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Wine Strengths: California, France, Italy
Pricing: Moderate
Selections: 700
Inventory: 6,500
Wine Director: Danielle Johnson Walker

Average user rating:
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User Name: Kerry Ryan
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Date rated: July 19, 2007
Comment: Arrows is a culinary gem set on a remarkably reconstructed 18th century New England farmhouse site. The property is adorned with magnificient gardens that provide both scenic beauty and the freshest possible ingredients. Arrows' enticing wine collection includes over 700 world class selections from revered Bordeaux vintages to innovative New World creations. Arrows Restaurant is chic elegence a la Paris within the progression, impression, and sublimity of a Monet.
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User Name: Steven Bialek
Rating:
Date rated: October 17, 2007
Comment: its unfortunate that maine diners think this restaurant is something special. personally i did not. and the experience there was really downgraded by only what i can consider terrible wine service. there was a 2003 jadot st jacques wine on the list, but the sommelier did not even know if was the estournelles or clos. the 2004 priorat wine on the wine list was sold out. and when i wanted to spend some more time with the list, danielle responded with no problem, let me know if i can further help you. and when i asked for further help, danielle was unavailable - why? she was serving dessert to another table! at this point, i was at the restaurant for quite a while, had already ordered our food, and was forced to make a wine choice without any further advice/recommendations. danielle never even came back by the table afterwards. the stemware was some big leaden affair; after i asked the waiter for something more appropriate, his reponse was "they're crystal." can not recommend at all...
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User Name: George Fornadley
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Date rated: November 03, 2007
Comment: If I had to discribe Arrows in one word it would be "tacky". When we made our reservation we were told that we had to give a charge card so that if we did not show up each guest would be charged $50 plus a dress code was explained. The guy next to me in a flannel shirt must not have gotten the message, however, money talks. The parking lot: bring boots and change at the door. We were seated in a glassed in porch. The outside trees had strings of lights in them, (did I mention tacky?), a few well placed spot lights would have been more effective. A small table in the back, with light so bad we asked for a flashlight to read the menu. On our plates were knotted napkins that looked like rags. The maitre d' did the untying and handed us a rumpled cloth for our napkin. The food portions are miniscule. The salmon I had were two sections served with a sauce for each. That's it, with all the talk about "we grow our own" you would think they would have thrown a bean on the plate. Plus it was mildly fishy. I don't like "fishy", I buy fish from a giant supermarket and it's never fishy. I did say "mildly" and I did eat most of it with the help of my wife. But, my God, you're paying $300 for this meal. Now for my last beef, maybe I should of had beef. And here I now blame "The Wine Spectator" because the wine prices were out of sight and why would you recommend a place that's out to gouge your subscribers? I selected a sauvignon blanc from New Zealand for $65. It was acceptable. I later researched the wine and found this out: Retail price is $14 to $19 a bottle. Wine rating: 81 per WS. Needless to say the price of the wine was not considered when the tip was calculated. signed: George Fornadley P.S. We should have not shown up, paid the $100 and with the difference went to two nice restaurants.
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