Michael K.
Yelp
My wife and I enjoyed dinner here while staying for the weekend in Savannah. We made a reservation in advance and were promptly seated upon arrival on a hot July Saturday evening. My wife was presented with a handwritten card and a pineapple pin for her birthday, which we were celebrating. Things were starting great.
A litany of menus was presented to us, including a tasting and oyster menu, the evening's menu, and a wine and beverage menu. It took a few minutes for us to digest all the information and decide upon the tasting menu with a wine pairing. The tasting menu had six courses, two of which we could select from a few options.
The first course was a bread course with a small flute of champagne. We asked the person delivering the bread what type of bread it was and also what the butter was. His reply was, "I don't know. I just work here." What? If your job is to bring dishes out from the kitchen, shouldn't you know what you are serving? We flagged our server down, and he enlightened us that it was homemade sourdough bread with truffle butter. It was warm and delicious.
My wife picked baked oysters with prosciutto and cheese for the second course. She shared a bit with me, and we both agreed that it was the best dish of the evening. If we were to return, we would skip the tasting menu and eat oysters. My second course was a black eye pea bruschetta that was also quite tasty, but not quite up to the level of the oysters. The wines paired with this course were whites: a Vouvray and a Sauvignon blanc. The server rattled off their names too quickly for us to remember, so we asked to bring the tasting menu back so we could track everything. The Vouvray was the clear favorite with a fantastic bouquet.
The next course was a simple scoop of sorbet in some type of sparkling wine or champagne. We have no idea which or from where, as we weren't told, and it wasn't listed on the menu.
My wife selected the crab and corn cream cheese ravioli for our main course. The ravioli had an unexpected sweet taste to it. After eating two or three of them, she had her fill. It was not a favorite for her, and it was not helpful that the raviolis were swimming in a sea of sauce. I fared much better this round with an upgraded choice of a rib-eye steak. This thing was huge and prepared perfectly to a medium rare temperature. It came with a fantastic mushroom gravy that added to the steak's flavor. The creamy mashed potatoes were lovely, but the broccolini was a bit undercooked to my liking. This round's wines were excellent--an Albariño white for the raviolis and a red Bordeaux for my steak.
For dessert, we both chose the peach crème brûlée. You have to have peaches at some point in the meal while in Georgia. The juice from the diced peaches on top messed with the texture of the crème brûlée, which was not our favorite. We called an audible ahead of time with this course and switched the wine pairing from a Moscatel to a port.
The last course was a cute little box with a bow containing tea and tea cookies to take with you. It's a nice touch at the end of the meal.
I don't know if the restaurant wants to be a formal or casual venue. The prices suggest the former, while the service suggests the latter. It seems to be stuck somewhere in between. Things could have been better, but they were not terrible.