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| - Since this is so close to home and was highly rated, I was ecstatic to try this little French-Italian eatery on my Dad's birthday dinner...and guess I should have tuned down my excitement. We went on a week-night, and contrary to the massive warnings about "having to reserve a table", we had no problem getting a table on the day of, and there were an ample amount of seatings.
----- Food: Moderate -----
Bread -- Gotta give credit for the bread, it was nicely done; crusty, thick and warm.
Mussels -- Had to double check if we ordered the right thing, this being tasteless and lean. Surprisingly, the sauce was good though.
Onion Soup -- Was sweet? Is that how the French do it? Whatever happened to the ionic bowl?
Carbonara -- Butter overload. Period.
Lasagna -- They lied. It definitely wasn't "North American" best.
Veal -- Can be compared to a morning minute steak or the steak on a HK sizzling plate.
Creme Brulee -- Now this is FINALLY something to brag about! This is seriously recommended.
Creme Caramel -- Meh. No surprises here.
----- Service: Mediocre -----
- Louise wasn't as helpful as expected
- food came out real slow for a casual-family restaurant
- limited water refills (Almost felt like we were experiencing a water famine)
- male waiter tossed a fork at us (Sorry, didn't know we were disturbing your blooming juggling career.)
----- Atmosphere : Mediocre-----
- very warm (Don't get me wrong, there were indivudal AC units in every room, but they didn't bother turning it on, probably because they were huge eco supporters. But I gotta give them credit for opening the main doors wide open to let a little of the city breeze in...)
- plates (shaky, granny floral plates)
- dim
- cracked vinyl chairs
Food: 3/5
Service: 2/5
Atmosphere: 2/5
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