After taking an evening stroll, I decided to stop in to Gazette for a glass of red wine (a $14 cote du rhone) and an appetizer, the Black Fin Tuna Tartare served "on top" of a crab cake.
For starters, the bartender and the hostess are quite welcoming and courteous. The bar/restaurant is gorgeous and clean and the decor of the walnut wood floors and beige interior match quite well with the cranberry red bar chairs which were very comfortable.
I received my black fin tuna tartare which I noticed was NOT on top of the crab cake. Why describe it as so? The crab cake wasn't made fresh, it was very thick inside and didn't show any characteristics of crabby meat goodness that a good crab cake should. In fact, in my books, no more than 30-33% of the crab cake should be bread crumbs / filling of non-crabby goodness...most of the crab cake, 70%+ should be crab meat and that's what I'd consider a REAL crab cake. This crab cake was obviously 50-60% bread crumbs at a minimum...
The orange mustard dipping sauce on the plate was beautifully presented however lacked flavor. The mixed greens in the middle of the plate were, well, mixed greens.
Next time I'll walk out of the hotel and try something else.
save your money and go somewhere else