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| - Came here on NYE for early dinner (7-9PM) with a reservation and good experience overall, but noticed a few improvements the restaurant could make.
The pros first:
1. Beautiful interior design! Kind of bohemian, Turkish-inspired. Instagram-worthy :) Romantic, but no pressure to be classy, i.e. some people were dressed up but most were dressed down
2. The food TASTES great. Ordered off their NYE prix fixe dinner menu (starter, app, another app, main, dessert) for $55/person. There was a vegetarian option for each course and they tried their best to eliminate dairy by my request, but this didn't work for the dessert course fml. Their lobster and scallop skewer was AMAZING. I love seafood and I eat it often, but never have I ever had such wonderful tasting scallops and lobster - tender, fresh, citrus-y, creamy... Perfect balance of flavors.
3. Chill servers
4. Moderately large venue and versatile - has regular indoor seating on multiple levels, an indoor patio, bars
This would be a great place to have drinks/dinner with girlfriends or to bring a date :D
Cons:
1. Indoor patio was a cool idea at first since it looked so pretty with hanging sky lanterns and cute cushions everywhere, but it was SO HOT AND DRY (you can feel the heat coming from their ceiling heaters) and the roof is leaky. Unfortunately it was raining that night, so my back got a bit wet.
2. Dark inside the restaurant. Couldn't really see my date very well. Or the food.
3. Tables were REALLY close together. I guess this is what happens when a resto is pushed for space, but I felt like I was sitting at a communal table both on the indoor patio and later inside when we requested a seat change.
4. Slow service. It took a really long time (~15 mins) for each course to come.
5. SMALL portion sizes, I was definitely still hungry. Think quality for the food here, not quantity. Not sure if this was just an issue on NYE though.
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