Alexander's — Restaurant in Ambridge

We ate here for the first time last night based on the recommendation of a local shop owner, I had the Broiled Cod with baked potato, Mahi Mahi topped with peach mango chutney and roasted zucchini as the side. Starting with the cons: It's about an hour and a half away from me. Pros: the cod was probably the best broiled fish I've had from anywhere, it was fall apart flakey and the lemon butter sauce gave it a great flavor without overpowering it. The baked potato was cooked perfectly (soft inside, nice crispy skin on the outside). My wife had the Mahi Mahi mostly gone before I even realized what happened, she said the chutney gave added the perfect blend of sweet and spicy to the fish, the zucchini was roasted in a lemon olive oil, her new favorite way to cook it she said. For dessert she had baklava sundae, it had a eater large and thick piece of baklava under a scoop of ice cream and covered with chocolate. I had the creme brulee with raspberries, it was torched right at the table which was a nice touch to it, the brown sugar was caramelized just right to form a warm layer on top of the cool bottom. I preferred it without the raspberries, they took away from the taste of the actual creme brulee so I ate them separately. Our waiter (who I'm assuming was one of the owners) was wonderful. He was attentive enough to us that we never had to ask for anything and even joked around with us. After our dinner he came over and talked to us for a little while and was an all around awesome guy, even if the food wasn't as amazing as it was the treatment we got from him was enough to...

GARBAGE! 6 adults and a child. Ok, there were a few things good worth mentioning: Kudos on the kids' chicken tenders, the Swordfish Entrée, and the Chocolate Cosmopolitan. DONE NOW... The other 5 entrees were either undercooked or overcooked yet still ice cold. Baked potatoes were hot, but they came out last. The broccoli on 2 dishes were mush, so we asked for replacements, but they never came. The Ribeye and shrimp were ice cold, and when we told the person who came by, she said she would fix it. We told her we didn't want it heated up and cooked more, as it was already at temp. She took it anyway and brought back rubber. We tried to tell her about the other meals, but she just tried to do the same thing. Mine was overcooked, and she wanted to cook it more, yet my mom's was raw, and she ignored her. Last mention, she tried to blame us for showing up when we did on the bad service provided. It's Saturday night, only one of 3 sections of your restaurant had anyone in it until we showed up. Maybe you should downsize to a smaller establishment if you can't handle the amount of space you provide. Ugh.......and too much more to tell.

Come to find out, the worst person in our experience was the owner. Wow! I feel like I was talking to a corpse! Was there anybody in there? All she cared about was giving us our tab so we would leave. To the owner, best of luck I hope you are willing and able to...

I really do not want to write this review but, for the prices they're charging, you should know before you go! The last two times we've been, the food was not good and the service was really, really slow. I had the veal piccata this time: the meat was tender but the portion was extremely small, consiisting of a few pieces of meat about one inch by two inches. Piccata should be a steak type meal in my opinion. I didn't really like the sauce but maybe that is just me. The baked potato was raw so I sent it back. They deducted the price of the potato but I was still hungry! My wife had the shrimp and pasta but there was no sauce so the pasta was pretty dry. The starter, the calamari was chewy. I asked for vinegar and oil dressing for my salad and they gave me some tasteless, colorless oil instead of olive oil., which I would expect from this class of restaurant. I'm sorry but for $85 for two people, I expect a bit more than they're providing. It was a special occasion for us and it was ruined. We need a fine dining in Ambridge so please take this as constructive criticism and improve your food and service! I gave a 4-star so it wouldn't hurt your star rating too much but I really should've...