text: Totally Disappointing-\n\nI came in last Monday and was really excited about trying this place- i figured it was going to be great seeing as successful his other restaurants are- i was sadly mistaken. \n\nStarting from the beginning our server was very sweet but her food knowledge and wine knowledge were both extremely poor- she could not pronounce the specials - i cant imagine if we had questions about them that she would be able to answer them correctly- she struggled with knowing where the oysters came from- i wish i could've saved us all time and turned behind me as they were posted on the board with all of the other fish. As far as my cocktail it was a great margarita probably should've just stopped there!! My friend ordered another beer he had one at the bar first and she asked for his ID- Umm if he already has a beer why is it necessary to check it again- more of a nuisance if you ask me.\n\nOk so I love food and so do the people i dine with so we like to try a little bit of everything- we started with the Tuna Crudo- this was ok it was nice and fresh. Roasted Marrow on the Bone- it was ok barely any Marrow so it was hard to really get a good feel. Ham 2 ways- barely any Ham, served on 2 crostinis that was so much bread you couldn't even taste the Ham-not ok. Chicken and Waffle- good, again not very much of it but flavors were good. Ok so for all of the starters the one thing they all had in common was they were extremely small and you were barely able to taste the flavors correctly because it was poorly executed. Still Starving!! \n\nNow at this point I order a bottle of wine- we waited for a bit and then our sweet server came over to let us know the wine was coming, but not yet since the managers are the only ones able to get the wine and right now they are dealing with Valet- Umm ok so you rather deal with valet then bring wine to your tables- if this is the case let the servers get they're own wine to eliminate something like this. I was pretty annoyed at this point. But then she brings it over- she cant even properly open the bottle, she leaves the foil on the lip and then pours our wine by holding it at the neck of the bottle- silly yes, but again were they not refreshed on wine service or at least told what  they're standards as a restaurant are.  \n\nMoving on along next up salads- 2 Burrata mozzarella salads  and 1 Arugula salad- the Burrata itself was ok the salad was barely dressed and barely had any balsamic on it- i cant comment on the Arugula but it seemed like he enjoyed it. \n\nFor our Entrees i had the Duck- which i would say is the best dish of the night. the flavor was great and my duck was cooked nicely. My friends had the Rib eye- it was extremely bland and really just not good. My other friend had the Scallops now by looking at them they were cooked perfectly- but when you tasted them they had a very burnt taste to them like they didn't use butter or oil in the pan before they seared them- again poor execution. \n\nDesert was really where it fell apart for me- I had ordered the Bread pudding it was served with Chocolate Ice cream  - the Ice cream was nice the Bread Pudding was so oily that it was separating my Ice cream, like i get that its not a healthy desert and of course its made with butter but i have never had one that was this oily- extremely disappointing, but not as disappointing as my Tea- yes my hot tea was not served with enough hot water so it was so strong and not drinkable- i would have told my server this if she would've come back to the table sooner but that didn't happen. \n\n\nSo all in all i had a pretty bad dinner experience and i felt like the real kicker was when we all shelled out $100 each yes $ 400 for a dinner that i really didn't like and it was not in NYC so i cant justify it by saying- well that's just the prices- nope its Charlotte and I couldn't be more disappointed in Emeril's choice of staff in both the back and the front of the house.