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| - Went to Delux on a Sunday night in December to celebrate the holidays. Since our group consisted of 16 people, the restaurant requested (in advance) that we do a prix-fixe menu. That was fine with us.
The menu choices were alright, but I was certainly not blown away by the options. Our options for apps were a poached pear salad, charcuterie (all pates), or "tiny white fish". I chose the fish, not realizing that it is many individual whole fish, deep fried in batter. While delicious, I was a bit put off once I learned exactly what I was eating.
Our options for mains were scallops, steak frites, or duck. Almost everyone chose the steak frites. While enjoyable, it was nothing to write home about. Others in my group were far more impressed than I was.
Dessert was impressive. They brought us all empty dessert plates, and it occurred to me that it was going to be family-style dessert. I immediately worried that there would not be enough to go around. But they then began to bring out plate after plate of warm, fresh-baked cookies (delicious!). And just when we thought that was enough to go around, they also brought out fresh, warm "doughnuts" (timbit-shaped). Dessert won me over.
Service was decent (although the waitress confused the bill and told us an incorrect per-person cost which would not have covered the whole bill.... luckily we double-checked her math before too many people left and underpayed). They gave us the back room to ourselves which worked out great, although the acoustics weren't great and it seemed excessively noisy and difficult to hear each other.
I understand their brunch and full menu are beyond impressive. So I may try this place again. I enjoyed it, but won't be sending everyone there in a rush.
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