It took awhile... but I finally made it to Luxe!
After a wonderful yelp elite event which got us to Gordon Square we found ourselves at this self proclaimed Mediterranean- Italian Bistro located in the heart of Gordon Square. Being a weekday we had no trouble being seated promptly.
The restaurant has a nice swanky-quirky vibe to it. With ropes used as decor and low red lights, the interiors were very much to my liking.
A lot of the menu appealed to me and my dinner partner making for a really hard meal decision. We finally settled for the tuna tartar, Italian meatball and cioppino to share between the both of us.
The food was sensational!! My favorite by a long shot was the cioppino which is essentially a seafood pasta... the octopus in it was yum... flavors spot on. The spice triggered my senses alright! The tuna tartar came at second spot. The meatball had way too much chunky tomato sauce which overpowered the dish completely. Did not like that one one particularly too much.
After a fairly successful meal, for dessert we decided to try the beignets... what a let down! They were served to us raw! We could see the raw dough on all of them so I do not know how a chef or a line cook could have missed it. They did take it back to give us new ones but unfortunately all they ended up doing was likely putting the same beignets in the fryer again... so round two beignets were overcooked and very chewy. No apologies or compensation offers were made which was disappointing. Our server almost made it feel like she was doing us a favor taking back the raw beignets for new ones.
Overall: while I will likely come back to try more of their meal options, I will definitely give their dessert a pass and probably head to Sweet Moses for a sweet bite instead!