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The meal was OK. For starters, they brought a bread basket with a small loaf of Italian bread and two breadsticks. The server poured some olive oil and balsamic onto a dish for dipping. Since I'm not a big fan of balsamic, which I think is too sweet, I liberally sprinkled my dipping mixture with salt to cut the sweetness. The bread was fresh and tasty.
I ordered the lobster bisque for an appetizer. It had a lobster flavor but there were no pieces of lobster to be found. There were two ravioli on the bottom of the bowl that may have had some type of ground lobster filling but there was no flavor of lobster from the ravioli.
For the main course, I ordered the New York strip steak and frites. I also ordered a side of wilted spinach. I ordered the steak black and blue and I specified extra rare. The meat was done more than that but it was acceptable. I wish they'd just do black and blue. You can't un-cook meat but you can heat it some more if it's too rare. The steak was a bit tough to cut, but it was OK to eat. Perhaps they need better steak knives? The spinach came with lots of freshly sliced garlic and was very good.
For dessert, I ordered the crème brûlée. It was different than I've had before. My server told me to make sure I spooned to the bottom. This brûlée had a layer of semi-sweet chocolate on the bottom and then the vanilla bean crème with the glazed top. There were some blueberries and a 1/2 strawberry on top. Dessert was very good.
Service was very good. My server, Frank and his bus person, Umberto, were on top of things. Iced tea was refilled without asking and Frank came often to check on how I was doing and to see if I needed anything. I was greeted promptly at the podium and the woman asked me if I had any comp, coupon, Groupon or anything else like that. When I said Groupon, she told me to make sure I showed it to the server.
At the end of the meal, Frank asked me if I would take a short survey they were doing. There were at most 10 questions with an excellent to poor scale to rate various aspects of dining at Le Provençal. It was actually a 32 gb iPod in a large case so you didn't pocket it and walk out the door.
The restaurant is a little pricey. Comparing it to Mon Ami Gabi, I'd go with Gabi for the entire experience. I'm glad I gave this place a try. It was a pleasant experience and a fairly good meal. Note: If you have a Total Rewards card, almost all items on the menu are discounted by $1 and you get TR credits because the restaurant is owned by CET rather than being a leased operation not owned by the hotel.
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