fire + wine Park Ridge — Restaurant in Maine Township

Had an overall nice experience here, but it missed the mark for a 5 star review. Service was friendly and quick, and the restaurant was running like a well oiled machine despite being pretty busy. We started out with a couple drinks, mine was their house old fashioned which was just “ok” and barely filled half of the small rocks glass it came in - I felt a little ripped off at $14 for such a small cocktail and didn’t have another. My partner had a “six seeds.” Her first one was terrific; the second, not so terrific. Food: began with a margarita pizza. It was made with nice fresh ingredients and the crust was very tasty BUT came out with nearly raw dough in the middle and limp. Missed perfection by about 45 seconds longer in the brick oven. Mushroom ravioli was excellent! Our side of broccolini was a bit strange with strips of orange (?) zest wrapped around it that made the stalks appear to be tied together with string. It didn’t taste bad but was undercooked and not hot. Dessert was white wine cake; absolutely excellent with a scoop of gelato on top, tangy raspberry sauce and fresh strawberries too. We will definitely try again despite...

Walked in and was told the only table available would be on the patio, or else there would be an approximate wait of 25-35 minutes. No problem , sat at the bar ordered drinks and waited . We received a call after approximately 30 Minutes that our table was ready, perfect! Closed our tab , walked up to the front , she informed us that our table on the patio is ready. Back to square one, we let her know that we wanted to sit inside and said we will wait. Went back to the bar. Waited, the most attentive person was our bartender ( he gets 10⭐️stars from us for his service) after another 30 minutes he realized that something was not right and he walked up to the hostess to see what the hold up was. She immediately came up to us to tell us , make sure you pay our tab! ( we had already paid it) thanks for insulting us. Then she walked us to the back dining area to find out that 4 tables were completely open...

We were looking forward to trying this new restaurant in our area and we were disappointed. We were seated and sat there for 15 minutes without being acknowledged or approached by a server. My wife and I were getting ready to get and leave when the server taking care of the table next to us saw us and asked us if everything was alright and if we were being taken care. We told no. She apologized and took care of us. I want to acknowledged her. Her name was Angela and she took great care of us.

I started with the lobster bisque. It was watery and it had only one tiny piece of lobster in it the size of a sugar cube. The meatballs were good. My wife had lobster ripstop and it was decent. If it wasn't for our server we would have walked out. Dinner for two was over $100. We were expecting a...