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| - Came here early to celebrate my mother's birthday and started woth Happy Hour at the bar. Firstly, I can say tbe staff is very friendly and courteous. Ryan, at the bar was new to the restaurant (3 days) but was very attentive. I tried one of the red wines but , even though it's early March, it was very warm...I can only imagine how hot it will become this summer since they don't have anywhere to keep it cool!
I started the evening with the tuna tartare and after reading the menu it looked like it would be filled with all sorts of textures and flavors. It came out in a nice large ball that was beautiful attractive but there were only 3 pieces of the toasted crostini. It would have been easier to finish have there been five. Presentation was beautiful with a quail egg centering the tunaon a long banana leaf in a shalliw bowl but the pieces of tuna were cut into a much larger dice than they should have been. It made it very difficult to actually put anything on the crostini because it wouldn't fit. Even the sun dried tomatoes and shallots should have been diced into smaller pieces so you could easily put them together on the crostini. It was slathered in evoo and was terribly bland. Definitely missing some sort of kick and/or flavor. Unfortunately, the anchovies provided the most pronounced flavor that overtook everything else on the plate. If it were up to me, I would definitely either dismiss the anchovies or make them into a much smaller size and much less of them.
Sourdough bread was served before the appetizers but is was as cold as the butter. A little heat would have made both more palatable.
My brother ordered a sushi roll for an appetizer which took 40 minutes to show up to the table. Considering that three-quarters of the restaurant was empty, it made absolutely no sense.
I ordered whole Branzino with an asparagus /white bean cassoulet and basmati rice. While I'm accustomed to the bones in whole fish, my sister-in-law had a small bone caught in her throat and was in slight distress for a few moments. The fish was grilled with a white lemon butter sauce but the only flavor was from the char on the skin. None of the sauce could be found on the fish or plate. The rice was sticky and bland. A touch of salt would have done wonders. The cassoulet was also bland and watery.
The staff was great, especially Journey, who did her best serving mediocre food desperate for seasoning.
At least the chocolate lava cake was rich and delicious.
I'm hoping they work out their kitchen inadequacies, seasoning and timing. The concept is good but the execution is severely lacking.
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