Please note the 1 star is based on food & experience from a special appearance by the chef himself. As we can't give 1/2 stars as the service was good!
Came here a couple of weeks ago for my sisters birthday. Had a groupon $49 for 3-course menu for 2
A lot of good choices! Bread basket was awesome! I love warm bread! Very few places warm up their bread! This place had very toasty crunch bread!
Appetizers:
Buffalo mozzarella wrapped in cured beef tenderloin- this was basically raw ish thin slices of beef wrapped in mozzarella. The beef tasted like it was left sitting in the fridge with it's fridge taste! Nothing "cured" about it.
Scallop wrapped in porcetta- yummy scallops wrapped in thick bacon scallops were done perfectly!
Main: here's where the problem lie
Veal scaloppini - veal of the day my choice of mushroom or lemon sauce
Came in three pieces. The meat had a sour taste to it so we asked the waiter whether this was the lemon or the mushroom sauce
(I had ordered the mushroom) as it tasted a bit sour. My sister known for her shop taste buds indicated the meat tasted a bit off. The waiter quickly went to check and came back claiming the meat was fresh and according to the chef was just bought today. But the sauce might have had some lemon in it. So is this lemon or mushroom sauce? He offered to change it to something else. So we chose the famous homemade lobster ravioli. The chef stormed out shortly after telling us off! ttat there is no way the meat was off as it was purchased yesterday! (So which is it? The meat was bought today or yesterday?) "Do not claim the dish was off just coz you don't like it" before storming back into the kitchen! Who does that?!?!
So the lobster ravioli came out and the sauce tasted like it had a tablespoon of salt added to it compared with the bland sour veal...
The ravioli itself tasted decent minus the saltiest sauce on the planet! Needless to say right then and there we vowed never to comeback!
Lamb rack served with veg and potatoes -cooked perfectly medium rare
Dessert:
Crepe wrapped in chocolate ice cream - the waiter was kind enough to remember it's my sisters bday and out a candle on it!
Tiramisu -made in house, a little dry but otherwise decent
Overall other than the main was a decent meal. However with the whole chef storming out & arguing with a customer? No wonder it was dead on a Friday night! I will def NOT recommend this place even with it's groupon deal! As there are so many better restaurants out there! There is no room for egotistic chefs here! Unless you are Gordon Ramsay! Even he knows better to storm out of the kitchen and go on defence mood with a customer!!!