When in Cluny, eat like the French?
Want take-out? Not a problem. They have a cute little cafe in the front. But if you'd like to sit and dine in their grandiose well-decorated space (like Louis XIV-Marie Antoinette kinda grandness), you're also more than welcome to as well. So, really, it's a patisserie/boulangerie/bistro all in one. Pretty cool right? Love it!
When dining in, you will probably be too busy glancing around all the little beautiful details around the restaurant to even notice whether the food serve to you is even up to par or not. But as distracted as I was, I couldn't help but notice my crab cake egg benedict was a little over-salted. Their skinny frenchie french fries was amaahzing though, so that made up for it. Pear nectar juice served in a cup was not fresh. Could tell they served it out of a bottle. $6 for a teeny wine glass. That was definitely overrated.
The restaurant is so big that it was pretty obvious that they were understaffed. (i.e. not enough waiters to serve all the tables). They were less than half full and we still had to wait 15 minutes for a table for two. They should definitely work on that.
Still, I enjoyed my visit very much and will be coming back to try their other dishes.
Sigh... Still thinking about the beauty of this place. It was beautiful, yes indeed. *starry eyes*