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| - My husband and I were here for our anniversary dinner last night, we chose this restaurant based on a four star review from the Plain Dealer, 4 stars are hard to come by so we thought we were in for a stellar meal. We normally love dining out in Tremont, Ohio City or the fabulous restaurants downtown. So based on the newspapers review and other reviews we thought there was a gem hidden in a strip mall.
First off from cocktails to dessert it was one of the fastest meals we've ever had, just over an hour. I would have liked a bit more time to linger over each course and sip more of my cocktail or order another glass of wine with my meal.
Our cocktails were good, my husband had an old fashioned and I had a Paloma, which was a tequila concoction, it was both citrusy and refreshing with a bit of fiz that tickled the tastebuds.
When it came time to pick our appetizers and meals , we were told right off the bat that they were already out of three menu items. How do you run out of anything right at the start of dinner service on a Saturday night? Also no specials for the evening because they were switching to their fall menu the following week. My husband actually called another of our favorite restaurants while we were sitting there to see if they had any availability, we were contemplating leaving after hearing they were already running out of menu items, No such luck,no reservations available. I was determined our meals we picked would be great.
Our appetizer was the pork belly with Peach glaze, horseradish spaetzle, citrus soy sauce, cucumber and cilantro. Honestly other then the pork belly being cooked well, creamy and succulent on the inside and a good sear on the outside. We picked up on none of these other flavors, the spaetzle were ok but I didn't get any horseradish flavor or cilantro. There was barely any sauce on the plate at all. Pork belly needs a good acidic garnish to cut all the yummy fat, it just wasn't there. Good but not great.
I had the scallops over black garlicky lentils and Avacado crema. The scallops were cooked perfectly and I could have eaten a huge bowl of just the lentils, the star of the dish were the lentils, they had the most flavor. My meal was good but it could have used a pinch more salt and seasoning over all, again good but not great.
My husband had the seared snapper with Ohio valley jerk seasoning, trinity cous cous, pineapple salsa, green beans and crema. His meal was lacking seasoning overall, everything just needed more punch to it, a pinch more salt a bit more acid in the salsa, that would have taken the plate to the next level.
I had a coffee, where they forgot the sugar and served creamer in those little disposable cups that you find at a diner. Also a caramel cheesecake. The cheesecake was light and fluffy and the combo of the sea salt with the rich caramel was perfect.
This was a good dining experience, but not worthy of four stars. Overall the food was just ok, nearly everything was lacking seasoning, it just all needed a bit more flavor, more punch. We won't be returning, I'm not saying this is a bad restaurant, but I'm just not sure it's worthy of all the hype. Just my humble foodie opinion.
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