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| - I got a restaurant.com certificate and tried this restaurant. Based on the reviews, I fully expected to have an expensive, but worth it meal. That didn't happen. I'm a little biased because I got to spend some time in France last summer and had wonderful food!
Three people were in my party. We arrived and there were two other parties there. We waited while the waiter acknowledged us and directed us to our table. He brought us butter for the crackers on the table. The butter was freezer burnt. We looked at the wine menu and noticed that the Chardonnay said 2001 (I learned that Chardonnay doesn't keep well - no more than three years at best.) The waiter checked and it was a 2007 - still older than we wanted. We asked, if the wine has started to turn, can we get a different bottle. He told us once the bottle was opened, there were no returns. (Wow! I've been in restaurants who have given me a different glass of wine just because I didn't like what I ordered. Not that I do that regularly, but it's happened!)
We chose a different bottle of wine and ordered the Caesar salad (made table-side) to share as well as our entrees. Since the waiter was the host, he would stop in the middle of preparing our salad to go seat people who had just walked in. The Caesar was ok - too much Worcestershire for my liking. I would eat it again, but wouldn't go there just for the Caesar.
I ordered the filet medallions and my friends both ordered seafood. The sauces for our food were fantastic. The seafood was good. My filet - not so much. If I had to guess, I would say it was USDA Choice (like you would get at Fry's or Basha's) instead of restaurant-quality or USDA Prime Aged beef. And instead of three beautiful medallions, it looks like they took a regular filet, and butterflied it twice. So, it was not cooked to temperature. The potatoes were horrible - very disappointing.
Our bill came to $216, including wine and tip. For a really fabulous meal, I would have been fine with that. This meal wasn't even close to that good.
I see so many people who have had positive experiences - maybe it's the time of year (summer is very slow in this area)? Also, I have very high food standards - just moved here from a city that was filled with exceptional restaurants with stellar service. This just didn't cut the mustard for me.
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