Link & Pin Arboretum

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  S Parker

  3 days ago
  3.0
  Pros: Lauren was a great server. General Tso cauliflower was yummy. Scallop over mexi corn good Cons: Creole salmon was flavorless, slightly dirty martini was really dirty, only 1 IPA on draft and it was a black IPA?, haricot verts tasted like oil and an odd flavored oil. PRICES ARE RIDICULOUS for atmosphere and quality.
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  Conner Forsythe

  Feb 23, 2026
  5.0
  I don’t usually write reviews because I worked in the service industry for so long and they can be very skewed. However, I feel like I need to tell this story of how a bad-ish experience turned me into a customer for life. Came in for brunch with some friends. Caleb was our server. From the start he was great. Cracking jokes, very personable taking us through the steps of service. My buddy ordered a burger and me and our wives ordered eggs Benedict. One of my all time faves. I actually kind of don’t go to places that don’t have it for brunch/breakfast cause I’m weird and always have it when dining out for breakfast. Anyways, food comes and all three of our dishes had poached eggs that were cooked harder than the hardest boiled eggs I’ve ever seen. No run, a dark yellow hard yolk. Normally would just suck it up but for the prices we’re paying I kind of expect it done right. We all send it back to the kitchen. The manager comes over (I didn’t remember his name) and apologizes, offers to comp our apps (didn’t even want that and was so appreciative for the gesture). When our food returns, Caleb accidentally dropped one of my friends newly cooked poached eggs on the floor. He was clearly frustrated and embarrassed and so apologetic. No sweat man, it happens. From the start to finish Caleb and the manager handled the negative situation with grace and gave absolutely excellent service. I’ve ran bars and restaurants my whole life and someone told me a long time ago that you can create a lifelong customer by handling a bad situation properly and promptly. The service truly did save the whole experience. Btw when the food came back out it was A1. Thank you to the amazing staff here for a great brunch experience. Crap happens all the time, they handled it so well and I was sincerely impressed. Go for brunch ask for Caleb! The Bloody Marys were amazing.
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  C Marsh

  Feb 23, 2026
  1.0
  Very disappointed with our meal. A birthday celebration that didn't even rise up to mediocre. The wings were so hard, dry and charred that they were inedible. When a whole platter of wings comes back to your kitchen, I'd recommend asking why. Our reservation was at 7 and I'd venture to guess those wings had been cooked and just sat under a heat lamp. I actually don't know how you could make wings so hard. They were like plastic. But that aside the most aggravating was my grand daughter's fish dinner. It smelled like week old fish. So foul. Covered with peppers and sauce obviously not a very elevated dish but underneath you honestly could not tolerate the smell. No we didn't complain but we should have. It was a birthday and none of us wanted to create a distraction from our celebration. The Cajun chicken pasta made my husband physically ill. He was sick most of the night. This was honestly the worst experience we've ever had here. For the price point these issues just shouldn't be the case.
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  mackenzie

  Feb 14, 2026
  5.0
  Valentines review from a foodie! I was nervous that we had reservations here because of some reviews & overall, our food experience in Charlotte hasn’t been amazing. However, I was so pleasantly impressed!!! Alexis was our server and she was AMAZING. So sweet & personable, and she took great care to help recommend menu items, answer any questions, and made sure my filet was how I like. The bread was wonderful & loved the truffle fries. Flounder was some of the best fish we’ve ever had!!!! The Nutella budino is a must order dessert! Was also so grateful that they had NA drink options. The berry lemon drop is one of the best mocktails I’ve ever had. The only downside on the place was that we had a reservation and did still have to wait a while to be sat, but that’s expected on one of their busiest days of the year. The lounge was really comfy and pretty to wait in!
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  jeff s

  Feb 14, 2026
  3.0
  Went for Valentines dinner with my wife. Service was terrible. Zero personality and we waited a long time for even drinks, to order food and we were never checked on. For over 200 dollars for dinner you would think service would be better. Steak 48, Mizu and hell Texas roadhouse has 10x the service than we had. Only saving grace, the food was amazing.

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