not quite fine dinning. my wife and i dined at margarita at pine creek for our anniversary. we're a military family, so it seems like we're looking for a restaurant in a new city just about every year. that said, we've developed an image of what fine dining should be, and margarita at pine creek isn't quite there.
the live music at maragarita at pine creek was classical in nature and decent, although somewhat overbearing. the wait staff was curteous and attentive, and the tables were set in nooks which had good potential.
outside there's a patio area where a party was enjoying the outdoor atmosphere. the outside venue reminded me of an upper class bar. family friendly to be sure, but awfully expensive to be wearing shorts and sandles.
the tables were of a crushed glass motif, which looked off and didn't impress. despite a reservation for 2, we were seated at a table for 4. the waiter proceeded to clear the additional dinerware after we were seated. the menu is based on what the chef can find fresh daily. we had the five course meal, but were struck by how the menu wasn't synch'd. for instance, between the courses you could find dishes from the orient, mexico, europe, italy, and america. our meals were good, with good presentation, worth the $42 for a 5 course meal. the ambiance was okay, not great, as mentioned earlier the music was somewhat overbearing, and the patrons didn't exemplify fine dining in shorts and sandles.
overall margarita at pine creek is a good restaurant, a solid step above the chain restaurants, but just doesn't quite meet the standard of fine dining.