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| - For a place that hasn't even been around a full year, I feel like my history with Bon Chef is a long and storied one even though my first visit was last week. I'd been wanting to try it ever since it opened, so much so that it became a running joke between me and my dining partner in crime (henceforth PIC) that I would always suggest "Bon Chef?" as an option when asked where we should eat. This continued for the last 6-8 months with nary a single visit. When the PIC actually brought it up as a serious suggestion to eat dinner last week, I almost hesitated for fear of losing this running joke. In the end I agreed we should finally try it and off we went.
We started with some beers which seemed to take a while to be delivered. They had a decent selection of bottles to choose from, but after ordering the wait got to the point where I was looking around and annoyingly asking the PIC "Where the hell are our beers?" Then, refills had to be requested by flagging down our server 5 minutes after my glass sat empty, and my PIC who ordered a Guinness was told upon trying to order another that they were out. Not a huge deal and they supplanted it with another German dark beer, but a mild annoyance.
I'd been craving (and missing) Hedary's lentil soup for some time now, and when I saw Lentil Soup on the menu here I had to order it. It was decent. Lentil soups from my experience vary wildly from restaurant to restaurant and this one neither pleased nor displeased me. Not something I'd rush to order again but I wouldn't push it away if presented it either.
As for the entrees my PIC got the steak Pyramid which I'd been hyping up since Bon Chef opened, and I went with the Mixed Grill because I always tend to order plates with way too much food (this boasted chicken, beef, kofta, and a pork chop over rice). In the end I have to say I was very disappointed with my dish. I ordered my beef to be done "medium" and felt that ALL the meat came out medium-well to well. Most of it was dry and tough and lacked seasoning. The one exception was the Kofta, which I thought had a great flavor and didn't seem as dry as the others. The rice that accompanied it was fine, but I've certainly had better at other Mediterranean restaurants I frequent (shout out to Stephanos and Fat Greek). My PIC's steak pyramid was much better, perhaps because she had the wherewithal to go medium rare on the cook. Her steak was juicier and more tender than mine, though the flavor on it due to the marinade they used wasn't something that I liked much. She was a fan though. Unfortunately I'm writing this review and not her.
For food alone I would have probably gone with a 3 if everything else was perfect, but with the slow service on getting drinks and refills, the one bottle of Guinness caper, as well as what I feel are slightly high prices for what you get in return, the end result is a 2. I might just be bitter for losing my long running joke with this visit. Turns out the joke was on me all along.
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