My wife surprised me with dinner here as kind of an inside joke having to do with it being French (I'll explain later). At first I was like uh-oh. The Sonoma Grille died a long agonizing death and this is the same owner, just a new concept. I had heard some negatives about Le Lyonnais because of this so I was worried but kept an open mind. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised.
Like others said the hostess was a little harsh but our server Aarone was great. He walked us through the menu and wine list landing on excellent choices all around.
We started simple with salads, which were very good. The avocado mousse left a little to be desired but it was on the side and did not detract from the dish.
I got the special filet medallions and my wife the salmon nicoise. These were both excellent - great portions, flavorful, cooked perfectly.
Then it was time for dessert and things turned south. We ordered the lemon tart and the parfait. The table next to us ordered dessert after us and got theirs first. Aarone showed up and said they were working on it. 10 minutes went by and nothing. We were pushing our time limit because we had to be somewhere, so I tracked Aarone down - I literally got up and found him in the restaurant. A few minutes later he came back and said they were having trouble plating the parfait. Huh?
He eventually took the desserts off the bill and apologized and since we were in a hurry, we just paid and were on our way.
Definitely disappointing. They wasted 20 minutes of our time, couldn't explain why and offered nothing in return. Sounds like the Sonoma Grille all over again. The food was good but I doubt we will return.