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| - The first thing I noticed when my guests and I walked in was the design of this place. It is really nice. After trying several "just okay" restaurants in Pitttsburgh, I was ready for a great meal. My party and I had read many reviews of Pitt restaurants, and this sounded like our best shot at a great "fine dining" experience in this city. We were extremely disappointed. Sorry, but I'm convinced there is no fine dining in Pittsburgh.
We all had the Price Fixe Tasting menu ( quite pricey for what it was, btw ), and none of us liked it. The lamb was too spicy, and the wine pours were really small.Three and a half hours for four courses? Wow, the pacing of the entire meal was just dismal. I don't think it was the server's fault, though- she seemed to be trying most of the time. Maybe it was the kitchen's fault? I'm not sure, but this was just ridiculous. I shouldn't have my wine pairing glass 45 minutes before it's accompanying dish. Yet we did. A couple of times.
Also, I am gluten free, but usually this doesn't matter at nice restaurants. Eating out and staying GFree is becoming easier I am finding. So many restaurants have GF offerings and substitutions available. Eleven, however, was not gluten free friendly at all. Nor did the server even seem aware of what GFree is. After awhile, the Bread cart coming around EVERY FIVE MINUTES got to be humorous. Even to the rest of my party, who CAN eat bread. Seriously, if the rest of the place was as on the ball as the bread guy, maybe our experience would've been slightly better here.
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