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| - made reservations for 8:30, but we were hungry by 7pm, called and asked if we could be seated early and they said no problem.
we got there and were promptly seated, got a look over at the menu, we placed our orders. as we waited for complimentary bread & butter, a couple sat adjacent to our table after we did.. and they got their bread&butter before us.. then they got their appetizers before us.. and their entrees.. and desserts.. they actually were able to leave before us.. before we even got our desserts!!
all the waiters/etc moved around so quickly for some unknown reason.. the diners were all very relaxed and it was a quiet atmosphere, so why were they all hurriedly running around? shrugs.
the decor is retarded. it's pretty, then it's casual with knotted pine stained in an oakish color.. combined with odd formal sconces with red silk shades.. with old venetian aged looking mirrors... it was very mis-matched and in a very bad way. the only thing i liked, was the dark grey ceilings with gold crown molding and grand chandeliers that hung from them..
i've had my fair share of tiny portions of pretentious food, but this place was just retarded.
for appetizers, we got escargot, grilled baby octopus, and the foie gras. the octopus was way too lemony, and the foie gras was overcooked.. escargot wasn't special save for the sauce which was the only thing that saved the appetizers.
for entrees, i got the salmon lyonnaise, .. salmon was dry and definitely overcooked.. my cousin got scallops and it wasn't anything spectacular.. my aunt got veal cheeks and short of the zucchini, it tasted like a popular vietnamese dish (thit kho)..
and for desserts, my aunt and i got the same thing, one each: belgian chocolate souffle, and my cousin got the chocolate croissant bread pudding, which was the chef's special dish.. chocolate souffle was boring. we make better ones at home, this was far too cake-ish.. wasn't fluffy enough. and the bread pudding was bland.. and dry.
we were definitely not impressed.. and after figuring out that the Patina Group owns this one, and the others in SoCal, we were further disinterested.. and it made sense as to why we weren't impressed. the Pinot Provence in Costa Mesa was nothing to be of huge acclaim, it all made sense as to why Pinot Brasserie was nothing exciting either.
We are definitely not coming back here.
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