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| - Yeah, it's meh-ish. My husband and I went tonight for my birthday. This is the second time we've had dinner there (there first time was New Year's Eve), and both times the place has been about 1/5th full.
Firstly, DO NOT order the "diver scallop crudo, pine nuts, capers, sultana, crispy cauliflower & watercress." There were no discernible capers, sultana or cauliflower in the dish. When we pointed this out to the server, she said something like, "Oh, well, those are all ground up and part of the crumble." Really? Well, if chunky items like all of those are not identifiable in the dish, then don't list them. What was worse, is that it was all soaked in some type of creamy mayonnaise stuff that was awful.
My husband asked the server who, by the way, had the most affected/ingraciating way of speaking (almost to the point of being condescending), the definition of "crudo". She replied, "It means 'salad'". That sounded completely wrong to me. So I googled it and it means "raw", which is what the scallops were and that's OK. What is not OK, is for a server to BS her way through a customer question -- just say, "I'll go ask right now and come back with the answer."
I was shocked to find out they had no Grey Goose. I ordered a Grey Goose on the rocks, and the server said that they don't serve it. I don't think I have EVER experienced a higher-ticket dining establishment that didn't have GG.
Now on to what's good -- the clam chowder, the grilled loup de mer, glazed salsify, wax bean, shallot & lemon, and the bouillabaisse with scallops, mussels, shrimp, tomato, fennel, and saffron.
Not sure about returning.
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