Vince (vince-v-farmer6113)

I am no longer a regular at Red. Everything I 've said below is true except for the ambience at the new location in Pinecrest I 'm talking about the ugly sectio... Lire plus I am no longer a regular at Red. Everything I 've said below is true except for the ambience at the new location in Pinecrest I 'm talking about the ugly section of the restaurant. Let me explain... It 's that third portion deep into it that looks like you 're in a cheap ballroom of a Holiday Inn. For the last three times I 've been here, they sat my party here the equivalent of being given bleacher seats but for an expensive concert ticket. This section looks more like an office space. It normally wouldn 't bother me, I 'm a low maintenance guy, but I have a problem being charged Marble Room prices for what looks like a cheap wedding reception venue at your local La Quinta. For this reason, to avoid the risk of being banished to dine in this gulag section the better alternatives would be the nearby Cru (very elegant) or Giovanni 's (they have a beautiful section called the Picasso room) or the Marble Room itself. Heck, The Cheesecake Factory might even look a bit more decent. Ambience does matter. I wouldn 't serve a steak on a garbage lid, even if it was properly sanitized. Either that or they give people discounts for being seated in the construction grade canvas paneling section of this once upscale restaurant. The rest of the restaurant is fine, it 's just this 33% risk of being seated here that makes me hesitant to book god forbid your upscale restaurant experience could go downhill into Golden Coral buffet territory pretty quick. Thanks for listening to my TED talk.