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| - Came here on Sunday with my wife and they only served a prix fixe menu. The courses consisted of a biscuit with an andouille sausage gravy as the starter, a beef brisket and pork ribs (served with coleslaw and cremed corn) for the main, and a peach cobbler with ice cream for the dessert. The price was $35 per head.
Not sure how the food tastes on the regular menu is, but the prix fixe was pretty disappointing. The biscuit with gravy had good flavor but the temperature was not hot enough, and the biscuits was a bit chewy. The main was probably the saddest part of the meal, especially the pork ribs - the flavour was bland, and the meat wasn't even fall off the bone. The beef brisket, sliced thinly like bacon strips, were very dry. Both the coleslaw and the corn were average and nothing to write home about. The dessert perhaps could have bumped this up to 3 stars, but also fell flat - it was just ok. Maybe my expectations were higher.
The service was also fairly average, there were some basic things that I feel like could have improved as well. For example, the placement of the cup/glasses should have been on the right hand side for both guests when setting the table (but instead were all on one side, so it was to the left of my wife). The other thing that I had a minor issue with were the size of their plates / bowls used. For the starter (biscuit with gravy) and the main course (brisket and ribs), all the guests were expected to use a 4 inch diameter plate to eat the food... This is not the easiest when trying to cut up the meat when you are also trying to have the coleslaw and the creamed corn... Couldn't they afford larger plates? Not to mention that it made all the sauces mix together into a bit of a mess on the plates. Could have made a difference if the staff offered to replace the plates after the starter. Pretty 101 stuff. Aside from that, the waiter was friendly, so no issues there.
All in all, with drinks, tax and tip, this was about $60 per person for a fairly average fare. You could do better having a Cuban sandwich at La Cubana and finishing with an ice cream cookie sandwich at Bang Bang around the area for a third of the price.
Again, this review is for the prix fixe menu only.
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