Yet again, another time I wish I could give a 3.5 star rating. Sardine is a wonderful restaurant serving French/American cuisine just off one of the lakes of Madison.
We come here frequently and my rating tries to serve as an average of what we have encountered. Sometimes we come here and have just an Ok experience and other times our socks are blown off.
I'll start off by saying the decor and location of the restaurant are both pluses.
Wait staff seem to be hit or miss; we have had multiple occurrences where our bread is never delivered to the table, leading us to prompt the the wait staff to bring it with the entree. Timing seems to be an issue as well, where waiters or waitresses space visits to the table in too large of time intervals.
Food options do rotate and we consistently find the steak frites and fish options to be spot on. We consistently enjoy the goat cheese appetizer. Other options like the pork or lamb seem to be cooked past a desirable doneness and poorly spiced.
I do focus on more of the negatives in this review, however, I still enjoy going to Sardine and thinks it's a good place to go on a date, double date, or a quick drink and appetizer.