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| - It's a lovely restaurant, but very loud and crowded. I would not recommend it for an intimate, sexy dinner, you wont be able to hear each other talk. I was with my cousin so I was fine with it not being sexy.
The waitstaff were professional, pleasant, and the dinner was well paced.
The bread and butter were fabulous! I love creamy good butter, very few places serve it a little soft, so it spreads easily.
We had:
Salted pistachios - eh, they are nuts, whatever.
Rillettes of salmon - comes in a jar with clarified butter on top to preserve it, it was fantastic. Good flavor and texture, served with toast, it was a great way to start the meal.
Frisée salad - with hen egg, also delicious, but the frisee needs to be cut smaller, it was awkward to eat.
Mussels- the fries were good, cooked in peanut oil as FYI, and the server does warn you in case there are allergies. The mussels were just ok. I found the wine sauce bitter and some of the mussels weren't completely open which makes me worry about freshness. I didn't get sick, so they were fine, but I didn't love this dish. I get them at another french restaurant in the wine country in Cali, and there I eat the sauce with a spoon. I didn't finish my dish here.
Steak - my cousin loved it, and the waiter kindly suggested changing the side from fries to something else, she got spinach and it was very good.
Overall, with two drinks, two entrees, salad, appetizer, and tip, dinner was just under 200 dollars. I think it's a very good place for a nice meal, it's not pretentious or snooty, and the food is well made and tasty.
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