Metropolitan Grill - Maltkiln Lane

Very good atmosphere and food is very good but very pricey

After hearing praises from many of our friends, we finally checked out Metropolitan grill. Everything we ordered was fantastic, and the service is impeccable. I’m fine with the automatic 20% service charge. What I’m not fine with is the addition of language “tips appreciated but not expected”. If you as a restaurant are taking a stand against tipping culture by tacking on an automatic service charge to provide your servers a decent wage, it should be your policy not to accept tips. It makes for an awkward situation having received great service, to then leave no gratuity. We left an additional $20, but were left with an icky feeling. Despite the fantastic meal, I’d think twice before coming back.

Place was really good the server was better than the food. He recommended the fresh salmon which was really good since the salmon is not always served. Then he recommended the 3 layer coconut cake.

Delicious food, fantastic service, overall top notch experience.

My fiancé took me here on a date night, as I've never been and I was not disappointed. We ordered half a dozen oysters as an appetizer and it came with this pink frozen champagne topper that was unlike anything I've ever tasted, it was absolutely divine. My fiancé never puts anything but lemon and salt on his oysters and even he was impressed with the topping. We both ordered some drinks, I got a peach spritz cocktail and a Moscow mule while my fiancé got a beer I can't pronounce nor spell but we were both happy with our drinks. For our main dish we got the prawn and dungeness crab fettuccine and it was amazing. It had many different kinds of mushrooms and asparagus, the prawn were very big and the sauce was so delicious. My fiancé had his modified without cheese or cream (he's weird, I know) and even with that they were very accommodating. Our server was amazing, offering very good tips and recommendations for our dining experience, also had a good balance between checking up on us and letting us enjoy our food. The one disappointment I'll say is I wasn't at all impressed with their crab cake, so I'm glad we only ordered one to try. I'm a huge fan of crab cakes and will usually try them at any establishment and based on the dinner I had, I wasn't expecting their crab cake to be lacking in flavor. It was bland and a bit soggy, there was a lack of any seasoning and also they used something as a binder I couldn't identify and it was strong tasting so it actually eclipsed the flavor of the crab. The one short coming with our dining experience, everything else was superb. The inside is well sized and a little dim with small lights at the table. It definitely looks like they kept with the original design which gave a feel of nostalgia and I definitely enjoyed it. I'd definitely return in the future.