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| - If this is one of the hallmarks of fine dining in Phoenix, I feel sorry for your city.
We were in Phoenix for a weekend to enjoy what the city has to offer. Apparently, not much!
Yes, this place is pretty, classy, rich, etc etc.... what it lacks is good food and a decent crowd. If your idea of a date night is eating below mediocre food while being sneered by ignorant old people, this is the place for you. I prefer some place where I do not have to worry about such things.
The menu is quite disturbing - a lot of sea food and no game (isn't this a high end restaurant?). It makes me uncomfortable to eat sea food in land locked places like Phoenix (and all of midwest), it just ain't right. Anyway, that's my issue, not a judge of the quality of food at any restaurant... moving on...
The food: partner's duck is probably the worst duck I've ever tasted. His salad was laughable - spring greens and pears. Really? I ordered escargot - the snails were already shelled and served with mushroom ravioli and watercress salad. Passable at best. My lamb was quite bland and flavorless. Lamb is one of the, if not the most, tastiest red meats. I am (un)impressed that the chef made lamb taste flavorless. Unforgivable.
You know it is bad when the saving grace of a meal is the wine. The Sancerre saved the evening. Yes, there was dessert. Something dark chocolatey. It was so unmemorable that I don't even remember what I ate for dessert.
Let's get to the crowd: wtf is wrong with you people in Phoenix? Have you never seen an impeccably dressed interracial gay couple before? We got the stares everywhere we went, not just at this restaurant. Granted the restaurant set up a table with rose petals and gave us menus with the words "happy anniversary" printed on them, but I would trade all that for decent food and a nicer crowd. The kicker is that our meal cost over $300 including wine and tip. I almost never quote prices at restaurants, but T.Cook's below mediocre food needs to be upgraded to abominable when you consider the price range.
I wanted to give T. Cook's one star, but then I remembered their Mediterranean benedict we ordered for room service breakfast. That alone deserves an additional star. A very well made item. Capers, chives, petite diced tomatoes on eggs benedict added a great flavor. It was so good I ordered it three mornings in a row (yes, we stayed at the Royal Palms for the weekend).
Thanks for ruining our anniversary weekend, T. Cook's. I am now taking the man to Key West and Koln to make up for the damage you have done.
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