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| - I must say, I had high expectations of my dining experience here given positive experiences in the past; however, the experience fell short overall.
I recently dined here for a business meeting in a private room with approximately 15 of my colleagues. We were seated in a private dining room which was equipped with audio visual capabilities for our presentation. It was quite noisy, however, which unfortunately was disruptive to our meeting which was being broadcast online.
We were promptly greeted by our server, who was very attentive throughout the entire service. We were provided with a set menu of 4 courses. To note, we were asked about dietary restrictions and accomodations; however, when I asked to omit certain courses or have dessert to go, I was told that they were unable to do so.: To start we all received the George salad, which was essentially a plateful of overdressed mixed greens. After 'foraging' through the greens, I discovered about a tablespoon of mashed avocado underneath and a similar amount of plain quinoa. The second dish was a chicken and egg drop soup (which I asked to omit from my menu, although it was still brought out). I had requested this as I'm not a huge fan of egg drop soup in general, and I found this to be a very odd menu item for this restaurant. My colleagues who ate the soup found it to be quite bland and flavourless; several of them asked for extra salt and pepper. Overall, this menu item went relatively untouched.
For the third course we had 2 options, salmon with thai curry spaetzle or grilled beef tenderloin with mushroom confit and asparagus - The salmon was overcooked and dry, as was the pasta. My dinner companions chose the tenderloin and found that it was overcooked as per how they had requested it.
The dessert options were a caramel sponge (which no one chose) and a filo hay with fresh fruits. As I could not stay for dessert I had asked for it to go, which apparently they do not do.
In summary, this was atypical of what I have previously experienced at this restaurant. The service is consistent, with pleasant and attentive hosts; however, the meal itself was lack lustre. Given the restaurant's reputation and pricing, we expect better.
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