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| - For a restaurant that is billed to be "high end" - this truly disappoints.
The atmosphere is inviting. You are greeted quickly and kindly as the hostess offers to take your coats. We were walked over to a cozy table nestled into a corner that gave us a great view of the restaurant and the kitchen. I loved being able to watch the team of chefs prepare the meals, and I also loved that the tables weren't packed in too tight.
The staff was great. Kind, warm and efficient; we had no problems with our service.
The food however, was another story.
Disclaimer - we came here for restaurant week. We look forward to RW every year and use it as an avenue to check out multiple restaurants as a reasonable price. For those not hip to the RW scene, each diner pays $30 - at Ken Stewarts we each got an appetizer, entree, and dessert from a limited menu. I did include prices off the menu - unsure if the size of the entree remains the same.
The waitress brought us over a pan of complimentary fresh baked rolls... the problem was that they were rushing to bring them out and therefore did not give the rolls time to fully cook. The middle of the rolls were a gluey, gummy, mess.
The boy started off with a Sazerac ($12). It is his "drink of choice" and we often use it to determine the skill of the bartender. This Sazerac was spot on. If you're not familiar with it - it's a more labor intensive cocktail that requires a delicate balance of ingredients. A little too much of this or that and you end up with a disgusting, overwhelming, mess of a drink... trust us... we know from personal efforts to perfect our home version. We highly recommend their artfully prepared cocktails after this drink.
For appetizers we tried their crispy calamari served with spicy vinegar ($14), and truffle fries ($11). The calamari was okay... it didn't "sing". There was nothing truly special about it. Enjoyable but not great. The fries were hit and miss... when we had the full balance of truffle oil, fry and other goodness they were tasty. But some of them were not as well seasoned. I would not order either of these for an appetizer again in the future as they weren't truly special.
Our entrees were a little bit more promising. The scallops with sweet potato puree, brussel sprouts, crisp gaufrettes and pomegranate molasses were good, but again, nothing extraordinary. For a $38 price tag I expected a bit more. We have had much better scallops at other local restaurants for a better price. There is nothing "wrong" with this dish, but we think it was far from incredible.
I tried the Wagyu & Wild boar meatloaf with sweet potato risotto, and roast tomato-soy barbecue sauce ($28). I had high hopes for this item... I kept coming back to this menu item and eventually decided that I had to try it. The meatloaf itself was okay, but it was smothered in a spicy barbecue sauce that was off putting... I ended up only eating one bite. I did enjoy the sweet potato risotto, the flavors were mild but the rice was cooked well.
For dessert we tried the peanut butter bomb and the chocolate tiramisu. Neither of the desserts were very good, and we ended up leaving most of it on the plates. The peanut butter bomb was similar to warm chunky peanut cookie that was cooked in a ramekin and topped with a bit of ice cream. It was overly sweet and had a texture that I didn't care for. The chocolate tiramisu also left something to be desired... I would have loved it to have more flavor, especially raspberry.
Overall... I would pass on this in the future, even at RW prices. The food is decent, but not exceptional. And for the price - it should wow.
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