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  • Fine Dining?? More like dressed up overpriced stouffer's Now a disclaimer. I normally will not write a review of a restaurant unless I have had more than one occasion to visit the establishment but as our experience was as bad as it was I refuse to look towards this disaster ever again. When my friend from college Laura called and told me about Downtown Cleveland restaurant week and we selected the establishments we wanted to try, I instantly wanted to try One Walnut. We called to just barely get a Friday night reservation and the disaster commenced. That Friday driving in downtown was INSANITY as there was a Cavs game. I called to tell the hostess we would be a little late, when we walked in I realized that it really was an exercise in futility as the dining room was near empty. Imagine how upset we were to be seated next to the ladies restroom. Despite the crappy table, the decor was so-so Some decor was reminiscent of a 1940's fancy club the rest of the decor reminded me of a cheap banquet hall. Sad to say the least. Our first interaction with the staff left me taken a bit aback. They were truly attentive to the point of being overbearing. We could hardly carry on a conversation. We ordered our drinks and our food. The Downtown restaurant week menu left quite a bit to be desired so we ordered the 3 course meal off the regular menu as it was not much more expensive. Here is what we ordered Laura ordered pomegranate mandarin orange salad Duck with cornbread stuffing and lindonberry sauce vanilla bean creme brullee with fresh berries I ordered sesame crusted calamari with lotus root sweet pork filet with roasted sweet potatoes and brocollini with a candy apple apperitif vanilla bean creme brullee as well (there was a true lacking in desert choices nothing was what you would call revolutionary) Before our first course came out they brought out a amuse bouche of tuna tartare with wasabi creme fraiche. Sadly it was barely palatable. The tuna was extremely fishy tasting and the wafer it was served on tasted like a cheap grocery store cracker. The first courses arrived soon after. My first impressions were the portions were large on any person's standard of a first course. They mounded off the plate. Laura's was nothing special. Basically a salad with pomegranate and canned mandarin orange slices (a true abomination for fine dining). My first course was well deplorable. It was deep fried with a generic tempura batter with all of 5 sesame seeds. The wasabi sauce was mayonnaise (eww eww eww) with wasabi. The calaari were so overcooked they were nearly inedible. And the lotus root chips were horribly bitter. Not a single minute passed between the time our first course plates were taken and our entrees arrived. Our stomachs hardly had recovered from the previous assault. The entrees were about as large as the first courses. Laura's duck was visibly overcooked it was gray. My dish was a mess. A mound of meat. I tried Laura's duck which was rubbery, greasy and definitely overcooked. The cornbread stuffing was what stouffers cornbread stuffing would taste like if they made cornbread stuffing. It was also overcooked. The pork spare rib apperitif seemed an afterthought to the entire dish but turned out to be the most palatable item of the evening. The filet was properly cooked but has a teryaki flavor which made it seem like a misplaced protein. The potatoes were overcooked to the point of being mushy. The brocollini (to use the words of anthony bourdain who i heart) looks like it came out of Bob Marley's closet after spending 7 years in there. It was tough and rubbery and worst of all BITTER. yuck yuck yuck. Like the experience after the first course the moment after our entree plates were taken our deserts were brought out. The creme brullees were horribly overbrulleed. The normally hard caramel exterior was instead burnt marshmallow. The interior was runny not fully set and made me wish I weren't a sucker for creme brullee. This meal was a total disappointment. I'd love to have the Gourmet magazines food critics eat the meal I did and call this a good restaurant. What I recommend: Go to Light or the Flying Fig your money will be better spent. Avoid like the plague This culinary disaster
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