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| - I read recently that restaurants don't try too hard on Valentine's Day because they expect that their patrons are out for one nice meal and won't be repeat or regular customers. I had my doubts about that assumption until we went to Harvest last night. I can definitely say they lived up to the stereotype and that my husband and I will as well by not being repeat or regular customers. That being said, Harvest did some things well but bungled too many things for us to take another chance on this pricey restaurant.
We had an 8:30 reservation, showed up on time and waited about 20 minutes to be seated, along with a half a dozen other couples. I get that you're busy on Valentine's Day and that people take their time with their meals, but Harvest is not new to the game and should know better than to overbook their reservations. Also, there was nowhere to stand and wait except in the doorway or in the middle of a "nice little seating area" as the hostess said, which turned out to be in front of another doorway. Also, the hostess was rude and condescending to me when I tried to check in and pointed out that we had been standing there for a few minutes without being acknowledged. I'd been standing on my feet serving the public all day too lady - no need to have an attitude.
When we finally got seated, our waitress was very nice and attentive for how busy the restaurant was. I loved my Elderflower sidecar and my husband enjoyed his house martini. My first course scallops were amazing and came served in a very good sauce. I thought my husband's tuna confit was strange and didn't take another bite of it, but he enjoyed it.
Main course - I ordered the hanger steak which came with a side of potatoes with leeks. The hanger steak was okay, but overall the entire dish was pretty mushy. It's definitely not something I'm salivating over thinking about it the next day. It wasn't super flavorful or memorable, there wasn't much seasoning and really nothing that I can say makes me want to try it again. To sum it up in one word: meh. Which is a shame because I had an excellent hangar steak at Eno Vino not too long ago, which is what inspired me to try it at Harvest.
My husband had the NY strip steak, which I thought was very chewy. Again, not a memorable dish but he seemed to enjoy it.
We ordered one dessert to split between the two of us and tried the chevre cheesecake. The cake itself was good but the fruity stuff they put on top was so bad I couldn't take another bite. It was so horribly tart.
Husband and I both agreed the scallops were the highlight of the meal, which is sad because I've had amazing scallops elsewhere. So I can't see returning for just that.
The piece de resistance was when we were waiting to pay the bill. We were seated near the door, so we got an eyeful when a Jimmy John's delivery guy came in with a huge sandwich order for the staff. He was quickly ushered back into the kitchen to unload his delivery, but not before it was made pretty obvious what was going on. Harvest, don't you have a back door somewhere? For what I thought was supposed to be an upscale place (for which the price accurately reflected but not much else did) , that was pretty much the tackiest thing I've ever seen. Seriously?
I was pretty disappointed about the whole experience, not just because it was Valentine's Day but because my husband and I live in the neighborhood and have walked by Harvest hundreds of times, promising ourselves we needed to try it. I can tell you the anticipation was much better than the meal itself, and unfortunately we will not be returning.
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