Bonefish Grill

Elite '08

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Carina M.

Mesa, AZ

I wanted to give this place 5 stars and I can't in all honesty. The service was superb, the presentation was superb; even the clientele, superb.

The food? Meh. It was ok.  

For an appetizer/starter we ordered Coconut Crusted Shrimp. It was all right. I've tasted better. I wasn't blown away, but I was happy that the shrimp wasn't so deep fried that it was rubbery.

I ordered their Diablo Shrimp Fettuccine. I was hoping it would be less capers based, but every bite I took tasted of capers.  To the point where I just had to push it away after 5 bites. I am not a fan of capers, but I can appreciate and love the flavor they can add to any dish. No dish should be overpowered by them.

I can't remember what hubby ordered, but he, too, though tit was ho-hum nothing to write home about.

I have to say the surroundings were absolutely wonderful.  I loved it. I felt very welcomed and very comfortable. Whatever they were striving to achieve in terms of atmosphere worked. You could have this place as a dinner date type of restaurant.

I'll come back a 2nd time and try something different...but for now, I rate it 4 stars for ambiance and service.  Now if only the food could have kicked it up to 5.

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Barry S.

Gilbert, AZ

Saw this one open up down the street from our old neighborhood so we dropped in to give it a try. Wow! I may have a new favorite here! (My previous favorite seafood place was the Salt Cellar in Scottsdale)
The atmosphere, in my opinion, is perfect, Classy enough to make it a nice place to take your 'someone special' for a romantic dinner but no so stuffy to make a 'downhome' guy like me feel uncomfortable when I show up in shorts. The owners call it 'polished casual' and I think that wraps it up perfectly.
Now for the important part - The food. I said it once and I'll say it again-Wow. I don't think I've experience seafood like this. The basic menu is fillets of fish cooked over a wood burning grill, finished with one of their four special sauces. I had the talapia and topped it with lump crab, feta cheese and a light cream sauce. It was rich and flavorful - but not so overbearing to drown out the fish or overload your tastebuds by the third bite. My wife wasn't as hungry and just had a cup of chowder and in her words it was 'very tasty'.
I hope I'm not building up expectations so high that people reading this will be let down, but I really enjoyed this place and if you read my other reviews, I don't really get this enthusiastic about a restaurant. I am definitely putting this one on our preferred dining list. The only reservation  I have writing such a good review is that the place becomes so popular that we'll have a long wait getting in the place...

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