It’s been a couple of weeks since we ate here and it was fun, but reader be clear, if you are a tourist this place may not be for you, as it is super snobby. The hostess was very nice, the barman had his nose...in the air preferring to serve faces he recognized. The “Lindsey Graham” impersonator was our waiter and he tried to be nice but couldn’t quite help himself looking down on us. I laugh inside, knowing that my taste level far exceeds that of anyone in the place with a long history in the business knowing what is right and wrong.
This inside dining area is small with tables relatively close together creating a crowded feeling and fortunately we were able to eat outside which was the one thing that made our night.
The eggplant fritters were fun and delicious and pleased we ordered them as the sweetbread starter was the worst version of this dish I have ever eaten (hence the review). I love sweetbreads and have made it many times and ordered it 100’s times in restaurants across the world, and these were not fresh, or at least I must question why there was unpleasant musky taste. I believe the chef might have known that as they arrived smothered, capital letters, in Remoulade. Either way the dish is ill- conceived as all the other ingredients had one goal being to eliminate the sweetbreads themselves. The dish arrived with five lumps of sweetbreads for $20 with the tax.
My softshell crab and crawfish were good, but the side garnishes were weak, scarcely remembering what they were. My friend’s flat chicken was a dish one really cannot mess up.
I would have liked to have a dessert as I love them, but the menu was far from inspiring. I noticed on their website they don’t have a sample dessert menu of any kind. As a dessert is very much part of a meal this is true failing for a place trying to serve good food. Hey, Chef you can’t quit after the main course! Similarly, with a simple request for an expresso, the answer is NO. They served brewed coffee with chicory, which the world knows is the cheapskates was of making a little coffee last longer.
I didn’t mind the money I pay, never do, but considering the services offered management needs to wake up, its 2022, starting with getting a coffee machine and have a staff meeting. “You never know you will come into our restaurant and all customers should be treated equally”, would be my opening line. …. FYI. the spaetzle on their frontpage of your website photo with the nice-looking veal chop are burnt.More