Locklear's Lowcountry Grill:
Locklear's Mt. Pleasant
Dining Date: 8/18/08 approx. 6:30pm
The atmosphere inside Locklear's Lowcountry Grill is nice. It was aesthetically pleasing.
The service received was good.
The food was a huge letdown.
We ordered appetizers of calamari and she crab soup. My calamari came and they could not have been fried any better. No seasoning to speak of, but nice/simple calamari. My fiance's she crab soup arrived thick and barely warm. After immediately sending it back to be warmed up our entrees arrived. We canceled her soup at her time...after all, who wants their appetizer after they have started on their entree?
We both had ordered pasta dishes for our main course. Mine was the Bull's Bay Pasta. Presentation was very nice. It looked really appetizing, but that's where the positives stopped. Nothing in my dish had a bit of seasoning...most notably there was a huge lack of salt. They do not season their pasta water when cooking the noodles nor do they season the dish as it is sautéed together. Flavor was a big zero (0) on my dish. The same was true for my fiance's Cainhoy Country Pasta. This dish is supposed to be made with country ham...evidently they consider something else country ham than what I do. They used regular sandwich style ham instead of salt cured "country" ham. Now, I will say that her dish had a bit more flavor than mine...but you can attribute that directly to the use of ham and sundried tomatoes in her dish. These ingredients have a flavor of their own and they did impart their flavors on the dish. Still, her dish had no seasoning whatsoever.
In both of our pasta dishes the mushrooms were completely raw. These dishes should be sauteed yet what we received was some ingredients that had not been sauteed at all. A more accurate description is "boiled" in a little wine and/or sauce until warm.
Locklear's is typical of the tourist minded restaurants that litter the coastlines of the US. Be wary of restaurants in seasonal areas that target one-time customers. -- Jay on 08/20/08.
Overall: {fork}2{/fork}
A & M Brown's Bbq:
EXCELLENT SERVICE AND MOUTH WATERING BARBQ!!!! -- mary on 08/19/08.
Social Restaurant And Wine Bar:
Please excuse me, the forks defaulted to one & I would give them a solid four. -- britmiss on 07/27/08.
Overall: {fork}4{/fork}
Social Restaurant And Wine Bar:
We love Social, have been on several occasions. The staff are wonderful, the wine flights varied & interesting, the food is not the fanciest in Charleston but better than most town's worst! We have never experienced any unbecoming patrons or behaviour in our many visits. Please don't be dissuaded by one customer's experience which, sadly, can happen anwhere in the South! -- britmiss on 07/27/08.
