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Feb 17, 2008 by Gandalf from Santa Fe
Overall Rating: 3
Food:[4] • Service:[9] • Atmosphere:[9]

• Beautiful interior and outdoor views. Nice live music.
• Food quality not up to price. $40 entries, $15 drinks, $15 desserts. $50 bottle of wine was low end of price list.

“The place is very fancy; wait-staff wears tuxedos and is very formal. The view is spectacular and the 3-piece combo played nice music. The food is very uneven. My Venison was very good. My wife's crab cakes were so salty that she sent them back. We enjoyed the evening but the food was not up to expectations.”

Dec 30, 2007 by jeff from stamford, ct
Overall Rating: 3
Food:[3] • Service:[2] • Atmosphere:[4]

• Nice view.
• Idiotic service that just doesn't get, food overpriced by 2xs.

“Highly recommended to us, this was a very bad experience. Service was sloppy. I was if the staff felt they were in charge because they were wearing ridiculous prom outfits. They always seemed to know better than us. When I asked to have my empty salad plate cleared away, the waiter told me that they didn't do that while the other guest still had a plate in front of her. He said I would take it away if I insisted, I asked that he do so, and he walked away.”

Dec 30, 2007 by jeff from stamford, ct
Overall Rating: 3
Food:[3] • Service:[2] • Atmosphere:[4]

• Nice view.
• Idiotic service that just doesn't get, food overpriced by 2xs.

“Highly recommended to us, this was a very bad experience. Service was sloppy. I was if the staff felt they were in charge because they were wearing ridiculous prom outfits. They always seemed to know better than us. When I asked to have my empty salad plate cleared away, the waiter told me that they didn't do that while the other guest still had a plate in front of her. He said I would take it away if I insisted, I asked that he do so, and he walked away. They seemed to have different staff to do various jobs, and they were all bumbles or arrogant.”

Dec 1, 2007 by Tom from Chicago
Overall Rating: 3
Food:[5] • Service:[1] • Atmosphere:[8]

• After dinner drink was good, nice Caesar salad, nice atmosphere.
• Everything else.

“My family and I come in from Chicago to Tucson several times a year; it's a second home to us. I've never been as disappointed in a restaurant as I was in Anthony's. We were told it had excellent food, service, etc. The only good things about the visit were the complimentary after dinner beverage and the view of the lights of downtown Tucson. The food was sub-par at best, especially when you consider what you pay. All four of the dishes our family received were at least $40, and none of them worth it. My Mother had a problem with her steak, and it took them three tries to get it right. As mediocre as the food was, the service was even worse. For a fine-dining experience, the service here was probably the worst I have ever come across. Our waiter was a flat-out jerk. He appeared uninterested in us as customers and was in a real foul mood. For example, I ordered Fat Tire ale, and I had to ask for a refill. I asked our waiter once and he said he'd get it. About 10 minutes later he passed by again and I asked him to get it, and he said "Look, its coming, hold on," in a very snippy and irritated tone. I then asked a busboy if he could get it, and he said he would. They finally brought out the Fat Tire about 45 minutes after I initially asked for it, long after my meal was done. Needless to say, I sent it back. Then they had the audacity to charge me for the second beer afterwards. When I go to a meal and drop hundreds of dollars, I want top-rate service to go along with excellent food. Anthony's had neither. Avoid it like the plague.”

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Nov 22, 2006 by Betty from Evergreen, Colorado
Overall Rating: 5
Food:[2] • Service:[4] • Atmosphere:[8]

• The ambiance was great.
• The food was poor and over-priced.

“My husband and I were visiting family in Tucson. We wanted to take them to a nice restaurant and chose Anthony's. I couldn't have been more disappointed. Two of the four meals were definitely not up to par and certainly not worth the price we paid. I ordered the crab ravioli with spinach and tomato confit. The raviolis were tough, the spinach was not done right and worst of all the tomato confit was bitter tasting, really almost inedible. I left most of the meal on my plate. When the waiter inquired, I mentioned that the tomato confit was bitter. He hardly acknowledged this complaint at all and said nothing. He did not convey his apology -- simply no response. It is inexcusable for any meal that costs over $25 to be of such poor quality. My brother-in-law had the duck and thought it was okay but not excellent. My husband enjoyed his osso bucco and my sister-in-law liked her rack of lamb. However, I believe that a restaurant that is touted to be so good should do better than two out of four. We would certainly never go back and neither will our family.”

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