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This place is the perfect fit for the Distillery District; what I mean by this is the feel and look of Cluny - makes me think old world French Bistro and I have found a way to magically teleport myself back to Paris.
Cluny's service is Outstanding; along with the feel of the bistro, you can't help but feel you will be well cared for the entire way.
However, the brunch menu needs to play more to their strengths, since I found that most of their brunch menu to be pretty weak. Their pancakes were one of the densest things I've ever tasted, it was awful enough that I couldn't even manage to even finding two bites of it before I gave up. Pecan syrup with bourbon cream came with the pancakes, also, didn't do much to enhance the dish and in some way the bourbon cream detracted from the dish, even further by adding the texture of slimy (which I didn't really love at all).
It is a bit of a pity, since we thought their pastry experience, and since that was the first to arrive - it had set the bar for our expectations - the server had offered to let us take a look at the bread bar and check out want we were curious to try - but we left it to our sever to decide.
My food objections set aside - their service really is quite outstanding - in a way our server looked at our practically untouched pancakes and asked us what we didn't like them, and without us asking, she took it off our bill, so we were pretty surprised at that - since we weren't expecting anything at all.
Overall, great service and atmosphere, food wise - menu is interesting but can be a hit or miss depending on what you order.
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