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We went to Sans Souci for my husband's birthday. We made a reservation for 8 PM. We probably didn't need a reservation as this place was pretty empty which I found odd for an upscale restaurant on a Saturday night. it was so quiet in there, it was a little awkward.
The inside is very nice, kind of french country. We got to sit right next to the enormous fireplace. The staff was very friendly. The waitress quickly brought us the wine list which was quite nice and not ridiculously over priced.
Next came the dinner menu and specials. I was so bummed when I did not see the bouillabaisse on the menu. All the reviews I read about this restaurant raved about the bouillabaisse and I had my heart set on it. I asked the waitress and she said it was removed from the menu. BUMMER!!!
our waitress brought out a basket with a variety of breads and a small tray with whipped butter, sun dried tomato/artichoke and olives, and pesto spread. The pesto was delicious!!!! at this point we were ready to order but our waitress left and was nowhere to be found. Where could she be? there was only about 4 tables occupied. My only other gripe is that they don't have a restroom in the restaurant. You have to hike it down the hotel main lobby area. What kind of 5 star restaurant doesn't have a restroom? They also don't have a bar inside the restaurant and the waiters have to of to the hotel lobby bar to get the drinks.. Perhaps thats why our waitress would get lost for 20 minutes.
The Sous Chef came out to deliver food to the table next to us several times while we were waiting for our waitress to come back. He was presenting each dish and wine pairing. I was wondering why these people were getting such special treatment. We finally figured out that were sitting next to a food writer and food critic! How awesome is that??? A few minutes later the Sous Chef came over to chat with us. He very easily convinced me to have the special which was a Chilean Sea Bass with sautéed spinach and veggies in a white wine sauce topped with a poached egg. He suggested the rib eye for my husband.
We started off with the smoked salmon mac n cheese as an appetizer. It was very good. I was smoked salmon with orzo pasta and goat cheese topped with bread crumbs.
Then came the entrees. The Sea Bass was absolutely melt in your mouth delicious with a perfectly poached egg. I would definitely order that again. The rib eye was good. My husband ordered medium rare but it was a little more on the rare side, we didn't want to send the dish back and since i like my meat rare we switched plates. The rib eye dish came with steamed carrots and a celery root puree which was very good. I'm not crazy about steamed carrots so I didn't eat many of those but everything else was pretty good but I have to say I have had a better steak dish at downtown 140 in Hudson. But to be fair, it was a nice steak, however, they had the cheapest steak knives... seriously it was like I was sawing my steak in half.. not impressed.
The the executive sous chef came over to chat with us several times during dinner which made for a very fun night for a couple of foodies! and the executive chef came out towards the end of the meal to wish my husband a happy birthday. I asked them what they suggested for dessert and they said they had it covered. They brought us a sample platter with a triple chocolate moose, truffles, berries and a cheesecake. Every single item was delicious and the dessert was on the house!
To wrap this up... I have to say my very first impression with in the first 15 minutes of sitting in the restaurant, I was not immediately impressed, but I hand't tasted anything yet. as the night went on it just got better and better. I don't know if this was only because the food critics were sitting next to us or if the chefs come out every night and chat it up with the guests. I do think we will be back and I do recommend this restaurant. We had a wonderful night!
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