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| - My husband and I went to Brothers to celebrate my birthday. I'd give it a 2, but because my husband liked the food better than I did, bumped the rating up to a 3.
Their reservation system needs to improve. My husband played phone-tag with the restaurant for two days, which was annoying. You have to leave a voicemail (no online reservations) and wait for them to call you back. Slightly inconvenient, especially if you have a job where you can't answer your phone all of the time.
I also don't like that they do not have a menu online. I understand that it changes (and I like places that do the same), but if someone has allergies or food preferences it would be nice to see the "menu of the week" on their site. Many other restaurants (eg Union) post their menu daily.
We arrived on time and were seated right away. Service was quick- we didn't wait long to have our order taken, and the wait for our food was reasonable (not super quick, but not too long).
Beef carpaccio- beef was tender and delicious and roasted veggie that came with it was good- BUT the dish was drowned in oil to the point I didn't want to eat it. If I had known, would have asked them to go light on the oil. As presented- it was way too oily to enjoy. If they used 1/5 the amount of oil (or less) it would have been much better.
Mackerel and eggplant with mint- the mint made it interesting. But the cost/portion ratio was too much for that type of fish. And the mackerel was dry, despite it being an oily fish.
Sweetbreads- tender, my husband loved them. He thought they were prepared well. I thought they were okay.
Halibut with olives- again I felt the fish was a bit dry. The potatoes "scales" were semi-attractive but didn't add any points for taste. I guess I just found the fish uninspired and I could make something better myself at home for a quarter of the cost.
Wish they had cocktails and a bigger wine selection.
My husband said he'd go back, but I wouldn't. I just feel like there are so many better restaurants in the city.
Think our bill (with four glasses of wine) came to $180 plus tax/tip, which wasn't bad. But we were both hungry later that night.
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