3 /5 Food of CT: Our meal here unfortunately became a let down for my dad’s birthday dinner. We’re from out of town, and Chart House had been recommended to me. With it having views of the river, this was a top pick for us, but we wish we had gone somewhere else. Our waitress, Connie, disappeared for long periods of time and really didn’t have much of a personality - we asked her to take a group picture and she said she’d be back to take it, then didn’t return until it was time to drop off the food, so we grabbed a different waitress who gladly took it for us. The salad bar was over priced, the selection wasn’t great, and the Caesar salad was soggy because the dressing was already on it. The other appetizers, entrees, and drinks were overall good, but dessert was honestly an embarrassment. The mini lava cake that came with my prix fixe meal wasn’t warm at all (they said they needed a half hour notice on their lava cakes - is it to defrost from frozen?? Where was the lava?), and my dad, whose birthday we were celebrating, chose the Creme Brûlée tasting. After my lava cake showed up, Connie came back to inform him they were out, but he was able to do a normal Creme Brûlée. He regretted ordering that as it wasn’t even cooked thoroughly and was greasy. We sent it back because we didn’t want him eating uncooked egg and Connie even recognized it wasn’t right. We also were disappointed that they didn’t even put a candle in his crème brûlée since they knew we were there for his birthday and we even notated it on the reservation. She also forgot my husband’s espresso. To top it off, the lights kept flickering and it was very annoying. I expected a better fine dining experience for the price we paid and will not be planning to visit any of their other locations.