Renee Steve



Clyde's on the St. Croix

Bayport




Date of Review
May 24, 2003

Fair
Fair

Entree Price:
$15 to $20

Our Total Bill:
$57.00

Type:
American

Reservations:
Yes

Attire:
Causal

Parking:
Lot

Crumber:
No

WWGB:
No

Pepper:
None
Renee's Side Steve's Side

  • Shrimp Diablo $17.95
  • Brownie Sundae $6.00


I really don't want to say much about this Bayport establishment. It was well below my expectations and hopes as far as food goes. The view was wonderful. The service bearable.


  • Beef Torenadoes $21.95
  • Cheescake $6.00

Clyde’s was not good. It ranks on the low end of the fair range for me. I enjoyed the tomato basil soup, but everything else reminded me of not-so-good cafeteria food. The tournedos of beef were well done when I asked for medium rare, far overcooked to be properly enjoyed. Even if it were properly cooked, the beef was not high quality; I would imagine it to be tough and flavorless when it should be tender and delectable. The mushroom sauce that accompanied the beef was like something from a can of soup-- thick, salty, and tasteless. The chevre sounded like a good idea on the menu, but seemed to be a low quality cheese by my taste. At any rate, it only detracted from the disastrous beef with mushroom sauce.

The cheesy potatoes tasted like real potatoes flavored with a reconstituted cheese packet. Blech.

The cheesecake was your standard cafeteria cheesecake covered with a boring strawberry sauce. It’s something you choose when you don’t trust anything else on the dessert tray. The cheesecake was uninspired; it was the cheesecake you make at home and have had a hundred times covered with strawberry sauce you make when you have strawberries that are a few days old and you want to rescue them. It was hardly worth the calories.

The view is fantastic. Unfortunately, the view and the soup were the only things fantastic. I would only recommend Clyde’s for a drink to enjoy the view.

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