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| - We went here as a party of four: overall the service was subpar, and the food was not worth the money.... also, there was a weird smell all of us noticed upon walking in. We all concluded it smelled like a dirty bathroom in the entire dining room. Something that concerned us all about the facility (maybe a toilet blew up somewhere?).
1) Service: I had told the hostess on the side that we were celebrating a birthday, and she assured us the waiter would be informed so we wouldn't have to mention it in front of the birthday person. She said they would provide a complimentary dessert with a candle. It never happened. We were even charged for the dessert we ordered. The waiter was inattentive and unsociable. He took our order, and served without us even checking in to see how the food was. I waited the entire meal for him to come by so I could tell him something was wrong with my food. He never came until it was too late to even bother complaining. The restaurant wasn't even full, and it was a monday night. Among the worst services at a fine dining restaurant we have ever had.
2) Food quality: we each ordered a different dish. I had braised beef short ribs that came with a squash cannelloni as a starch, and broccollini as the vegetable. The beef short ribs were very good (but how can you really mess up a braised dish?). The meat fell apart nicely when you cut into it, and the broccollini was cooked well.
But the cannelloni tasted like raw flour, filling and all. I have never tasted any starch that bad before. It was awful. I even had my fiance try it, who usually eats almost anything, and he hated it. I wanted to like it so much, but I have never had anything from a restaurant taste so disgusting in my life. I made sure neither of us touched it anymore because I was worried we might get food poisoning from the raw flour. I usually don't send food back, but this time I wanted to send it back but the waiter never came to check on us, so I just finished the beef and vegetables and left the entire cannelloni (I didn't want to make a fuss especially with our friends around). But he never came back until it was time to take everyone's empty plates. He never even mentioned or asked why my cannelloni was pretty much untouched. I was REALLY disappointed in the service. I never had a chance to even express to the waiter how I was served raw flour in my starch dish. I let him take it away without saying a word, because it was getting late into the evening.
The rest of the food: The pheasant, like other reviews stated, was dry and tasted like chicken. Apparently the yam puree it came with was good though. Overall our party rated it not worth the $33 they charged.
The featured fish dish (steelhead trout), was okay but nothing to sing home about for $30. Anyone could easily take a piece of store-bought salmon, stick it in the oven, come out with something like what they served. It tasted like a cheap piece of salmon.
The broek pork was actually pretty decent. I usually don't go for pork chops because they are often tough and dry. But this one was pretty tender and nicely marinated. It came with a tasty side of braised kale. This was $29, and probably the best of the four dishes. My beef short ribs would have been my favorite if it wasn't for the gigantic piece of raw dough in the middle of the plate that pretty ruined my palette and the entire dish.
Dessert was okay, it was the chocolate and peanut butter pate. The menu said it came with roasted peanuts, but there wasn't a single peanut. They did sprinkle little flower petals all over the dessert which frankly made it really annoying to eat around.
OH, and before I forget, their appetizers: We got the Duck duo (duck pate and duck chorizo sausage), which was super pretentious - the pate was NOT good. I have had MUCH better elsewhere. This one tasted TOO 'livery' - a good pate (especially Foie Gras) does not have that strong liver taste. Even if its made of fattened liver, it should taste smooth and rich, not bitter. The chorizo duck sausage didn't taste like anything special. Not worth the $16 they charge.
The shimp/crab corn fritters were decent, but overpriced. 5 balls of little fritters for $15... Okay but not a great price for what you get.
Overall: like other people, we agree its not worth the money. There are some decent dishes, but with all of the hit and misses on their menu, I wouldn't eat here again if I can help it.
The first time I went to this restaurant should have been a red flag, when they coated my steak so heavily with peppercorn, it burned my throat and mouth. I couldn't even taste the actual meat, and sadly couldn't finish the dish - I hate wasting food.
All 4 of us regretted coming here. We wish we went for a nice affordable place with less pretentious food, and doesn't serve raw flour to you.
Also, the smell of rotten toilet didn't help.
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