Tonight we dined at the Dandelion Market prior to our showing of the Nucracker at Blumenthal Performing Art Center. The restaurant is perfectly situated for a short walk after eating to attend a show there. Anyway, we had reservations and the table was ready for us as soon as we walked in the door. There were 9 of us eating. We had three young boys with us (7 and 8 year olds) and were told the place was family friendly. While it was quite a bit noisy in there at least the ends of the tables were able to converse, talking to someone from one end to the other was not an option though.
After ordering our drinks we waited a little bit for them to come around but that was really the only serving snafu. The beer menu is quite good and the pints are priced reasonably well. We opted to bring our own bottle of wine with us for those drinking that (the corking fee was $20). All of the bottles are priced at $25 so even that is not too bad.
The food we ordered was really good. The calamari I ordered was a good sharable size with plenty to go around. we actually ordered two for our table but unfortunately one of our orders was given to another table but we had so much food we really didn't miss it, the waitress was apologetic for the mistake. We order the pom frites which were really good as well, large baskets of them, we ordered two baskets of these and honestly it was too much even for the 9 of us.
The main courses were equally good. I had the mussels which I was told was a full pound and I believe it. My wife ordered the lamb lollipops and she really enjoyed it. Others in our group said their food was good as well. All told it was an excellent place. I will return to try other dishes. Really the only reason I knocked a star off was because of the serving snafu and the level of noise but it isn't a very big place. I would certainly recommend checking it out.