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| - Date night...Marche don't let me down!
OK the time had come to finally give this place go. Made sure to have plenty of time, arrived early to enjoy the lake so here goes...
Concept - Wine Store with a twist. After arriving early and walking around the store for a few minutes we were seated on the patio with one of us having our backs to the lake, they quickly reseated us down by the small man made creek and the setting was perfect.
Service - Our waiter was terrific and didn't rush us, he knew we were there to relax and not be rushed.
Wine - They add $10 to any bottle of wine you purchase and drink there. I grabbed a nice $40 bottle to start and Marche was starting to live up to it's name...boy was this going to be a great night...
Appetizer - Plate of pate, cheeses, candied walnuts and a few other french delicacies and we were in the land of the sublime. Not a tourist in sight, just us locals enjoyed a lovely evening, feeling very far from the lights of the Strip.
Wine - Second bottle is opened and awaiting Shrimp & Grits for my better half and Duck for myself..Oh boy this is going to be so good and I just feel the 5 star review I am going to put on YELP!
OMG tell me it isn't so....
Dinner - AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER!
Most likely the roughest, grittiest Grits I have ever tasted. Shrimp had no flavor at all. The Chef was obviously not in the kitchen when this came out or he/she didn't taste prior plating. On the other hand the presentation of the dish along with the the general flavor maybe the Chef is just tasteless.
Duck is one of my favorite meals, done medium rare it's flavors and complexity can match any dish in the world. 3 things went wrong here:
1) The duck itself came our cold and I mean COLD. After returning twice, for exactly the same thing the third plate was actually the second plate microwaved...You have to be kidding me!!!!
2) It came with the most god awful stuffing mix that was bland, flavorless with no color at all. This stuff would not even have made a BAD Thanksgiving table.
3) Presentation was deplorable. No flare, just basic plates that weren't even warmed prior to plating, Really very disappointing indeed.
So we basically gave up on the dinner and asked for the check. Everything was still on there at full price, duck, grits, wine you name it. No managers effort to come over and offer to comp a dinner, take off the bottling charge, offer desert, absolutely nothing at all.
The bill was over $150, I tipped the waiter cash and asked him to present the check to management with my sincere disappointment. Upon leaving not a comment or thanks for coming.
So what appeared to start of as a new favorite place to go for date night will have a distinctly difficult time getting us back for a second try. Maybe a bottle of wine and cheese plate on a nice afternoon but as for dinner they need to really be careful or they will be back to being a wine store and deli.
Sorry Marche, you need some help.
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