SAVOR Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Charlotte

Big mistake. And I want to preface this review commending our server. She was so sweet and accommodating to me and my mother. The manager also apologized a few times for the noise which was nice. And the aesthetic was beautiful.

I don’t know if there was a birthday, special event, or what, but when we first walked in there was a DJ jamming out. And not a lot of people. Initially I thought it would be fun. IT WASN’T. He was a terrible DJ first of all. But it was so loud we couldn’t enjoy our meal. I love live music and DJs but this was overkill for a small restaurant. The manager said she asked to have the volume turned down but I never noticed a change. She came back and apologized twice for the noise. However, the management still allowed it.

One large group left and another entered. Still, not that many people in the restaurant. However, this group was full of young women acting indecently, twerking, other girls spanking their behinds, and this continued incessantly. The bartender joined in with the lewd behavior. The DJ started cheering them on then started announcing free shots for anyone to last on the riding bull for 30 seconds. Normally bulls are fun. But these young girls were doubling and tripling up on the bull and thrusting into each other in an obscene manner. This kind of behavior, in front of children and families should have been stopped. If there was an event where this behavior was expected we should have been told upfront about it. The easy thing to say is, “don’t watch.” But the noise factor was so loud we couldn’t have a conversation. And every time the yelling and cheering got loud it was instinct to look in the direction of the noise.

The food was not particularly enjoyable, either. The guacamole salad had no avocado whatsoever. The rice was basic. The chicken chimichanga had an interesting flavor but was slightly off-putting. There was A seasoning or something that I’m unfamiliar with in Mexican cooking. (My girlfriend is Mexican and I’m from San Antonio so I think I’ve had my fair share of Mexican cuisine.)

The margarita was cute with an umbrella and rubber ducky on top but all I could taste was juice and triple sec. I don’t think there was a drop of tequila in it. Very, very bland.

Then, some of the young women, who were very polite aside from their obscene gestures and behaviors, would filter in from outside the restaurant to the parking lot where several unsavory looking men were sitting on top of the hoods of vehicles smoking and drinking. I never saw these guys inside the restaurant. Maybe that’s just Charlotte, but where I’m from you get the cops called on you for doing that outside a business. But the girls seemed to know them and approached them readily for whatever reason.

I’ll never return. Even if I was in the partying mood I’d at least go somewhere with good drinks. And if I wanted to see that kind of lewd behavior from guests or staff, I’d go to a gentleman’s club. I’ve never been to one. So, yeah, I’ve got zero reason to ever tolerate an overcharged meal, which by the way required an 18% service charge aside from the tip, from this...

This restaurant overall well exceeded my expectations! Stopped in yesterday for lunch. I'm not sure if they just recently opened but when I got there there was only one other table of customers. I was greeted right away at the entry.

The inside was very clean and I was really impressed with the flow of the layout and the decoration touches. You can definitely tell they put a lot of thought in putting this restaurant together. It was very open and inviting.

My server was friendly and quickly brought out a basket of chips with some of the best restaurant salsa that I've had. It was not spicy but had the perfect kick. Any places I go to the salsa is very tomato and mild tasting. Not sure if this is homemade or not but certainly one of the best ones I've tried.

Skimming through the menu the lunch menu is absolutely a deal for any item on there. I ended up ordering the Quesabirria tacos. I also ordered a beef and cheese tostada. Part of my reasoning for removing one star from the food was the amount of grease that was in the tostada. As I waded through it it tastes very good but really wish that the meat would have been drained better prior to putting it on the tostada. The tacos and rice were really good. It also is slated to come with beans which I requested double rice in place of. There may have been a misunderstanding as I only received one serving of rice but it was okay and more than enough. Some of the better tasting rice I've had as many restaurants it's not always cook through all the way. The meat inside of the tacos was very tender and tasted great on their own.

My other reasoning for removing one star from the food was looking through the menu the pricing for dinner time and regular entrees it certainly on the higher side in comparison to similar restaurants. One example is four asada tacos is 19.00 with rice and beans. That's almost $4 a taco. However I wouldn't totally discounted because I haven't seen the portion because the amount of meat that were in the tacos I received was way more than what you usually get at a restaurant. So depending on that could also offset some of the cost. Just the overall entrees outside of the pick your own combo and a few other items are pretty pricey. I would still come here and try it in the evening though. I believe everything else that comes along with the place and the quality of the food will justify the cost.

Certainly a five-star experience overall and I will be...

This review is for three separate orders. After seeing a flyer on social media about a Seaford Connection grand opening, I stopped by. I wasn't sure if this was the same Seaford Connection I'd patronized years ago.

The first order was the fried shrimp, fries, and seafood salad combo. I forgot to take a picture of the seafood salad. The food was filling.

The second order was the steamed shrimp platter. The wait was a little long. I think they were having to correct something with someone else's order. Was glad to see a full container, until I started unpeeling shrimp & noticed it wasn't deveined. There was plenty of sauce, but if you swirled the food to get extra sauce from the pan, the sauce seemed to be a little salty.

The last order was for crab rice. I heard someone else asking for it, but it wasn't available that day. I called ahead to ask if it was available. It took three people coming on the phone before I was told that it was available and my order was taken. Being a seafood lover who cooks and bakes, I was a little disappointed. I understand that having shells in your food is likely when using real crab, but there's no way as much crab shell as shown in my hand should have made it in my container and served to me.

In the picture with the utensil, that's the most crab that was in the container. The rest were strands here and there as soon in the first rice picture. Unfortunately, I probably won't...