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-   -   Chop House $43 grouper!!! (https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/restaurant-discussions-90/chop-house-43-grouper-311430/)

Max0431Zoe 09-26-2020 08:52 AM
WOW, just WOW!!

PhyllisC 09-26-2020 08:53 AM
Lol. I couldn’t Agree more!

bilcon 09-26-2020 08:58 AM
The Chop House as well as Blue Fin are pricey, but the food is great. Being from the NYC area we are used to high prices for dinner. I still have not found a $20+ martini in TV. Grouper fishing is not a long season, so I'm told, so it is pricey, but good. When something on the menu says "market price" don't be shy, ask the price, or pay the price. You only go around once, and you will never have that anniversary again.

Eg_cruz 09-26-2020 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Rwirish (Post 1838482)
Price sounds about right for Grouper.
No it does not
We go to Clearwater all the time and eat nothing but grouper and have never come close to that price.

davem4616 09-26-2020 08:59 AM
not always, but often "specials" is a way for the chef to use up food that is getting close to having to be tossed
...that said the food is still good, requires the same amount of prep as any meal and is going to be priced fairly

I often go with the house specialties (not the specials)....especially if it's a venue that we don't visit often...that way I know that the kitchen has made the dish often enough and even if there's a brand new 'line cook' on that evening it will come out right

PhilipB 09-26-2020 09:03 AM
Gator Dundee
 
Happy anniversary, neighbors!
May the coming year grant you much grouper at reasonable prices

charlieo1126@gmail.com 09-26-2020 09:12 AM
I love the chop house, I go to or
 
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Originally Posted by NotGolfer (Post 1838525)
Happy anniversary and may you be blessed with many more!! That said, the Chop House is a higher end restaurant (though maybe not the most expensive). You know, because everything is ala cart, or just about everything. I would ask the price as generally when ordering something I'll have an A or a B just in case. I don't always order by what it will cost but surprises are never fun neither. Whenever we've been there we've been quite satisfied with the food, the service and NO surprises with what it cost.
3 times a month, but please tell me which restaurant is more expensive here , if I haven’t already been there I need to go because I’m a snob Mr Amani

Daddymac 09-26-2020 09:13 AM
So they don’t give you the price of the specials,
But if you Pay With Cash, They Ask “Do You Need Change”
**Hmmmmmmm**

Chi-Town 09-26-2020 09:13 AM
Fresh Grouper is usually $30,00 a la carte. No sides, no shrimp. And that's right on the Gulf. Be happy.

charlieo1126@gmail.com 09-26-2020 09:20 AM
I like blue fin a little better
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lottoguy (Post 1838687)
There is no problem with her finger or the keyboard. Expensive Grouper has a little known side effect.
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Originally Posted by bilcon (Post 1838714)
The Chop House as well as Blue Fin are pricey, but the food is great. Being from the NYC area we are used to high prices for dinner. I still have not found a $20+ martini in TV. Grouper fishing is not a long season, so I'm told, so it is pricey, but good. When something on the menu says "market price" don't be shy, ask the price, or pay the price. You only go around once, and you will never have that anniversary again.
then chop house, I go 4 or 5 times a month , I think I like the service just a little better

Dnash 09-26-2020 09:22 AM
Common practice in most restaurants.

turk3531 09-26-2020 09:22 AM
Chop House Sticker Shock
 
This is not Beef O'Brady's or Taco Bell! This is an upscale restaurant with excellent food, Two reople, with drinks, can easily drop $100. It's not an every night place to eat, so,. get over it, and remember the good meal you got to share with your mate!

zendog3 09-26-2020 09:23 AM
Chop House is one of the higher end restaurants in TV. I like it that thee is a range of restaurants in the Villages. If price is an issue, you probably should not be going to the Chop House. Have your grouper at Blue Fin.

John41 09-26-2020 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Quiltedviews (Post 1838381)
My husband and I went to the Chop House in LSL tonight to celebrate our anniversary. All was well until the bill came. Their grouper special: a piece of grouper, plus either 3 shrimp or 3 scallops, and 2 sides: $43!! I asked the waitress why she didn’t tell us the price when she described the special (I would never have ordered it if I had known it was $43), she said they only tell you prices if you ask. So I am posting this to advise you that if you order a special at the Chop House, ask the price before ordering!! We will never go there again after this experience.
I think the word “Special” and $43 grouper is an oxymoron. “Special” is a term associated with ham & eggs $3 at a diner so your surprise is understandable.
However Chops is a classy place so $43 is not unreasonable just the way they framed it. Lesson learned.

Dr Winston O Boogie jr 09-26-2020 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by BryanTheGolfPro (Post 1838468)
Are they not proud of the price they charge? No. Not a selling point, so . . . Several restaurants have opened and closed in this location over the last several years. What's the "over & under" on this one???
Every time I see anything where the price is no immediately revealed, I think the same thing. Why are they hiding the price? Are they afraid to show it? Are they afraid that you won't order it because of the price? Always ask the price if it is not shown. Nothing cheap about that.

The other thing is ads that take forever trying to justify the price before the show it. I get less than halfway through those before I think, "If they have to work this hard to justify the price, it's probably not worth it."


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