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| - Oh wow, I'm very disappointed. I actually just came back from France four days ago and this restaurant is really not like a French restaurant. Not just the decor, but the menu too. On Yelp it says French, on Google it says Mediterranean. This restaurant is actually French AND Mediterranean. My experiences with restaurants on Baldwin are usually good, but this wasn't that great. (I probably should have checked out Bodega instead.)
I came here for brunch on a Sunday around 11:50. There were barley any patrons at the time and there were TWO waitresses working. One of the waitresses was talking so loudly to the other waitress that I heard every bit of her personal life. Something about dating a guy younger than her??? Maybe keep it down a bit? (This was all in the span of me ordering a drink and getting my drink).
I got the Eggs Benedict Florentine. The portions was pretty good. You get salad, fruit, and home fries, but the taste was not that good. Both of my friend's poached eggs were overcooked and so was one of mine. Nothing worse than cutting into a poached egg and not have the yolk run all over the place! I didn't think the muffins were that fresh - they were incredibly hard to cut into and eat. I didn't think my potatoes were cooked through either. They were very hard. My friend's home fries, for some reasons, were really spicy even though we both got Egg Benedicts. Overall, I thought the dish was poorly executed.
I think the Non-Loud waitress was new or something. She poured us water and a good splash of it onto my friend's plate! WHAT. It's okay, she made one small mistake, but good thing we were done with our food at the time. I mean, he didn't notice, but yeah.... At one time, I also heard the Loud Waitress control and tell the Spilled Water Waitress what to do and not do. I dislike seeing this kind of behavior in a restaurant and in front of patrons because it just reminds me of Kitchen Nightmare.
I don't think I would recommend this restaurant. There are so many better places to go to where the food tastes good and the waitresses aren't talking about their personal dating life. (I only save the terrible service and food for a 1-star rating).
THEY ALSO ADD THE TIP ON TOP OF YOUR BILL. It was 18% I think.
Wow.
TLDR; Just weird, the place was strange. The decor was strange, the waitresses were kind of unprofessional, and the food wasn't anything great. At least the portions are big.
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