Mickey & Mooch
Huntersville, NC 28078-4915
Phone: (704) 895-6654
- Price:
- $$$
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 5pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 4:30pm-11pm
Editorial Review for Mickey & Mooch – by Susan McDevitt
The Scene
Creamy walls and floor-to-ceiling windows are accented by dark woods and dim lighting. Cushioned booths hug the exterior walls and half-walls, giving diners privacy even amid the crowds. Servers are friendly and well-trained, and a pianist makes beautiful music in the piano bar Sunday through Thursday nights. The Huntersville location is packed with good-looking Lake Norman folks, some couples but mostly groups.
The Food
Steaks and chops are the stars of the menu, but favorites such as crab cakes, barbecue ribs, risotto, pasta and baby lobster tail also are tempting. If you're a lobster fan or a Maine ex-pat, don't miss the lobster martini: a large amount of sweet, warm tails for an appetizer price. The filet and mushroom ravioli are rich and flavorful, and the shrimp and grits will win over even a reluctant connoisseur of low-country fare. On the side, try blue cheese cole slaw.
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User Reviews for Mickey & Mooch
05/01/2008 Posted by kb1980
I had heard great things about Mickey & Mooch from my coworkers so I thought I'd try it out. Bad mistake. I ordered the crab soup which tasted bad and was luke warm. My actual meal - filet oscar with sugar snap peas and mashed potatoes - was terrible. The potatoes were just a dry mess lumped together on a plate, tasted terrible and were cold. The peas were almost soggy-like, and the steak was way too done (i asked for a warm red center) and sort of grisly. The bernaise sauce and crab meat atop the steak were both cold, and the bernaise sauce wasn't creamy but more "thickened" from having sat out too long. I was extremely disappointed with my meal and will never go back.
Pros: service was good and prompt
Cons: food was awful
04/26/2008 Posted by xxJAYxx
Perhaps I am spoiled, coming from Philadelphia, a city with, in my opinion, some fantastic restaurants, and I went to this restaurant with those high expectations, based on reviews from some locals. I was however, greatly disappointed with the food/value/noise of Mickey and Mooch. The first thing you notice in the restaurant is the noise factor. The live music, heard throughout the entire restaurant, may be amusing to some, but it was a decided distraction and serious impediment to dinner conversation. The tables are very close together, so you can't help but be an unfortunate eavesdropper in the conversations of the surrounding tables. The appetizer came out when we were in the middle of our dinner, my steak ($37.00) was overdone, and the crabcake that I ordered with my steak was barely bigger than a silver dollar (for $8.50). The only redeeming aspect of the meal was the dessert- a piece of chocolate cake that had to weigh three pounds and will serve as an after-dinner treat for the next four nights. Again, perhaps I am expecting a higher-level of cuisine, but I was very disappointed in this restaurant, and hope that it is not indicative of the "fine dining" in the Lake Norman area.
Pros: Food wasn't bad, in and of itself, but not a good value.
Cons: Noisy, tables are too close together, service seems a step behind on everything.
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