The Chatham Cut — Restaurant in Chatham

Made reservation thru Open Table 4 weeks ago for wedding anniversary and wife’s birthday in October. We were very excited as this restaurant opened end of August. The place is small with just 20 tables and 10 seats at the bar with 3 pub tables in bar area as well.The room has very high energy and extremely loud when filled. Tables are Very close together. The good and the bad. The bread basket came out with breadsticks, cranberry and a French country style bread which was very good. They forgot to bring any butter and the busser had to go back and brought it out later. The server we had was not on top of her game. In ordering cocktails, she got confused with the order and repeated the two drinks 3 times. For an upscale restaurant I could not believe there were no table cloths on the tables. To begin, we started with the Charcuterie board and it was excellent. Great meats, cheeses, olives, stuffed peppers, pickled veggies and wafer crackers that went with the dish very well. The raw bar they offer is pricey. 3 shrimp for $18, tuna crude for $20 and a seafood tower for $180.00. Salads run from $14 for a garden salad to $18 for a burrata salad which many ordered but split. There are several pasta dishes ordered from penne primavera at $24 to a Zuppa Di Pesce for $54. My wife ordered the Veal Chop Milanese which was $70 online but $59 on the menu. I ordered the prime rib med rare end cut and it came as ordered. Sides of au jus and creamy horseradish accompanied the dish with mashed potatoes. My wife’s veal chop dish came with arugula salad. The chop was butterflied that would make sense but the problem was, the side that the chop itself was on was raw and the other side was dry and overdone. Steaks at this restaurant run $35 for a petite filet up to $150 for the Tomahawk which serves 2 people. The majority of the steaks run on average approximately $70with no sides. Seafood dishes run about $50. And the sides are $14 whether you order a vegetable or potato dish. The star of the restaurant is the wine list which is excellent but be ready to mortgage your home…nothing here is cheap but they are attempting to be a high end Boston restaurant on the Cape. The problem is, the restaurant does not have the wait staff, decor and class to pull these prices off. There is a dessert menu and we split a crème brûlée. No candle or anything in dessert when it arrived for my wife’s bday…things like that miss the mark which would not happen in Boston or if someone was reading the Open Table reservations more carefully. If you are truly looking for a fine dining place, this is missing the mark right now but will hopefully get there. With just 2 servers and 2 bussers, for a Saturday night, service was definitely off the mark. Hopefully this will improve in time, especially before the summer crowd returns. Will not be in any rush to return as there are other fine dining establishments on Cape that provide an amazing experience, with great service, food, and tablecloths, for...

We had dinner at The Chatham Cut last night and, unfortunately, was left disappointed by the food. However, I’ll start by saying that the atmosphere and space inside was quite nice, very well appointed, clean and inviting, harkening a NY style supper club vibe. The hospitality and service were exceptional, truly an inviting and warm experience, with attentive staff and expertly mixed cocktails. It was clear that the front-of-house team was top-notch, but sadly, the food didn’t quite match the high standard set by the service. My dining partner began with the French Onion Soup, which looked inviting and tasted good, though she did find the cheese to be a bit overwhelming (if that’s even possible). For her main, she ordered the “Jumbo Lump Crab Cake,” which was a disappointment. There was little to no discernible crab, just pureed meat that lacked the succulent chunks you’d expect from a dish like this. It wasn’t particularly flavorful and didn’t deliver the savory seafood punch one might hope for. She ended up leaving half of it on the plate. I opted for the Teriyaki Steak Tips, served with Scallion Rice and Broccoli. While the steak tips were cooked nicely, the dish as a whole was lacking. The presentation was minimal and uninspired, just a few items placed onto the plate. The teriyaki flavor was almost nonexistent, and I felt it could have been greatly enhanced with a flavorful demi-glace to tie everything together. The rice was labeled “scallion rice,” but there wasn’t a hint of scallion in sight, just plain white rice with no seasoning to speak of besides a few specs of green leafy substances. And lastly the broccoli, yup it was broccoli, but it pretty much stopped there. It was steamed properly and served a vibrant green, but not a hint of flavor, perhaps a show of solidarity as to not show up his neighbor the bland rice. There was no effort made to elevate these components. In the end, the food was forgettable, though the service certainly shined. It’s a shame, because with a little more attention to the flavors and presentation, it could have been a much more...

The Chatham Cut is an incredibly overrated restaurant.

Food is mediocre at best. Calamari is bland, truly lacked any sort of flavor. Chopped salad was very good with a nice flavorful dressing. The petite filet also very good, although we ordered without the garlic glove. Carrots very overdone and like mush. Tuna tartar not good - do not order! Now let’s talk about service. Terrible waitress, kept disappearing for lengthy period of time. We relied on a young lady who said she bussed tables. We made sure she received a generous cash tip as she could not have been more helpful and accommodating. This was our first visit (and last) for someone’s 83 birthday. We made sure to let them know we had a very special birthday when we made the reservation a month ago. Upon arrival we also told the supposed manager. We then told our waitress twice we needed a dessert with a candle. All this before we even ordered a drink as we sat down. We went through the terrible service and mediocre food and ordered a couple of desserts. We again asked for a candle to celebrate. All of the requests and reminders, went completely ignored. No candle, no nothing. When the desserts arrived without any sort of recognition of a birthday or a candle, we asked our waitress for candle. She said ‘oh’ then turned around and left. 30 minutes later, still no candle. After all this, we asked for the check, paid and left.

There are far better restaurants in Chatham that deliver much better service and far superior food than The Chatham Cut. CBI,Viera, and Del Mar are much better choices than The Chatham Cut. Sadly, an incredibly...