I've eaten at Tempest on two occasions. The first visit was at 10pm and we sat in the bar area. It was slow in the bar and, although it was loud, service was good and the food was also very good. Then, I visited last week for a dinner reservation at 8 pm. We arrived a bit early and the wait staff told us our table would be a few minutes. We asked if we could it in the bar until our table was ready. We specifically asked if they would let us know when our table was ready. The bar staff was helpful with our drinks. At 8:30 we hadn't been seated and we asked about our table status. The waiters we had seen go by were completely preoccupied with griping. The front desk attendant said, \"Oh, we didn't realize you still wanted a table.\" We ended up with a table close to 9 pm but then waited another 15 minutes until a waiter finally acknowledged us. We ended up leaving at 9:15 without having dinner because we needed to get home to our children. The waitstaff was completely unapologetic. The moral of the the story is, if you go to Tempest, stick to the bar or a time when they are not busy because when they are full beyond half capacity, they lose the ability to keep track of their customers. The food is good, but not good enough to compensate for the ambivalent wait staff, especially with Ocean Grill so close by
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