Highland Place Bar & Grill

Great bar and restaurant!  Had the scallops wrapped in pancetta.  The scallops were large, fresh and delicious, but the pancetta was a tad too salty for me.  My friend had their pork chop which was ginormous and scrumptious.  And we had some of their chocolate mousse cake, which they say is made in-house.  Our server was very friendly.  You really couldn't have asked for a better night out.

We really want to love Highland Place.  It has live music, good food, and a friendly staff.  They just can't seem to pull it all together.

Tonight our waitress said she would be back in a minute to take our order.  At least ten minutes and one cigarette later (she reeked of smoke) she returned.

After that things went fairly smoothly, although my water glass was empty for long periods of time and there was more breading than crab in the crab cakes.  

Meanwhile we are being blasted by the live music from the bar area.  I don't know why anyone thought the band needed microphones in such a small space.  We could barely hear each other in the next room, although we are very sensitive to noise.

There seem to be a large number of staff moving around, yet the service is awful.
In contrast Arturo's has a similar staff/customer ratio and their service is outstanding.  
Clearly the management needs to make improvements.

The food is good, although they seem to overheat the plates to make the food taste "fresh from the oven."  The chicken pot pie was quite tasty.

This place Sucks!!! I experienced " Hurricane Sandy" that week and was out of power. The boyfriend wanted to watch the game , so we decided on this, "hell hole". The glasses of wine we had are the only thing that probably keeps this place afloat. I was like damn if Hurricane Sandy didn't kill me, their freaking wings will LMAO. The wings were very salty. We ordered the jerk wings. They really need to hire a new cook .

P.S. Children should not be in the bar area.