Sunness Supper Club

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   caroline

   VIP

   Fort Lauderdale

   25 reviews

   4.0

   25 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   Lovely decor, Michael and Kevin took good care of us. Short rib was perfect. Pork chop was a bit too salty bit cooked perfectly. The table side Caesar was good but not great, hard to keep it cold I think.. the Apple dessert was very good The biggest issue is the noise level…it is hard to hold a conversation.. if we go back we will go off hours.
   

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   Michael

   VIP

   Fort Lauderdale

   13 reviews

   5.0

   13 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   Excellent food quality and value. Wonderful service. Great to see Chef Allen back as well as restaurant owner Michael present keeping experience great.
   

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   Tim

   VIP

   Fort Lauderdale

   21 reviews

   4.0

   21 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   This was our first time here. The food was excellent. It took some time to get our server to order wine with our dinner, or get water. We usually had to get whoever was passing by the table -- they were all super friendly and helpful, but there were delays. Wine came well into eating, and ran out of water and had to ask to get more a couple times. It was very noisy, especially in the back area beyond the bar. Even the server couldn't talk over it or hear each member of our party unless they would move to be right next to the person. All of our food was exceptional and the cocktails were excellent. We hope they add something to try to control the noise in the back area.
   

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   Lynn

   Fort Lauderdale

   6 reviews

   5.0

   6 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   We were impressed with every aspect of this restaurant food atmosphere the staff was absolutely lovely. So nice to have the owner come out and introduce himself and then have dessert delivered by Chef Allen the famous chef Allen it was just outstanding in every way. 
   

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   CAROL

   New York City

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   This was a Five Star experience, especially considering they’re only open a month. Free Valet parking, which is nice considering what it costs to park across the street. We were greeted by a Hostess who was friendly and courteous and gave us a great corner table. Our waiter Sebastian was a great server. The food was excellent. We shared a crab cake app , which was two cakes made of almost all crab. My wife had the special Grouper crusted by crab meat with mushrooms, asparagus and a beiure’ blanc and I had a Heritage pork chop that was probably the best I ever had with mashed red potatoes and broccolini. It was our Anniversary and they were nice to bring us a dessert of our choice; Apple Tart with homemade vanilla ice cream! The Owner Michael and Manager Kenny stopped by to check on our experience. All in all, it was a wonderful night and I highly recommend it!
   

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   robert

   Fort Lauderdale

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   Amazing experience. Service friendly, sophisticated, timely. Food top notch.
   

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   Keith

   VIP

   Fort Lauderdale

   25 reviews

   3.0

   25 reviews

   Dined on January 17, 2025

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

   New, trendy place. Excellent food. The place was very noisy and music too loud for our taste. The staff were extremely inexperienced and unfamiliar with everything. Obviously a brand new restaurant that hasn’t overcome the startup hiccups. Again, the food was excellent.
   

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   Stan

   Fort Lauderdale

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on January 17, 2025

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

   Hopefully taken as constructive criticism (or recommendations) to what all would hope is a "work in progress". All four patrons at table were decades long frequenters of good dining per career/social lives. All four want independent versus chain choices and success in Fort Lauderdale. All four enjoy better wines or cocktails as part of the evening. All have sensitivity of economic challenges to restaurant success today. All four had no idea what to expect with the supper club definition. Expectation came from the Sun Sentinel article about impressive past successes of the owners/managers. Two had dined at the Pizza/Italian restaurant at the location and give kudos for quick, attractive and seemingly cost-efficient renovation. The wine "exhibit" is very attractive and good psychological prodding to patrons. the light fixtures were good design and energy To the customer experience...The reception desk experience was underwhelming. The area (with realization a share of customers may never see the wine exhibit, was pedestrian The very nice four women at the 'desk" were very casual...too casual for setting tone. the waiter's first contact was water selection, but then as menus were foisted on all, there was quick interjection of an additional wine list and attempted sell of a $240 plus bottle of Chardonnay. I took it aa possibly an inventory number of the wine, but it was clarified that no this was the bottle menu. Another guest had quickly caught bottle selection on the flip of the menu. Our usual celebratory wine is Rombauer at $90 to $120 per bottle and would question if the $200+ choices were better. As to food. Very good Caesar Salad. rib appetizer excellent, Rigatoni good. Chicken horridly over cooked/dry...presented nicely. Staff removed charge on chicken with apologies. Biggest complaint. Music levels way too high. Friends on culinary excursion expect to converse (including jointly evaluating all. Can't imagine customer base that want conversing negated.
   

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   Dr Jon

   Fort Lauderdale

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on January 14, 2025

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

   What a great addition to the Fort Lauderdale dining scene. We were welcomed by 3 very sweet college women and were quickly escorted to our large booth. The restaurant is beautiful and brand new, with a huge bar to accommodate plenty of guests. The menu is creative and our dishes were delicious. We started with a tuna appetizer, the hot dogs, mussels and a shared Caesar salad that was prepared tableside. We tried the black grouper topped with crabmeat, the French onion soup, the rigatoni, skirt steak and the chicken. All were delicious and the presentations were unique. We will definitely add this to our restaurant rotation. By the way, don't miss the desserts. The apple cobbler topped with ice cream, the s'mores with a stack of marshmallows torched tableside and the strawberry cake topped with cotton candy were heavenly. Can't wait to go back.
   

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    Dr Jon

    Fort Lauderdale

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on January 11, 2025

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

    Superlative! Our group of six enjoyed everything from the tuna sushi appetizer, mussels, Caesar salad for 6, and French onion soup to the delicious entrees and desserts. The entrees included the black grouper topped with crabmeat, the skirt steak, hamburger, pork chops and rigatoni. Our desserts were the s’mores, apple pie and blueberry cheesecake parfait. Brandon took good care of us and a great time was had by all. Can’t wait to go back.
    

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