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| - Went here with my fiancé tonight for our Valentine's Day dinner. We booked our table via opentable, and had to wait about 10 minutes for a table once we got there.
We were seated upstairs in a small 'private' section with 4 other tables of two each. It was a nice quiet area to be seated at.
My fiancé had the vegetarian Vday tasting menu, while I had the crab cake appetizer and the beef tenderloin with bone marrow for my main. The crab cake was disappointing - we often go to Monterey Bay on Mount Washington for what we think of as superb crab cakes - so this was really very underwhelming taste wise. Not sure what kind of crab was used here. Although, the presentation was great with fingerling potatoes and a delicious sauce. The beef tenderloin came very medium rare, and was very tasty. The dish as a whole was good, although the jus on the bone marrow was a bit too salty for me, and the cheese that was served with the dish did not really complement the other flavors of the dish as a whole. My fiancé's tasting menu was great from the start. The sweet potato soup and the risotto were the best parts, but as a whole, all tasting portions very well presented and tasty.
For dessert, my fiancé had the lemon cheesecake with his tasting menu and I had the spice cake. The spice cake was amazing! Not too sweet, and the ice cream and other elements went together perfectly! The cheesecake was also great - again not too sweet and overwhelming. Due to a mix up with our order by our server, we also got a 'free' black forest cake from the non-vegetarian tasting menu. It was also very good, but the best of all three was definitely the spice cake.
Our server was the only one serving our table in that area, while the other four tables were served by another server who was very passionate, enthusiastic and very professional. We wished we had him! Our server was bad right from the start - his demeanor and customer service was completely off - and he screwed up our dessert order and neglected us throughout the dinner. He also 'forgot' to have bread sent to us, and cleared my unfinished cocktail without asking. I do not want to say more as I don't think his service should be representative of the restaurant as a whole.
I want to give this place a 4 for the food and a 1 for the service (based on the server that we got tonight) but I will be fair and give him and the restaurant the benefit of the doubt.
So I guess, to summarize, great food that's worth a try, though I can't guarantee all choices will be perfect. Prices of food were standard for a restaurant like this, but the cocktails are more expensive than usual.
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