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| - Went on a Saturday night without a reservation. Were very well taken care of by a sweet hostess, who saved us from a horrible table right behind a dishwashers pit - noisy, endless traffic, space filled with rushing servers and tableside prep carts, etc. That table should not be offered to guests, unless for 50% discount.
Really liked the atmosphere and attentive service and, obviously, very impressed with the whole concept for this restaurant. As far as food goes, it was just OK. I had the 3 for $33 meal, consisting of a small salad, Lamb Chops with eggplant caponata and Crème Brule for desert. Lamb and eggplant were delicious and very generous, salad was underdressed and had little flavor, but fresh, desert was really, really rich - had 2 spoonfulls and was feeling nauseous. But the real disappointment was the Portobello Mushroom Napoleon ;(.
The Mushrooms were flavorful, but the huge slices of yellow squash and zucchini were almost raw and completely tasteless, the Red Pepper coulis added nothing to the dish and tasted like strange ketchup.
But the biggest damper on our dining experience was the blaring screaming music! The choice of the genre of music is totally incongruent with the restaurant's theme and most clientele. It's an upscale French cuisine! Why would you choose hard rock, or, if lucky, Motown top 100??? Very strange and making conversation impossible.
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