This restaurant provided a great dining experience for my boyfriend and I. He had made the reservation to celebrate my 25th birthday and we were very excited to try out the 8-course meal. For starters, the interior is beautiful and very modern, with upbeat but not distracting music. We were greeted by the host and hostess and taken to our table quickly.
We each got a cocktail to begin, which were both great - a Sneaky Jerk and a champagne cocktail. The drinks came out quickly and our server re-confirmed our dietary restrictions (no shellfish for me, no pork or MSG for boyfriend, although we didn't expect the MSG would really be an issue here!).
Our meal began with some lovely, flaky bread and a potato leek soup. The soup was perfect and had some toasted almonds in it as well - a new and fun idea! The next courses included beets, mushrooms, fois gras, salmon - all well prepared, beautifully plated, and delicious. Some of the items were saltier than I would have liked, but the flavor was still great! Our hiccup came when a server presented us with a dish of pork belly (w/ crispy oysters on top) - which neither of us could eat given our restriction. We brought this to the attention of the server, who apologized and remedied the situation. Our initial server had seemed quite clear on our restrictions before we began, so we weren't sure where the communication was lost, however we just hoped that there weren't stray ingredients on our "cannot eat" list that had been hiding in previous courses.
For the dessert, I got the apple option while my boyfriend opted for the almond cake. Given how full we were from the previous courses, it was hard to fit in dessert! But the dessert looked very elegant and they added in a candle for some birthday festiveness!
This dinner did take quite some time - it took us a little over 3 hours to finish our 8 course meal, so plan accordingly if you have other plans for the evening after dinner!