My fiance and I dined here doing our tasty research for rehearsal venues for our wedding. Hands down, we know this is where we want to have our food.
I had driven by this place for years and never really thought that this kind of food would come from this building. After reading yelp reviews, we decided to give it a try because it's perfect distance between our church and hotel for our guests. We were met at the top of the hill by a gentleman for valet parking. He was nice and polite. Inside, we were met by a hostess who basically let us have any seat we wanted since we got there right after the doors opened.
Our waitress was very personable and knowledgeable about the food. I also appreciated that she recognized I was cold and turned on the fireplace and turned up the heat for me. I'm used to being cold in restaurants (because I'm cold everywhere) so it wasn't a requirement for me or any bearing on the temperature of the building in general, but I can absolutely appreciate the wait staff recognizing this.
They have a "value" menu for a five course meal which we were set to try; however, the features that night sounded too good to pass up. I'm glad we didn't. I tried the pan seared duck with a cherry sauce. My fiance had cod and crab. He raved about the crab and the duck was probably one of the best restaurant meals I've had. I'm still salivating for it days later. We also tried the bacon artichoke dip which was phenomenal.
I think the building itself is interesting since its a converted house that overlooks the river. The inside is decorated like an antique house. While some may find that "old", I think it makes it interesting. I do agree with other reviewers that near the fireplace, you do smell the gas. So I recommend sitting away from it. But really, this was my only complaint. And since we sat across the room, we had no issue with this.
Absolutely recommend to anybody looking for a different night out and look forward to our return. (I also just finished my leftovers while writing this... and am pretty sad I have no more duck.)