"1"^^ . "2006-11-17T00:00:00"^^ . "5"^^ . "Griping about prices in the same review that one raves about Kobe beef and cooked to perfection Ahi tuna is contrarian. Kobe style beef and Ahi tuna are about as expensive as food can get, even before they're cooked! \n\nPrices at Restaurant Magnus are not out of line with Madison's other top notch restaurants. And frankly, this is one of the ones you'll want to support. These guys arent running to the bank or hiding out in Barbados with your hard earned cash, they are paying the best farmers and producers in the area for locally raised, sustainable or organic foodstuffs whenever possible. Its the kind of place where the dude dropping off his pallette of microgreens might stick around for a locally brewed beer.\n\nThat said....\n\nThe other Magnus reviewers do have a point, the restaurant is more expensive than many places in this fine, very cluttered culinary city. Its forunate that so many Madisonians (and visitors) love to dine out here. These folks love to dine out so much, in fact, that whenever anything new opens up, everybody will check it out at least once before returning to their usual haunts. \n\nWith so many places popping up here all the time, it takes awhile to get back to the places that are truly on top. Its an unfortunate paradox for Magnus that they should have to compete with a pile of restaurants whom they completely out class. \n\nStill revolving around the price door...\n\nIf you're concerned about it, dine in the lounge, snag tapas at the bar or drop in late night for a couple of bites. You can fill up no problem at a market rate comparable to the rest of the city's nightspots (sans a slice) and benefit from a killer line up of live music both local and global - often eclectic and brilliant at least once a week. Not to mention professional, knowledgable service (yes, even in the bar) and a killer list of cocktails. (Many have gone green bouncing back between sweet and sour batidas and rich chocolate martinis).\n\nIf you give these cats a chance, they'll be sure to guide you to whatever's hot in the Mad city. Ask for Christopher and he'll be sure to tell you about something or another.\n\n... ill get to the food in more detail in the future..."^^ . "3"^^ . . "5"^^ . . .