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| - My wife and I took our two teen-aged nieces to the LeMont for a special dinner on a recent weeknight. We were hoping a for a memorable evening, but we got less than that.
Our service was slow and perfunctory. While the waiter was pleasant enough, empty dishes sat on the table for too long; there was a long gap between appetizer and entrees; the dessert cart was wheeled up to our table and abandoned for 10 minutes or so while the waiter assisted with the large party seated next to us. When the waiter finally came to review the dessert selections, I had to prod him for the selections not on the cart, specifically the Bananas Foster which my wife and I wanted to try. In sum--I felt that the service was fine, but that we weren't getting the best that our waiter had.
The food was, on the whole, fine. The girls both had filet mignon, which were butterflied to accommodate their request for medium well. My wife ordered the Neptune's Feast, a seafood platter that she enjoyed, commenting that it was well seasoned and tasty. My Salmon en Papillotte was almost completely without taste, despite the crabmeat garnish. All of the entrees were served with a routine green beans and carrot mix and a twice-baked type mashed potato, sans skin, that appeared to be made in bulk and served with all of the entrees.
The girls ordered chocolate cake for dessert, which they declared "yummy". The Bananas Foster was well presented by our waiter, but the bananas could have been riper, and I'm not sure that it was flamed long enough as the sauce was quite runny compared to others I have had. Almost predictably, the waiter forgot my requested coffee refill until we were ready to leave.
Needless to say, the view was spectacular.
All in all, it was an average meal, served in an average way, at an above average price in a terrific setting.
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