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| - This place has a nice atmosphere and good beer list, but the food is not up to par.
As I said, the beer list is good, but it has also been better. I enjoyed it more when they had more of a belgian influence. In my recent visit, it was mostly american craft beer focused with only a few imports.
I've been there a number of times in the past, but rarely eaten dinner. I mostly get appetizers and drinks. They used to have a solid happy hour menu with the mussels and fries being my favorite. Those are now gone.
In my recent visit, I choose to order a full dinner. It's an eclectic menu with items that are all over the place. They have sushi, wood fired pizza, noodle dishes, burgers and high end steaks. At first glance, it looks like they are trying too hard to be trendy. I enjoy fusion, but this menu went too far. Surf and turf sushi? No thanks. I decided to stick to something a little more classic.
I ordered the pad thai. The description was that of a typical pad thai, the result was not. It was supposed to have peanuts, fresh chilies, egg, chicken, shrimp, etc. What came out was overcooked noodles, soupy sauce, runny egg, red peppers? and no peanuts. I will say that the shrimp was tasty and cooked to perfection. I've had pad thai out of a box from the grocery store, off of a food truck and from many thai restaurants. It's always been a pretty safe dish for me. I don't know what this was, but it was not pad thai. I sent it back.
I ended up splitting the pizza my wife ordered. The crust was great, but the sauce, cheese and toppings were just okay.
The service wasn't bad, although I will say that the manager never bothered to stop by after I sent back my food.
I will be back for drinks and maybe appetizers, but not dinner. Based on the quality of the food, I'll probably avoid their sushi. Why shouldn't I? There are two solid sushi restaurants in walking distance.
If I owned this place, I'd refocus on what I'm good at and stop trying so hard to have trendy food.
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