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| - I believe that there's a reason why only tourists are giving this place 4 & 5 stars, because as a local, I am so not a fan of Chez Delmo. The space itself has potential to be quite lovely, but the 'sketches' on the wall cheapened the whole look for me and the bar stools are far too close to the bar which was lined with hard, sticking out stones which your knees constantly bang into if you're over 5'6"; you have to eat sideways if you don't want bruised knees as these stools can't be moved.
We ordered 2 cocktails, the lobster rolls and the mussels. The drinks were pretty solid actually: tasty, fresh ingredients and made right in front of us with a great presentation. The lobster rolls though, it comes with 2 small rolls and a tiny ramaquin of fries for 34$...but if you wanted to make it a share plate, then you had to add 7,50$...what?!?
The mussels arrived next and they had almost zero white wine sauce in the bottom, weird. Upon trying to eat them, half of them were sticking to the shells and they had a really funky smell and taste...basically inedible. I hate sending food back, but we told the waitress as nicely as possible that these mussels were unacceptable and that perhaps they shouldn't be serving them. She then took the plate back to the kitchen where they all had a taste of them. She came back and proudly stated "There is nothing at all wrong with them, they just have a strong 'lake' taste...you're not going to get sick or anything." Seriously?? And last time I checked, they come from the ocean.
We weren't charged for the mussels and were comped a piece of cake for the ordeal which was actually quite tasty, it was a chocolate layered cake with fresh fruit on top; still, we left with a bitter taste in our mouths and a pretty pricey bill. If I want to drop this kind of money in our fair city, there are sooooo many other places that I'd go to first.
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