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| - Not recommended: slow service, poor wine, good food, bad value.
For $200 per person, I expect something wonderful. This was not. Not even close.
Our table consisted of 2 vegans, one almost-vegetarian, 1 omnivore, and 2 kids. None of us left happy.
The meal took 4 hours -- about 1.5 hours longer than it should have. It was a full 2 hours before the first course was served. I sat for over 1/2 hour with an empty glass of water.
When I made the reservation, I asked whether the Menu Potager was vegan -- the online menu listed no egg/dairy ingredients, but I know how much the French love their butter. They said it wasn't, but that they could "amend it" to make it so and would let the chef know we were coming. However, when arriving I had to argue with the waitress and wait forever for her to consult with the kitchen before it was approved.
The "amendments" turned out to really just be subtractions rather than substitutions.
The almost-vegetarian told the waitress that she would go with the vegan version instead of the vegetarian version if it would be easier for the kitchen. She was told "no, you should go with the vegetarian version because we have to remove so much for the vegan option you won't like it". She now wishes she had gone with it anyway as her version was way too rich for her liking.
I disliked 1/2 the wines served with the Wine Pairing add-on. The other half were just ok. Also, no effort was made to adjust the pairings for the vegan menu.
They have a rule that the entire table must participate if choosing one of the 5 course meal options. This was not mentioned in their online menu or when I made the reservation. We were there with a couple kids who cannot eat that much. Again we had to wait for special permission from the kitchen to get the rule waived.
Wine to food ratio was too high. Because the food portions were small and the service so slow, we ended up drinking way too much -- of wine that wasn't very good.
Some of the staff was very friendly and helpful, but not all.
About 75 min in, they brought a couple pieces of bread to the table, but didn't indicate if it was vegan. The Sweetie went with "don't ask, don't tell". I abstained, wrongly figuring food would be coming soon.
Food was good, but nobody thought anything was exceptional, although some of the individual ingredients stood out as above average, hence 2 stars instead of 1.
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