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| - Fleur de Lys was expensive, but well worth it for a few reasons.
First, the food was delicious.
The tempura halibut amuse-bouche was tasty and definitely made me optimistic about the meal to follow. I like that they give you a choice of more breads then i can remember before your meal, including these wonderful little pretzel breads.
We started out with the ravioli which was rich and very good. My husband originally turned his nose up at my selection,but agreed to try at least a little bite ended up eating more then half of my raviolis!
We both ordered the surf and turf - fillet and lobster with asparagus and mushrooms. The fillet was tender and prepared perfectly medium, the lobster was great. Normally I kind of forget about what was served with my surf and turf but I really liked the asparagus and mushrooms too. They were prepared well, not mushy and seasoned well. We ordered the chocolate souffle which was also perfect and there wasn't a crumb left. Portions were generally small but I expected that at a French restaurant and we didn't leave starving.
The drink menu was very interesting. I love that a $$$$ restaurant had a cocktail with Pop Rocks on it's drink menu, which was great by the way. They also had an absinthe menu which I was completely stunned to see... more on that later.
Second, the restaurant is beautiful and very romantic. It's a modern space with high ceilings but warm and plush and not sterile feeling. I don't like it so dim that I can't see my food and thankfully that was not a problem here.
Finally, the service was spectacular. Our waiter and most of the staff that helped us were fairly young and completely down to earth but knew what they were doing. There wasn't a finished plate on our table for more then a minute, never an empty glass.
Our waiter was competent but very friendly. I wish I could remember his name! He answered all my questions politely. I've been wanting to try Absinthe for a while but really had no idea how to order it. I asked him about the Absinthe and he explained to us the differences between them and recommended we try it as an after dinner drink.
We went with the St. George absinthe mostly because we've toured the St. George facility in Alameda and after dinner our waiter brought around the cart and prepared it for us with the sugar and the absinthe spoon. It was very interesting. The absinthe service was great but perhaps absinthe isn't the drink for me. Our gracious waiter brought me a few pieces of that delicious pretzel bread while my husband happily finished off my absinthe.
If your looking for a special, romantic night of delicious food, I'd definitely recommend Fleur de Lys!!
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