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| - There's nothing really terribly awful about Luxe, but it's not likely I'll go back again. I had a mostly enjoyable dinner, and actually had pretty awesome service from our server, but... there's just something...
I think a co-worker said it best - Luxe really isn't doing anything different from 10 other places on the west side of Cleveland, though they seem to think they are, as their prices are higher than most of the other joints with the same approach.
Everything I've tasted here has been solidly good. My first visit was a few years ago, as part of a large party that someone else was paying for. So... I was perfectly happy with everything I had. My latest visit was on my own dime... and that's where it hit me a different way.
The salmon I had might actually be some of the tastiest salmon - especially considering there was no sauce or excessive seasoning - that I've ever had. But $20 got me a piece of salmon about an inch and a half wide - served on top of roasted "root vegetables" (there were about 4 fingerling potatoes in all, a couple of chunks of carrot, and I think a piece of turnip), and about 6 leaves of spinach perched on top that seemed to have been freeze dried. Or something that made it bland and crispy.
(To be fair, the salmon really was *that* tasty, and it's from a company that has the whole wild salmon, responsibly sourced, etc. etc. thing going on. I know that stuff gets pricey. Still, you could at least make up the difference by giving me some more real vegetables to go with, so I at least feel like I'm getting my money's worth...)
The $15 "antipasto board" was good, but same sort of complaint. About 6 very thin slices of a chorizo and 5 very thin slices of an unidentified cured meat, 3 cheeses (one of which was just Tillamook cheddar), 4 olives, some wheat crackers, a smear of a fruit butter of some sort, and some honey. The promise of pickled vegetables I think was supposed to be fulfilled by a little smattering of what might have been cabbage on the side of the board... sadly, it didn't really have any flavor, much less pickled.
It wasn't really bad, per se, just underwhelming, and seemed a little stingy to me.
The boyfriend had a burger. It was a decent burger, but - yeah, it's a theme - nothing out of the ordinary really. The roasted veggies he asked for in lieu of fries ended up being pretty dang good -- roasted cauliflower and green beans and carrots. (Mind you, roasting veggies is pretty dang easy too.)
Our server was SUPER fantastic - and really she's why they're getting 3 stars instead of two I think. She went above and beyond, and was all smiles the whole time.
The only true complaint I have is an old fogey kind of complaint - so take this as you will - but the music was just too loud for the space and the crowd for a 6:30 - 7:30 dinner time. Again -- I'll acknowledge I'm old and totally uncool - but conversation was really a challenge during dinner. It was actually GOOD music, so I'll give them points for that... just wish it had been a bit more in the background than it was. (I get that they have this whole lounge thing going on, and a DJ later and such, but I really wasn't expecting that so early.)
So it was good... just a bit too loud, a bit too pricey, and there are just too many other places that offer the same kinds of stuff for a better price and a better dining atmosphere.
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