The Rington Steakhouse Oyster

It took me a while to get around to this, but the experience was so memorable that I couldn't let it pass. We visited Halifax about a month ago May 2023. In spite of our terrible dining experience, I've heard others defend the place. Even one of our 3 person dinner party that evening, a local resident, was surprised and said it's usually quite good. I guess we got them on the wrong night then, the weeknight B Crew. The service food were equally abysmal. The hostess was unfriendly, the waiter was a wise guy who thought he was funny (I wish he had been), and possibly 1 2 of the dishes we had between the 3 of us rose to the level of average (not the steaks). That's just not acceptable at their...

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EDIT: after speaking with the general manager, she suggested that the issue here was my “palate” and not all the issues I mentioned. Such a disappointing response from what I had hoped to be a great restaurant. We will not be back. I would love to give them a higher rating because the service was absolutely amazing however the food just did not meet our standards. I think it’s fair to say this restaurant is an “OG” in Halifax so we were very excited to finally have a chance to try. The atmosphere was lovely, we sat upstairs next to a Barrington St facing window. Our waitress was phenomenal. She kept up on drinks, making sure we always had what we needed, had great banter and recommendations....

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Wonderful Canada Day celebrations with beloved family. Food and surrounging were excellent. Menu was quite extensive, superb quality

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Food was just ok..didn't really live up to expectations..staff were awesome however. This was a $62.

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A one of a kind experience. Service is spectacular and the food is divine.

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