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| - We made a reservation two weeks in advance for Dec 23, 2012 for a table for five. It was a VERY cold night but the restaurant was hoppin! The decor is lovely, the staff were clearly proud of their restaurant and food offerings. Our table ordered the Pancetta, bison, rotisserie chicken, and rib eye steak. We all thought our entrees were very good.
We did experience two negatives. Firstly, the noise level in the restaurant was crazy. I could barely talk to my mother who was seated beside me and I had to resort to sign language to talk to my son on the far side of the table. Not the kind of environment where you want to linger. I know this is not easy or inexpensive fix but something NOtaBLES needs to look into.
Secondly, we ordered the Wood Fired Grilled Bread with Black olive, sundried tomatoes and basil tapenade. The bit of tapenade we had was AMAZING! We tried and tried and tried to eat the grilled bread but it was BURNT! Every bite! When I talked to our server about this, she respectfully said that this is how the grilled bread comes and that even if she ordered another one for us, she knew it would come back the same. Come on NOtaBLES, we couldn't even enjoy the tapanade because all we could taste was burnt toast! You need to change how you are preparing it. Who cares if it is "Wood Fired-Grilled Bread" if you can't eat it! Our server did take this order off our bill without me asking her, and I appreciate the fact that she did.
I love the fact that this lovely restaurant is not downtown, so it is easier to get to. I love the fact that it is in a neighbourhood. Next time we are in town, I will try it again. Hopefully, NOtaBLES will have worked out some wrinkles.
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