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| - Dined here for a late lunch on a Thursday, party of 2. Free parking at the rear of the building was great!
Service: Reservations with special requests can be made online which is helpful. We were greeted and seated promptly, at our selection of near the fire place which made for a cozy romantic setting. Our server was friendly and quick service (this was a quieter time of the day).
Food: Great selection of wines!! as well as beers. They serve warm soft ciabatta bread which was quite yummy while waiting for our food. One negative was that the dish of the day was sold out already so we didn't get to try the ravioli. I had the beef cheek (boeuf bourguignon). It wasn't a huge portion, maybe it was lunched sized but really got two chunks of meat which I found to be overly marbled with fat (this might be the way beef cheek is but it was too much fat for me, I had to scrape it out). Overall the dish was tasty especially the red wine braise. The veggies served with it was also very scamp, I was looking forward to the button mushrooms but there were only two in my dish. Mainly portion size was a downer. I ordered a side of frites ($4.50 for a side is a little steep) which were crispy and tasty.
My date got the 'bavette aux echalotes' basically a 5oz steak with caramelized , shallots served with fries. After trying both dishes, in our opinions this was definitely the better dish in taste. It was cooked perfectly and the shallots on top were perfectly caramelized and tasted good!
For dessert: chocolate cake, not my liking, but the passion fruit ice cream and fruit served with it added the sweetness needed to cut the bitterness of the cocoa.
Overall, worth visiting for a nice lunch or dinner out. I would be interested to visit again to try other dishes as another patron raved about the lamb and steak with peppercorn. In our opinion if these dishes were served for dinner with the increased dinner prices this would have been a great disappointment, but maybe the dinner servings are bigger portions! We'll just have to visit again to see!
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