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| - Basis for my starred ratings (which skews heavily to the food or drink):
1 star: Never again.
2 stars: Poor food, poor experience, extraordinary measures in order for me to come back.
3 stars: Average, nothing really special, nothing particularly bad.
4 stars: Very good, would definitely return.
5 stars: A favorite, one of the best.
Been here quite a few times but always come here for Restaurant Week. This is one of Fox's best concepts, and during Restaurant Week, you absolutely get one of the best values of ANY of the restaurants that are participating. Let me put it this way, if you order correctly, you can get a basically $50 meal for $33, a 34% savings. You can't beta that at any other restaurant.
Generally speaking, this is a very good raw bar. Not one of the absolute best, the variety is lacking, but they shuck oysters expertly without spilling out all the liquor, and that's a great start. (See reviews for Hog Island and 167 Raw if you want.)
This time around we ordered the frog legs (which we always get), the sturgeon "bacon and eggs," the "bouillabaisse," ahi tune, banoffee tort, and apple cobbler.
The frog legs have always been good here. Serves kind of "Sichuan" style, they're crispy and spicy. I've ordered the "bacon and eggs" before and they are fine, I should have stuck with the frog legs. The egg adds nice richness but there's nothing special about the sturgeon.
I also should not have ordered the ahi tuna. It was seared over a grill, and it was under-seasoned. At least they weren't over-cooked. They weren't bad, but not great. The "bouillabaisse" was a better dish, lots of shellfish with some grilled toast to sop up the broth. Probably in quotes because its atypical i that there was no bone fish in the dish and the shellfish were served in the broth, but it was serviceable and not lacking in size.
The banoffee tort was better than the apple cobbler. (I chose poorly this night.) The tort was actually quite delicious. Tasted like England. The apple cobbler, again, was not bad, but just a little unbalanced. On a side note, if you see that they have a buttermilk pie, which is not the menu this time, just get it. It is excellent, one of the better desserts in the Valley.
So if you're looking for a deal, they're offering the Restaurant Week menu all summer. They also have $1 oyster happy hour, but their happy hour is only from 4-5. (Boooo.)
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