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| - My husband, our 5 year old and I were looking for a lunch place after hitting the park and The Belle Grille came up in yelp with a 5-star rating. We had never heard of this place (only around for 3-4 months), so we figured we'd give it a shot.
It was 12:20p and the restaurant was empty, but that didn't worry us. We checked out the menu and it looked pretty good. We ordered the appetizer sampler, which included the fried broccoli that the hostess said 'everyone loves', plus chicken fingers and mozzarella sticks. The broccoli was okay, but the fried mozzarella was not great and the chicken fingers were all crunch and very little chicken. The chicken that was encased in super-fried coating was very stringy and definitely not tender. My son got a grilled cheese and fruit cup, typical kid fare. I was surprised the fruit wasn't fresh . . . just one of those packaged cups of cubed peaches and pears in syrup. My husband ordered a salad and the Cajun (?) spring rolls. The salad was a good size and he said it was fresh, so that was a plus. The spring rolls were VERY greasy, with mushy red peppers and some sort of chicken in them. The flavor was gross and the oil dropped out when each of us took a bite. After our initial taste, we let the server know we didn't want any more. I ordered a turkey burger, with steamed broccoli as my side. It took about 10 minutes to get mustard after the burger arrived, but it didn't really matter. The brioche bun had been either buttered (or sprayed with oil?) on both sides and was soaked. I took a couple of bites, but it wasn't worth the calories (which I don't tend to count ever). I'm not certain the burger was turkey, possibly beef; either way it was over-cooked (fried) yet still greasy. Since I don't eat red meat, that was another reason not to eat any more.
This review may sound like I don't eat fried foods, but that is far from the truth. I would eat fried foods all day long (don't tell my doctor), but I don't want my fried foods to drip, ooze or sit in grease.
Sadly, this is the first and last time we will go to The Belle Grille. Both my husband and I felt like we could hear Robert Irvine (Restaurant Impossible) or Gordon Ramsay (Kitchen Nightmare) critiquing every aspect of the restaurant as if they were doing their shows. We got the feeling that the restaurant is a venture from someone who has no background in running a restaurant, but likes to cook (fry) a lot.
On the plus side, the spring rolls and my burger were taken off our bill.
P.S. By the time we left, most of the 2 and 4 person tables were full, so maybe we just ordered all the wrong things.
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