The food does not live up to the way it is advertised or the way that it looks. Yes, I know the pictures in my review make it look like the best food ever especially if you're hungry, and it's certainly edible but it needs work. For starters, I ordered my filet mignon medium, but it was medium rare and pretty raw towards the middle, but I stomached it anyways because I'm not the type of person to send a steak back to be thrown away because I have always been more afraid of possible staff retribution than eating an undercooked/overcooked steak. Other than that, the steak was okay, but needed a bit more flavor. It was being way too overpowered by the Béarnaise sauce. The fries were good, but to be fair, it's pretty hard to screw those up. Not sure what the name of the greens it was served with is, maybe broccoli slaw? Either way it was extremely bitter and I tried to eat as much of it as I could to get some healthy nutrients for the meal, but I just couldn't stomach it.

As for the clam chowder (wasn't pictured), it tasted like something out of a can. It was super salty and definitely edible, but being that The Black Pearl advertised themselves as having one of the best clam chowders, it was actually one of the worst clam chowders I ever had.

The salad was decent but lacked a substantial number of croutons. There were about 8 small pieces just topped on one side of the salad. Definitely not enough.

As for the citrus scallop bowl, the scallops were way too salty. Scallops need to be treated delicately with lemon and butter and a touch of salt. These tasted like they were fresh from the sea with all the salt I was tasting and it overpowered the sweet flavor I usually enjoy from scallop meat. I don't really think this dish has well put-together flavors in general. It was a mix of pineapple, peach, and possibly mango in a savory dish with rice and salty scallops. It did not work well together and the two flavors that existed on the plate (salty and sweet) were constantly trying to overpower each other.

Also, ordered a couple of lemonades which were served in small plastic cups with nearly half ice and half lemonade. Not a good idea to serve drinks this way during outdoor dining and 90 degree weather.

Thankfully the server, Breana was attentive and pretty nice, but it doesn't change the poor quality of food, especially not with The Black Pearl's high prices. Ended up spending $95 + a tip for 3 people on less than mediocre food. But to be fair, we didn't have many options to eat anyways.

My recommendation is to skip The Black Pearl if you can.