Recently went here for dinner during Winterlicious.
Noticed that they renovated the place since the first time I went there about 2 years ago. The new touches are nice, although they went a little overkill on the 'moodlighting'. You can barely see around you or what you're eating. Luckily where I sat was directly under a spot light. Other than the dark lighting, I enjoy the vibe. The waitress was also extremely nice, patient (as we had been a fairly decent sized table that changed their mind/had many requests).
Table ordered escargot, mushroom soup, and shrimp cocktail for apps. So yummy. I got the shrimp. I love their cocktail sauce infused w/ vodka. The escarot were okay. I've had better. They were smaller than I'd prefer and it seemed to have more breadcrumbs and cheese than snail. I didn't taste the soup.
For dinner 4 out of 5 ordered the whole lobster, one ordered mushroom risotto. The risotto was good. I'd prefer a different type as i got tired of the mushrooms easily. Risotto's a tricky dish to perfect though, so I was happy.
The menu said lobster...but I wasn't expecting an entire one. It was a pleasant surprise as our prix fixe was 45$. We got down and dirty with that bad boy. It was so good. Steamed, offered with butter. Side veggies were good too.
Dessert was good too. I was satisfied with the chocolate mousse. Friends didn't like their pecan pie though.
If basing it on the first time I went, I'd probably give it a 2. It was for lunch though and it was before the renovations. Food then was horrible.
Maybe its the new renos or a new chef that gave me the turn around on this resto. Would def pay full price for this place.