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| - Sometimes you enter a restaurant with certain expectations. Sometimes these expectations are derived from reviews online, sometimes friends' praises, and other times it's by coming upon the restaurant itself and gauging the quality of food simply through the interior design/ambience. Upon entering, and seeing the open kitchen right in the middle of the restaurant, I thought to myself, "I'm in for a scrumptious dinner."
The walls were adorn with a number of prismatic stuffed cocks, and everything else looked trendy and clean. The restaurant was so busy that there were no available seating inside the restaurant. So the four of us opted to sit outside instead. This restaurant apparently has a huge winelist. Were I a wine drinker, I would've appreciated it very much. Alas, I am not a drinker of wine due to a lack in a certain required sophistication, thus I did not appareciate the wine list. In fact it made the menu very confusing. Yes, I am dumb I couldn't figure out the menu at first.
The menu items are moderately priced. $$ according to yelp price range. The wait staff was attentive and got to our order fairly quickly. To start we ordered smoked salmon and fried oysters. The fried oysters came with a side of marinara sauce and the breading was perfect. The oysters itself was very fresh and juicy. The smoked salmon was smoked well and subtly flavored. The only complaint I have regarding the salmon is that it could've been chilled a little bit more. It was a little warm. Typically I like raw fish to be slightly colder.
I ordered the Quarter chicken dark done natural style. They got me with their rotisserie chicken going round and round in the back of the chicken. Plus, with a name like Roosters, got to try their chickens. I also ordered a side of mac and cheese because my friend swore it tasted like it was made by our lord and savior JC.
I was not at all impressed with the chicken. In fact my first thought when I tasted it was, "Boston Market is much better" But, to give them credit, they use organic or locally raised chicken, so that does affect the texture of the meat making it slightly tougher than caged chicken. So that is excusable, however it was certainly lacking in flavor.
The mac and cheese was good, but not mind blowing. One of my friends had onion rings. Those were some good onion rings. The breading was flavorful and the rings very thin and delicious. The spinach was very well done as well. My other friend had the mussels and he loved it.
Portion size wasn't an issue because I wasn't all that hungry.
I think this is one of those cases where I ordered the wrong dishes. I should try other, more exotic items like seafood or breaded dishes since their breading is so good. I'll update their rating next time I visit the restaurant. However, for now, I'll have to give them 3 stars.
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