Sorry but the reviews here confuse me or was this an off day for L'Avenue. My boyfriend and I dined here for lunch on Good Friday - thankful it was open we arrived around 12 noon (with one table seated and one reserved).
After looking at the menu we ordered the following:
* Croque Monsieur (15$)
* Steak Frites (34$)
We received bread after ordering our meals, waited and waited for over 30 minutes. During our wait, the table next to us - spoke loudly of their complaints. Apparently, there were egg shells in their omelettes (which I have never heard of at a restaurant).
After receiving our food - my boyfriends steak was cooked medium well instead of medium rare. Yes there is a difference - but we waited over 30 minutes and it wasn't even cooked correctly; we opted to not even bother. We did inform the server and he said he could have it remade but as mentioned - we were hungry after the long wait (no, the server did not apologize for the error).
I tried my Croque Monsieur - presentation wise it looked really lovely but taste wise it was average at best. The salad was the best part of the meal oddly enough. The sandwich was lukewarm and freshly out of the oven, resulting in the sandwich tasting subpar. My assumption is they waited for both meals to be ready and served but clearly timing was off, thus my meal suffered in the end.
Overall, despite its 4 star reviews I'm not coming back here. Visually, the food looks amazing and delicious but it unfortunately was deceiving on our end. There are definitely better restaurants out there which offer quality French food.