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| - I decided to check this place out after reading the Yelp reviews on it, although I'm not sure I understand what the big deal is.
My boyfriend and I came to eat here after showing up at Vin Papillon and realizing they were on holiday as it was just down the street. We were seated immediately but it took nearly 20 minutes to order drinks, which took even longer to arrive, and 30 to order our meal and that didn't arrive in a decent amount of time, either.
The menu is overpriced and the dishes are tiny. Don't get me wrong -- I don't mind an expensive (read: fabulous) meal here or there (Toque! is fantastic and Parc restaurant might have the best raw fish I'll ever have) but for the lack of complexity in Foiegwa's dishes, the presentation, service, and portion sizes the $120 after a modest tip for a starter, one scant for two plate and two glasses of wine their pricing seemed absolutely absurd.
The Daumen Cote du Rhone was actually decent but it seemed most of their good wine picks were just grabbed from Oenopole's wine list, so there was really nothing new there for me.
Their deviled eggs were decent. The aioli was okay. They were cooked to perfection and had herring flakes and chives on top as a substitution for salt and to add to the complexity of the dish. Regardless though, they were just some deviled eggs that tasted a little like fishy salt. I've also seen this exact dish and presentation two other places before so in all honesty, it was actually quite boring.
When our dover sole fish with accompaniments arrived we were shocked to find the portions of the meal so tiny. There was a pittance of rice and green beans. The rice was drenched in butter and seemed to have tiny speckles of pepper in it and nothing else (of course Foiegwa described it as a pilaf on the menu..) and the green beans were undercooked and also slathered in butter. I actually had trouble slicing through them with a knife in order to eat them.
The fish itself, while cooked to perfection, was also pretty boring and presented with no garnish other than the slightly yellowed sauce it was sitting in. Of course this sauce was basically nothing more than.. (you guessed it) butter!
Atmospherically, I do like the way Foiegwa was decorated. It was really loud, however, and we were placed at a table that seemed to get bumped by the wait staff on numerous occasions. I was sort of blown away at how loud it was in there given the music was actually being played at a minimal volume.
All-in-all I definitely don't recommend this place. They won't do a great job of waiting on you, nor feeding you. Most likely, they will simply gouge your wallet without much of a 'why'. While Foiegwa is the new face in town (most likely from the same owners as many others I suspect) they're going to have to try a little harder to earn their keep.
If you hadn't gathered, I'll tell you anyways, I definitely won't be returning.
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