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| - We had an AMAZING dinner here for my birthday last night. I would highly recommend Roux for dinner!
We were a party of seven that was initially six. (One thing I will note is that when I called to change our reservation, they didn't pick up the phone or call me back. However, they sat us right away even though we were early and just looking to have a drink at the bar, and accommodated our seventh person, so it wasn't a problem.) The floorspace is small, but they fit us in, and we definitely didn't feel cramped.
The service was awesome. Everyone we spoke to was polite and friendly.
The food and drinks were also phenomenal. I had the house cabernet and a lot of my friends had the house chardonnay, and both were excellent table wines; some people had the Mill St. Organic on tap and mentioned to me that it was amazing. Our water glasses were never empty and we got our drinks about as quickly as possible every time.
I can't speak to the oysters myself, but my friends who like them said they were great. I did try the goat cheese popover, and it was excellent. A friend got the sliders and loved them, and another got the ceviche and said it was great.
We were warned that the food wouldn't come out quickly, but since we were a larger party we'd expected that, and while it wasn't fast, we didn't feel like we waited a really long time either. For my part, the chicken and waffles were AMAZING - the chicken was fresh out of the fryer and perfectly seasoned, the waffles were light and fluffy, and the bourbon syrup with berries was unbelievably food (and not very bourbon-y, which I appreciated - it's more a hint of flavour). I tried the catfish, which was lovely, and the steak, which was amazing too.
For dessert, they had coffee chocolate cheesecake, which had the most amazing chocolate crumble crust I've ever tasted.
We loved Roux and we'll definitely be back! They have a happy hour from 4-7 with $5 "apps and taps" - I don't think it's every day, but it's worth checking out.
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