I was excited to try a Thomas Keller establishment so when we had the chance to grab a late table our group of four did. We had a tiny wait since we got to the restaurant early but it was easy enough to grab a glass of wine at the bar which we eagerly did.
For dinner, everyone started with french onion soup. They all enjoyed it. Don't get me wrong, I love french onion soup and I'd never pass it up in Paris, but hey, I only have room for so much food here and I knew it! I started with the duck and moved on to the seared foie gras which was darn good. Others had trout and I think another got the chicken. I don't remember now because I was only concentrating on my food.
The bread and butter start was good, but unfortunately I ate a little too much filler bread. I was pretty stuffed with the small appetizer and foie gras.
Rounded out our dinner with a bottle of wine and we were pretty happy. Of course our table finished out the entire meal with beignets and the chocolate brownies with ice cream.
All in all, a pretty good meal and worth the $$$. Not the exquisite experience of L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, but I still enjoyed myself.