* I am re-posting my review from FEB 16, as it is for some reason not showing up in the review section
I was excited to experience Coquine based on the reviews on Yelp, but I must say I came out underwhelmed. My husband and I have both been to different regions of France and love French food. We both ordered French Onion Soup and Cassoulet since we wanted to bring back a taste of France back.
I expected more of the French Onion Soup. I`m sorry to say it did not compare to the ones in France. I`m not sure why. Perhaps it was the quality of the ingredients that was not there. The broth was off somehow. There just wasn`t enough flavour in it. I expected a flavorful, rich broth topped with some amazing Gruyere but honestly, the dish just fell flat. It just tasted like a North American version of Onion Soup which I`m not really fond of.
The Cassoulet was not bad but not the best I`ve had. Again, I was underwhelmed. I do give credit to the duck leg - tasted good and fell off the bone. The individual components tasted good but as a whole there was something missing again. The beans were a bit on the dry side, not infused by the sauce enough.
I really wanted to like it a lot, but it just didn`t work for us. Perhaps, other dishes are better - we just sampled these two.
The customer service; however, was nice and courteous and accomodating.