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| - I found this place to be pretty dated, and the menu while trying to be "original" is just overly complicated, which is overwhelming.
The spicy calamari appetizer was good, fresh and flavourful, but hardly any calamari compared to the amount of tomato/olive medley it was hiding in.
It seems as though the kitchen, in trying to be fancy, has added two too many ingredients to every dish. For example: "Breast of chicken stuffed with asiago, pepper jack, roasted red peppers, asparagus (alright, sounds good) perched on top of sundried tomato, garlic smoked chicken (more chicken?) potato cake with Kahlua cream sauce" (?!?). Good lord.
I also don't like how they pour the sauce all over the food for you at the table. This showmanship is unnecessary, especially when the sauce isn't great. My dining companion ordered the dish mentioned above and (unsurprisingly) was not into the Kahlua cream sauce which her chicken was swimming in. Too sweet.
I ordered the beef ribs (which were good! Very meaty/tender) but was also not crazy about the sauce, which it was drowning in.
The desserts were all great. We had the banana cheesecake and creme brule.
Service was spotty, but well intended.
The music (90's R'n B) and decor could be updated. I found this place very expensive for what we got ($125 for two people).
Needs a makeover/simplified menu before I'd return for that price!
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