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| - It feels bar-ish from the outside and when you first walk in but their menu is so much more than bar food! Most of it is small plates to share but they do have a spoon & fork section on the menu that is meant to be larger portions. Upstairs is perfect for getting more of a restaurant vibe.
Service was good-ish and a bit off-timed. Not to the point of being awful or anything...little things like taking food order before getting drinks in, not bringing enough water glasses, refilling only when we asked, slow to clear some plates but collecting others as we were still eating off them (literally) and not knowing the menu. Again, it wasn't terrible....these are just some reasons it's not a 5. They were out of a few liquors so they couldn't make some of their specialty drinks. Not a deal breaker for me. Can never go wrong with vodka!
The food!!! Everything was good (+) to delish (++) to awesome (+++)! Not a bad plate in the bunch. We had chicken meatballs+++, roasted asparagus+, mac & cheese+++, the meat/cheese plate++, steak tartare+++, bacon wrapped dates
++, the (HUGE)porkchop+++, (jumbo)shrimp scampi+++, mushroom flatbread(which is really puff pastry)+++, squash flatbread++ & the ceviche+
Desserts....GET THE CARROT CAKE. Did you hear me? Just do it....despite the description & despite the pictures that make it look like a heaping pile of mess. I only like my mothers carrot cake so a bit of a "snob". I L-O-V-E-D this carrot cake with its sugared nuts, dollops of icing & mixed up texture. Soooo crazy rich and huge -- plan to share! The chocolate cake was pretty but taste was meh (had fridge flavor)....don't waste the calories.
Parking is a bit of a challenge. El Cortez is the cheapest & probably the safest.
Bottom line....not a morsel left on a single plate (even the meh choc cake) & we'll definitely be back!
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