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| - This is a nice restaurant but by no means the best. If they worked a little bit on the quality of some of the dishes, they would be absolutely excellent. Some of their dishes are amazing, so it is totally possible.
My family and I stayed at this hotel so we ate breakfast here a few times. The breakfasts were pretty average. The first day I got oatmeal, which was great but oatmeal is sort of hard to mess up. My husband and father got crepes and enjoyed them but felt something was lacking. My mother got yogurt both times and it was fine; again kind of hard to mess up. The next morning I ordered a vegetable omelette. They brought me an omelette with meat which I didn't know was the case until I bit into it. I spit it right out, being a vegetarian, and they made me a new one. It was fine, but very greasy. My husband ordered eggs Benedict and what came was something that looked like eggs Benedict but had a weird white flavorless sauce. Kind of odd.
My family ate here on Christmas Eve. There was a special menu that was made for this occasion. My husband and I each had the spicy cream of carrot soup for a starter. It was amazing! Rich in flavor, creamy, a hint of spice. My mom ordered a veggie plate and said it was nothing special. My dad ordered a meat started and just described it as odd. There was not a vegetarian option for an entree but they made me mushroom risotto with black truffle shavings on top. It was out of this world amazing. I don't know why they don't have it on the regular menu. Best dish of the night for sure, as said by everyone at the table. My husband ordered the hanger steak and said it was a bit flavorless and came with this odd parsnip mash. My parents ordered the cod with pumpkin sauce and a hazelnut sauce. The fish was SWIMMING in sauce. If the chef had just drizzled one sauce under the fish and one sauce on top, it would have completely transformed the dish. The sauce overpowered the flavor of the fish and made it a little unappetizing.
The desserts were interesting. We shared the four choices. The chocolate ones were the favorites. The rest were a bit lacking in flavor.
Service was pretty good; not the best. But to be fair, the place was packed for the holiday. Mostly the bar just got very backed up. Overall, if they just do a little work on the menu and dishes, I think this could be a 5 star restaurant.
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