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| - I'd like to give 3.5 stars. It's not just "A-OK" but it's not exactly my first choice either.
We were treated to dinner here last night by boyfriend's visiting aunt and her S.O.
- The atmosphere was very nice; we sat in the room with the "Great Glass Fireplace" in the center and floor-to-ceiling windows all around, with a view of the fountain.
- They offered local craft beer selections (including Nimbus, Oak Creek and Four Peaks - yay!) at a reasonable $6.
- Extensive dessert menu; none of this 4 or 5 choices, this thing was a whole page by itself.
- The dark chocolate brulee was (I should say is, I'm eating the leftovers right now) AMAZING. Sugar burnt perfectly, like when you toast the edge of a marshmallow, rich dark chocolate, raspberries. So good!
Negatives:
- Menu was pretty limited - fine dining restaurants are usually limited, but not with a bunch of relatively boring options; their limited offerings usually have enough interesting twists that you can find SOMETHING that jumps out at you. Not here. Fried chicken and mac and cheese and meatloaf? Odd.
- My entree (the trout) and boyfriend's (pasta with shrimp) were just OK. The trout and shrimp were cooked nicely but the flavors lacked something. Maybe more lemon on mine? It did refer to it as "braised lemon"...
- Service was a little awkward - the waitress asked if she could start us off with some waters and we all said "Uh... sure?" It wasn't the water offering, it was that it was like she was selling us on the waters instead of real drinks. She didn't seem to really know anything about the menu either - she went around the table and her description of each of our orders was that they were very good or really popular. I was amused that she was treating me as the "Alpha 'of the table - guess I was intimidating, heehee.
- $6 for a domestic draft is pushing it, especially with craft beers being the same price.
- Bathrooms are light years and eons away, OUTSIDE of the restaurant. Weird.
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