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| - Damn, I had high hopes for this place. Here is how it fell apart for me on Saturday August 17, 2013.
1. Major disconnect between how the food is described on the menu and what is actually served. For example, we ordered the "popcorn." On the menu it is described as "curried popcorn/ peanuts / coconut / chili // ". Lo and behold what comes out of the kitchen is more of a chewy peanut brittle like Crunch n Munch. When you advertise popcorn, I expect popcorn (see: Crop, they get it right). This brittle was way, way too sweet to be served as an appetizer. It paralyzed my palate. Very Mild hints of curry. Whoever wrote the description needs to rework that. And either dial up the savory hints...or put it on the dessert menu.
2. Food was not cooked properly. I ordered the hanger steak which the server assured me I would not need a knife to cut. I asked for it to be prepared medium. No kidding, it came out completely raw (now I know why I wouldn't need a knife to cut it). Back to the kitchen it went. In the meantime, a server brought me a serving of sorbet to cleanse my palate (nice touch...but again, it was something sweet before my entree) and it didn't really taste like anything. Hmph. My hanger steak arrives and it is barely cooked more than it was last time.
3. The cucumber salad with the hanger steak was very salty and too cold. Again, the concept of the dish was good but the execution failed, especially against raw meat.
4. Desserts are a HUGE miss. See #1 above. The chocolate "sugar" cookie was neither chocolate nor sugar. It tasted like a bitter, unsweetened cocoa cookie. And raspberry ice cream? Raspberry according to whose palate? The blueberry sorbet was closer to its description but still not quite right.
5. We never received bread. Our server came back and asked us if we wanted more bread. We said, "Uh, we never received my bread to start with." Zoinks. And it is allegedly served with "melon" butter. Again, the taste delivery was off. Bread is very good...rustic and delicious.
6. Service was slow. Come on. The place wasn't packed AND it is not that big of a restaurant.
7. Saving grace of the night? The cocktails! The Shady Lane and the Smash made with Maker's Mark were both killer good drinks. Bravo on that.
I really, really wanted to dig this place. I love that everything is house-made. But there appears to be disconnects and missed executions on the food, not to mention confusion as to what the restaurant concept really is. Blasting the Black Keys and Rolling Stones at high volume made it difficult to have conversation. Sorry, Willeyville, but you have some kinks to work out.
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