Okay, so the food was okay, but the service was merely sufficient. We were rarely checked, no course was quality checked, and it seemed to take a while to get our first orders in. Also at the end of the meal I ordered 3 desserts, as usual, and even repeated myself to make sure he understand. He seemed impatient that I repeated myself but alas, we only got 2 desserts. After not seeing our server for 15 minutes I asked about the missing dessert and he got defensive fairly quick saying I hadn't order the other one, the one that I was truly excited to try. Needless to say by this point we decided to forgo the third dessert and went on our way.
As for the food I think this place would do well to bring in a guest chef to revamp some of the dishes, garnishes, and even selection. Some items seemed to be out of style 30 years ago while other dishes need just a little something more to leave me wanting more. We had the feature salad, which was pleasant but had the arugula been seasoned with some nice course salt this dish would have been a winner. The peanut butter ice cream tasted of jiffy peanut butter rather then real peanut butter, the caramel was bottled, and the whip cream out of a spray can? Really?
The plating of all of our foodnwas unoriginal and lacked care, and we found simple things, like the pomme frites, to be overcooked or just mishandled. The aioli they brought out tasted more of mayonnaise then anything and the foie gras was over powered by the apricot spread. All in all not a great meal and certainly not living up to the descriptions on the menu. A culinary over haul would put this place on the map quickly, as well as some server training points.
The music was great though.....