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| - I ate here for Queen's Feast/ Charlotte's Restaurant Week on Sunday, 1/31/2016 at 6:30 PM with 2 friends. I would ideally like to give Nan and Byron's 3.5 stars, but can't do half.. so I decided to go up rather than down.
Our original reservation was for 6, but we were running late and they accommodated us by moving us to 6:30. The staff is super friendly. Nan and Byron's is very appealing to the eye. It has a funky and creative entrance that is glass and the door handles are a shovel and a 4-pronged rake. The glass immediately draws you in so you can admire the very neatly designed copper ceiling. There's a coat rack to the right, restrooms to the left and you're directly greeted by a check-in desk upon arrival. Past check in is the brightly lit and fully stocked bar with many stools to the left and 2 rows of high tables paired with chairs. The bar serves a good variety of local beers and wines. There are also TVs to watch sports or entertainment. To the rear of the main dining room, is a one-step up elevated booth area with 4 tables. Off of the main dining room to the right is another fairly large dining area with regular height tables and chairs. It is dimly lit. There is also an outdoor area that is open in nice weather and wrapped in plastic in the winter. The kitchen is off to the left of the main dining area.
As a complimentary starter each table is presented with flavored popcorn. It is very airy and has a slight kick after taste. Two of us weren't big fans of it, while the other person loved it.
An alcoholic beverage was included in the Queen's Feast menu at this establishment. I choose Riesling, while my counterparts chose Absolut vodka with cranberry juice. One person tried a sample of a local beer called Copper. We had waters all around.
My personal choice of appetizer was the Cobb salad. I loved the lettuce. I believe it was green leaf lettuce and 4-6 full pieces were on my plate surrounded by sides of crumbled egg, blue cheese, avocado and halved cherry or grape tomatoes. I omitted the bacon, since i'm a vegetarian. The lettuce and tomatoes made the cobb salad very crispy and fresh, but overall it was more creamy due to the avocado, cheese and egg. It was supposed to come with blue cheese dressing, but didn't have any (or much), which worked out well. It was tasty and I enjoyed it. One friend also had the salad, but without the blue cheese and opted for another type of dressing. The other had sweet chili chicken wings. The first order came out cold and then when a steaming replacement plate came out, she decided she didn't like them and the other person who got the salad ended up eating a majority of them.
My entree selection was Grilled Portobello Mushrooms drizzled with charred onion hollandaise with sweet potato blue cheese gratin and Brussels sprouts. The portobellos had a definite grilled flavor and my two meat eating friends both agreed it was delicious. One even said it tasted like steak! Nice portion size, about 4 medium sized portobellos! The sweet potato blue cheese gratin looks like a thick piece of ham and I questioned our waiter, who said "no, that's not meat." Haha. It was surprisingly very creamy and tasty, even though i'm not a big blue cheese person.. it was very interesting, creative, thinking outside of the box dish! I'm also not a huge fan of Brussels sprouts, but these were excellent.. practically my favorite part of the meal! They were halved, naturally buttery, crispy on the outside and seasoned well. I believe they were either just grilled or steamed and grilled. They were so good.. stole the show! I packed part of my entree to go and enjoyed it for dinner tonight at work. The sweet potato blue cheese gratin wasn't as good as when it was first prepared, but still edible.
My friends both ordered the filet mignon. They were both happy with it, stating it was buttery fall off your fork tender. It came with crushed potatoes aka mashed- they were good, but nothing to write home about and I think green beans.
Lastly, I ordered as a treat the Key Lime Tart with blackberry compote sauce, vanilla Chantilly, lime zest and a fresh blackberry. My favorite thing about key lime pie is the contrast and merge of flavors between the sweet, dry graham cracker crust and the tart key lime filling. The blackberry was a fresh, juicy reminder of another natural fruit flavor. I initially ordered it to-go, but ended up eating it all after tasting it in the to-go box! My comrades both opted for the s'mores cheesecake with graham cracker crust. The marshmallows are made in-house and surprisingly a toasted dark chocolate fudge cocoa nib is placed in the middle of each one.
Our waiter K.T. was very polite, engaging, kept our drinks refreshed and checked in frequently. Nick, the owner also visited our table after the chicken wing fiasco. He was pleasant and apologetic.
Good atmosphere, decent food and would consider returning!
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