaskan) as a dessert. We were full, but wanted to try the sweet. In fairness, it would be hard for a dessert to compare to the entrees, but this could have been better. It was anti-climactic, unfortunately. We left Spago's and were ecstatic about our meal, the minor flaws fading into the distant memories. As we walked back, I did reflect that no one there even mentioned my wife's birthday. While I don't have expectations of any type of presentation or gratis plate, the fact that they asked in advance about the "Special occasion"" yet failed to even acknowledge her birthday when checking in or being seated - that was a big missWill we go back - definitely. But the little things were noticed and that keeps me from giving five stars. At elite restaurants such as this, the little things certainly matter.
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