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| - It's taken me nearly a week to write this review because I'm so torn.
The experience was great. The food was great. But I don't feel compelled to go back. And I'm not sure why.
The BF and I started with happy hour at the bar:
Pork Belly: 4/5. While delicious, it was missing something to make it 5-star excellence.
French Fries: 3/5. I was underwhelmed by these, but I'm also a french fry snob. However, the dipping sauce that they come with is really good. The BF gives the sauce alone a 5.
Vietnamese Calamari: 5/5. Definitely the happy hour star. Cooked perfectly and seasoned perfectly. Best calamari I have ever, ever had.
Cheese Puffs: 3/5. These underwhelmed me. Throw some melted cheese in the center of these babies, and you'll have a 5-star app.
Drinks: 3.5/5. We sampled 5 different martinis (lavender, lemon drop, sparkling cosmo, cherry cheesecake, icewine martini). The BF loved the lavender and lemon drop, but I wasn't terribly impressed with the three I had. Although, they did get me pretty drunk.
Overall, I think happy hour is worth trying out. They have some solid drink options and really good food options. Not the best happy hour in the city, but it's definitely on the top of the list.
We were seated for dinner at 5:30, and the restaurant is beautiful; one of the most romantic restaurants I've been to in the area. It was the perfect place to celebrate Valentine's Day. Our waitress was very friendly, too.
Oxtail Pierogies: 5/5. SO SO SO SO GOOD. This dish was the overall star of the evening. The oxtail is served over the pierogie instead of inside, which I think made the dish perfect. It metled in my mouth.
Shrimp & Grits: 5/5. The third star of the evening. I don't even like grits (hate the texture) but I wanted to lick the plate clean. Smooth and cheesy and yummy.
Veal Meatloaf: 4/5. This was the BF's main course. He said it's the best meatloaf he has ever had...but it's still meatloaf. The white cheddar mashers weren't memorable. While this plate was delicious, nothing took it over the top.
Mack and Cheese: 4/5. Really frickin' good. Very rich and creamy, as to be expected. The flavors worked really well together. However, I've had better macaroni and cheese elsewhere, so I can't give it the full 5-stars.
Jeni's Ice Cream Trio 4/5- The homemade cones were really, really salty. While I usually like the salty/sweet combo, I felt it interfered with the Jeni's. Also, I wish they had used Jeni's creative flavors instead of chocolate, vanilla, and pear.
So, while everything was really, really good, there's nothing that really makes me want to come back. I feel like we've tried most of the exciting things on the menu, and none of it was enticing enough to make me want to come back again. However, there isa good chance that in a couple of months I'll get a hankering for some good calamari and find myself at the happy hour once more!
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