300 East

05/28/11

Uncooked

by Tanker44 at Citysearch

Had dinner at 300 East last week. Sat outside on a beautiful day and enjoyed the nice setting 300 has for its guests. Yet.....ordered the pork medallion entrée which arrived almost raw in the middle. Sent it back and all they did was to nuke it and put it back on the table.

Would not recommend the Pork here........

01/24/11

Excellent Food...

by localocavore at Citysearch

300 East has been a favorite of mine since moving to Charlotte in 2005. The food rarely disappoints. The Sunday brunch specials will knock your socks off, and if you need a good soup to warm your soul, look no further. That said, the service ranges from excellent to awful. More often than not, it is quite good. Bear in mind that it is a fairly casual environment, so you aren't going to get fine dining service, no matter how hefty your bill might be. Being a regular, I wish that the servers would notice that I tip fairly, even for poor service. I tend to assume that I caught a server having a bad day, and let it slide. These things happen. If you can forgive all this, the food is definitely worth it. The menu has some good, responsibly produced meats and vegetables, for those of you who care about that stuff. The sweet potato ravioli is always a treat. I get the Ahi Tuna Salad, and find it to be consistently enjoyable. The Niman Ranch Pork is absolutely fantastic. I don't eat dessert much, but i am willing to bet 300 East has some stellar creations. The weird outside table rule does baffle me, but we beat it by calling some more friends to join us.

09/10/10

Our All Time Favorite

by maimaimai at Citysearch

My husband and I recently celebrated our anniversary with dinner at 300 East. We continue to be amazed at the quality of this restaurant (the food and the service) over the many years we have been visiting. This place is locally owned, no franchise, no clone. Their long time specials are still special and yet there's always a good surprise if you're looking for something different. If you haven't eaten there, you should, it's just one of the nicest places in Charlotte.

09/09/10

Won't Go Back!!

by JLB77 at Citysearch

My husband, myself and my little girl decided to eat lunch here one afternoon on a beautiful day! Although, after our rude experience we wished we would have gone somewhere else. We sat outside at a VERY small two top table that was part shade/part sun. After a few minutes we realized it was too much sun for our little girl so we asked to move to one of the EMPTY 4-top tables that was in the shade but we were told they were for "larger" parties. First of all, we had 3 people second there was NO wait and third, our child was burning up in the sun.

They did offer to move us inside, but we wanted to enjoy the outdoors and it is much easier sitting outside with a baby! The remainder of our lunch the 2 tables were empty! I would have to say after working in the food industry they are making very stupid mistakes. We used to love this place and now we will not go back!!

07/06/10

outdoor seating

by fixurpet at Citysearch

My husband and I are from out of town and have previously eaten at 300 East with friends - so we thought we’d enjoy the cool 4th of July weather Charlotte was having and eat outdoors. When we asked if we could sit at the remaining unoccupied table, the hostess told us “we like to save the four-tops for three or more customers.” Stunned (and hungry), we said okay. She sat us by a front window and near the front door and I counted three other “couples” request the same outdoor table and they all received the same reply. The restaurant was very slow (maybe ten people inside) and the table remained empty during our lunch visit. From our previous visit, we remembered the food being very tasty. Unfortunately this was not the case this time. I ordered the Ahi salad and received two small pieces of tuna along with a very rubbery rice cake. The waitress never returned to our table so after waving her down, she did go back to the kitchen and tried a different method of warming the rice cake. She then told me the rice cooker was broken and that is why the cake was rubbery (?). Our meals were definitely not worth the hefty price tag and were very disappointing. We should have left once we were told we couldn’t sit at the empty table outside! Lesson learned.

• Pros: outdoor seating - IF you have the correct # in your party
• Cons: outdoor seating criteria, food portion vs. $, service