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| - I was so excited to finally try this place, I had high hopes and as always an open mind. Maybe our problem was that we went for dinner and not the coffee and pastries as most people do who love it. By the end of our dinner i just wanted to get out of there and didn't even have any coffee and pastries.
I too travel to Manhattan quite often as someone mentioned below and the only reason to mention that is that the quality of food is usually unparalleled and should be an inspiration to restaurants across North America. I would say ESPECIALLY so if you are charging right on par with Manhattan prices. I found the quality of food so sub par that our 100$ bill just made me feel super taken advantage of. Ugh not a good feeling. You might wonder did we have a feast and have 5 drinks each? Nope, we (my husband and I) had 1 glass of wine each, one appy to share and 2 sandwiches. I feel that is a lot of money to spend when you order anything involving fries on the side.
The duck wings were good as a starter so nothing wrong there. The 28$ sandwich, however, that my husband ordered was highly disappointing . I don't even know why he ordered a 28$ sandwich maybe he thought it would be the best sandwich of his life. Alas, it was not. The sirloin meat was literally unchewable. I watched him struggle with it and the dipping sauce that was provided and even though he didn't complain, he agreed it was terrible. He eventually figured that if he cuts it into tiny bites he can eat it and not struggle. All the while I was thinking TWENTY EIGHT dollars for this disaster!!
Mine was a 17$ beef brisket sandwich. It was OILY and GREASY beyond all reason and very salty. With fries on the side. I mean, if you are serving a more expensive sandwich maybe put some effort into quality Corbeaux and not quantity. Don't layer butter, oil, mayo and who knows what other kind of heavy mayo-like sauces to complement the salt in the meat. If that is what people wanted then they go next door to Clive Burger and actually have a burger. For 8$. And it is good.
So that was 100$ plus gratuity. Service was ok. Not bad, not great. Took a long time to get that 1 glass of wine which was supposed to be "on tap". But that's not a big deal, if the rest of the experience was quality I would be happy to be back.
Beautifully done interior and the dessert/pastry display was all visually very lovey and Sarah Ward as usual did a great job with interior design on this place.
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