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| - I'd been to Ikanos a few years ago when it first opened and thought it was good but not great. Had a chance to revisit it when we went recently for a group work dinner, and they have really hit their stride.
Because we were a big group, we took the tasting menu. Started off with thin slices of fried zucchini , lightly battered and seasoned with dill and salt. So good. So, so good. I think I could have eaten a big bowl of those and called it dinner. There were also some eggplant and roasted pepper spreads with pita, but I was all about the zucchini.
Next up was a seafood platter, with grilled and fried calamari (fried better), perfectly grilled scallops and shrimps. All good. The star of the night was the third course, the fish. Mediterranean Sea bass, expertly filleted and served whole. Probably the best fish I've had in a restaurant in years. Cooked to perfection, it was buttery, flavourful and rich. Served with a simple Greek salad which complemented it well. A perfect example of great a meal can be with simple high quality quality ingredients expertly prepared.
Final course was traditional Greek loukoumades, perfectly fine, but anything was going to be anticlimactic after that fish. Plus I was too full to eat more than a few.
The cocktail I had was ok, but a little sweet for my taste. The wine list is on the shorter side, and features several Greek wines. We had a very nice Greek white, and a French red.
Decor is chic and relaxed. Service was well paced and attentive, and the manager came over more than once to check on our group.
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