Arts & Central

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   Joanne

   Baltimore

   9 reviews

   5.0

   9 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Can’t wait to go back again❤️ Food and service were excellent!
   

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   Barron

   VIP

   New Orleans

   12 reviews

   5.0

   12 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This was a special evening for Valentine's Day with a prix fixe menu. Each dish was wonderfully prepared with the exquisite desserts by Pastry Chef Stephanie Boswell and Chef Erik Walker knows how to make a short rib like no one else. The restaurant continues to impress and we love going here.
   

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   Scott

   VIP

   Tampa

   9 reviews

   5.0

   9 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We went for the Valentine’s Day experience and it was great the food was tasty and the presentation was great made for a perfect night
   

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   Phil

   VIP

   Tampa

   36 reviews

   4.0

   36 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Food looked amazing. Tuna appetizer excellent. Eggplant portion too small, overpowered by the noodles. Still good though. The salmon didn’t have much flavor and the corn with it was a bit too spicy. The short rib seemed to be good quality meat but way over salted. Veggies with it tasty but cold. Yorkshire pudding very good. Desserts looked incredible. Mango dessert excellent. Chocolate dessert pretty good. Wine … Pinot noir excellent. Bourbon cocktail excellent. Coffee great. For the price, food quality should be a bit better … with respect to flavor. Don’t over salt the meat!!! Some items very good though and again, excellent presentation. Also, service was great. To be fair, some of the food issues might relate to limited Valentines menu. Need to to go back & try the regular menu.
   

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   Toni

   VIP

   New York City

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Food incentive, beautiful, and most importantly delicious
   

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   Peter

   Tampa

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   This is a great spot. They go out of their way to be a bit different, but the prices are still reasonable. One of the best spots in town.
   

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   Stephen

   VIP

   New York City

   92 reviews

   4.0

   92 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   The food at Arts and Central is outstanding. Everything was delicious. This should be a five star review, but A&C fell short in two areas. We went on Valentine’s Day. It was a prix fixe menu with two appetizer options, three entree options and two desserts. Our server started off being extremely solicitous, but he let us down twice. We had to request bread. We specifically asked that the entrees be served after we had time to complete our appetizers. That didn’t happen and this happened at our previous visit too. Next time I will order entree after appetizer has been eaten. I had the short ribs, which were excellent and served hot. Unfortunately, the vegetables were lukewarm and had apparently been sitting, waiting for the short ribs. Arts and Central is worth the visit. Just insist that the entrees do not arrive before you had a chance to finish your appetizer.
   

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   Kim

   VIP

   Maastricht

   12 reviews

   4.0

   12 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   It was a fixed menu. Food was good and service a little rushed. We were sat on the side outside so which lacks the great vibe one feels in the rest of the restaurant.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   VIP

   San Francisco

   2 reviews

   1.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   We did our Valentine dinner there and had chosen off the website menu what we wanted and no where on the website did it state that Valentine's Day dinner was a limited option $75 fixed price menu that offered just 2 appetizer options, 3 entrees and 2 desserts. I very seldom share bad restaurant reviews as I usually vote with my pocketbook and just don't go back but the special nature of Valentine's dinner and my husband rushing back from a business trip to join me made the missteps here memorable. Before I start we should say our waiter was excellent and the cocktails - and desserts - were superb. My husband is a pescaterian which is why we looked closely at the website menu options before making a reservation where I repeat there was no mention of a limited Valentine's day menu . I later went back and googled it and did notice a Facebook post on a special bday menu not linked to from the website plus I don't do Facebook The fixed price menu restricted our entree options down to a salmon or roasted cauliflower option both of which and lacked seasoning and interesting flavors. The portion size and choice of the menu options appeared to be the restaurant intentionally offering cheaper options not worth 75 dollar per person Note we are foodies and this assessment is pretty grounded We tried both available appetizers - salmon with bacon sauce which we asked be taken off the plate and eggplant - they were "okay" but not terrific and not nearly as appetizing as the starter offerings on the regular menu. On the entrees - literally the "curry spiced" cauliflower was tasteless and the roots of the cauliflower were pretty tough to chew. The salmon entree was pretty tiny in a bland cream sauce - literally again nothing special. The desserts were delicious as mentioned earlier but for the $ 200 dinner we really could have had something special at Sage or Kojo in downtown Sarasota.I apologize for being so brutally honest but Arts & Central was really a disappointment
   

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    Laurie

    VIP

    Tampa

    69 reviews

    5.0

    69 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    The Valentines Day Experience was superior in every way. Thank you, Everyone!
    

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