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| - First off, the pros of dining here: No doubt that Cluny is a beautiful restaurant with so many details to look at from the light fixtures to the amazing décor in every corner to the overall Parisian feel of the place. It's just as beautiful a space as the pictures you see online. The fact that it's in the chic Distillery District also adds to its allure.
My friends and I came during Summerlicious to try their $23 lunch menu and all six of us liked how there were several great choices for appetizers, entrees and desserts. It was honestly hard to pick because they all sounded delicious! I ended up getting the asparagus frites for my appetizer, which was crispy to my liking and okay in taste. Meanwhile, my husband and two of our friends got the seafood chowder, which they said was alright. The two friends who got the salad said it was tasty overall. For mains, most of us got the steak which came with thinly sliced fries. I think it's safe to stay that those of us who ordered the steak frites were satisfied with the portion and it was okay in terms of taste. One of my friends got the arctic char and he enjoyed it. For dessert, three of us got the pistachio macaron with mango sorbet, which was beautifully presented and tasted decent - wish there was slightly more of it though! My husband got a good portion of cassis sorbet, which tasted alright but he wished he had gotten the other chocolaty dessert. All in all, we thought that our lunch here was good value for what we paid and the atmosphere is just really nice.
I want to emphasize that I really wish Cluny well since it has some good things going for it but there are a few areas for improvement:
-It seemed to take a long time between when each course arrived. It seemed to be about 30-40 minutes from the time that plates were collected from the last course? I'm thinking it was likely due to it being Summerlicious and it being the weekend in general.
-The food tasted just okay. I wouldn't say that any of the dishes were amazing though. Some of them could have been more flavourful but that's my personal opinion.
-Service could be more consistent among staff. Our server seemed to be in a bit of a mood throughout our entire dining experience. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt that maybe it was because the restaurant was busy for 2 p.m. on a Saturday and not sure if they were short staffed but we found it hard to track him down during our lunch. The occasional time we were able to find him to ask him for something, he looked at us, then literally brought what was asked and walked away. He just seemed very annoyed to be there. When the mains arrived, I asked him if my steak could be done a bit more as I really did ask for mine to be well done when he had taken everyone's orders earlier. He sharply insisted that my steak was already well done. I started to say that there were several slices that were pink (it was medium) but he had already grabbed my plate, turned around and quickly walked away with it... not sure what to make of that behaviour. After about 25 minutes later when almost everyone was done eating, one of my friends asked a different server who happened to pass by if he could check on my steak and he came back within minutes to say that it was finishing up. This second staff member ended up bringing it over about ten minutes later and sincerely apologized for the wait. When we saw our original server at the end of our meal and we were ready to pay, he didn't talk to us as we were paying or as we were leaving. I guess service is a hit or miss depending on the server.
Regardless of some of the details above, I would definitely be open to trying Cluny again in the future. I would probably try the regular menu instead next time and avoid going on a weekend to see if the dining experience would be better.
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