I visited the Gabardine on a Thursday night for dinner, around 5:30pm. It is very highly recommended that you make reservations before you go because this place gets full quick. Its a pretty tiny place, with mostly tables for 2. I normally prefer having a little more elbow room when I dine out though, especially in the winter time when coats and bags taking up so much space.
After perusing Yelp as I normally do before trying a new place, I decided that the Yelpers unanimously voted the mac and cheese as being one of the best dishes to try here. So that's what I got. Turnaround time was pretty quick and the food arrived in around 10 minutes.
THE MAC AND CHEESE WAS GOOD GUYS**
**It was very heavy though, so heavy that I had to take a break halfway through to let my stomach settle a little. Normally, I'm the kind of girl that always needs a side to go with her food, either hot sauce or veggies or something. Just something that introduces a little variety so I don't need to take the same bite one after another. But in this instance, I was okay. The mac and cheese was seasoned well and the herb breading added some nice textural contrast too.
My only quip about Gabardine is that the vegetarian options were limited. I know the menu is small, and that's fine, but I like eating at places where I'm not limited to 1-2 options. I've heard the menu rotates by season so I'd be interested in checking out the Gabardine again during the spring/summer.