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| - Most of the 5 star reviews here are for brunch. After our dinner last night, that makes sense. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't awful. Just really was not 30 bucks a plate good.
The atmosphere was nice. Not too dark, and they actually had the sense to put some sound-absorbing material on the high ceilings. Most places don't do this and it gets WAY too loud so I appreciated that. I did find it a bit weird that they're trying to have a real upscale type of place, but the waiters are still really casual and wearing jeans. But on to the food....
Went with my husband and a friend of ours. They both got the shortrib. I was going to go for the trout but in the end, the grass-fed burger just sounded awesome and I couldn't pass it up. Well......I should have gone with the trout I think.
For me, a burger has to have good flavor ON ITS OWN before you add toppings. This was not really the case here. It was just ok. It was an extremely thick patty too and I couldn't really even taste the toppings because there was just so much meat in each bite. It wasn't balanced enough. It was also overcooked. No pink - completely well done which is not how I ordered it. So it was kind of dry and bland for me. The 'bun' was a bit different too. Very thin and crispy with a bunch of fennel cooked into the top. It wasn't really bad it just really didn't work with the extremely thick, overdone meat. If I cooked this in my backyard, it would have been good. But it wasn't close to good enough to be 21 dollars.
The shortrib was tender and did have a decent amount of flavor. The desserts we tried were also good but not great. The sticky toffee pudding cake Sean ordered wasn't really sticky or toffee. It reminded me of a muffin - it had that texture.
Aside from my burger, I can't really put my finger on it but I just wasn't that impressed with this place. When the bill comes to more than 120 dollars, It's nice to look at the check and think 'ah who cares, it was frickin' AMAZING!' I just didn't get that feeling. I might go back and try the brunch because both on Yelp and from friends, I've heard good things. Probably not for dinner again unless it's somebody else's idea.
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