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My husband and I went to dinner with a couple friends to Stardust. Here's my honest review and opinion.

No, it's not worth the money.

We ordered 3 apps. The scallops were good, but not worth $20 for 4 medium sized scallops. The cheese soufflé was ok, but again, expensive for what you get. I didn't try the steak tartar, but the rest of our party did and they left more than half to be taken away.

We each ordered a soup or salad. I had the lobster bisque. It had an unnecessary pastry top, the bisque was thin with ok flavor. There was a decent amount of lobster chunks, however, I wish I'd skipped ordering it. The french onion soup was ordered by 2 of our party and they both said it was good not great. The salad ordered by our last party member said it was pretty much a pile of leaves with little to no toppings.

For the meals, I ordered surf and turf. My steak was well over done and was sent back. The lobster was ok, no real flavor and the melted butter to dip didn't add much. The asparagus was over cooked and disappointing. The manager came by and apologized for my steak being over done. She agreed that it was well over cooked and said they were taking my meal off the bill. (They actually ended up taking off my husband's meal which was cheaper.) They remade the steak, but by the time it was ready, everybody else was done eating, so we boxed it and brought it home. My husband wasn't impressed with his steak and said it was overseasoned and not a good cut.

We ordered 2 desserts as a table, but could've skipped those, too. The cheesecake and key lime tart. Cheesecake was dry and the tart was lacking flavor.

Even my shirley temple was not good. The sprite was weak and they didn't put much grenadine in to save it.

Overall, I was very disappointed. I've read some good reviews on here and was excited to try it. That being said, I won't be going back. There are several places in the valley that are far better quality for less money.

***That all being said, the owner said she was going to refund my bill (minus tip) for a 'gesture of goodwill'. She ended up taking out the tip twice and refuses to do anything about it. She will lie to try and make herself look good. I originally just made a fb group post about my experience as a heads up to locals, but I will be posting my honest review anywhere I can. I gave several weeks for the owner to make things right and stay true to her word, but clearly, that's not going to happen. I have screenshot of everything.