Pamela P.
Yelp
Im going to start with the things I liked, the food was delicious specially the mussels, their specialty. We ordered the Parma and were flavorful and a generous size, they came with bread that was also very good.
Our server was friendly and attentive but not pushy. Ambience was nice, their decor beautiful and the chairs and tables comfortable.
We had a bottle of Prosecco, the Parma mussels, every oyster from their menu, the bouillabaisse, the filled donuts for dessert and the prune tea (delicious tea) Everything was great, except for the bouillabaisse which I found lacking flavor and texture, no sides came with it, and it arrived extremely cold.
Soups should be served hot or warm at least. The main ingredient was the fish. It's supposed to be a seafood soup, but to me was more like a grilled fish with broth. As you san see in the picture there were mostly tomatoes and bread in the broth and not much seafood.
Now the logistics and reason why I'm giving 4 starts. I made a reservation for a birthday a week in advance for only two people and specify in the reservation (as the option is given) that I wanted a table inside, their outdoor tent extension is ok for last minute dinner but not comparable to the actual restaurant.
The table wasn't ready when we arrived, the restaurant was extremely packed, the hostess told us to please wait at the bar, we waited standing around the bar because there was not really a waiting area or availability at the bar to seat either.
After around 20 minutes we are told that our table was not going to be ready soon and a table outside is offered. I told them no, I want the reservation I made honored, since it is a birthday, I specify a table inside and I made it a week in advance.
Immediately after they came with 2 glasses of Prosecco on the house, which we thank, but because it took me to be upset for them to offer, it doesn't count as a genuine gesture from the restaurant to compensate for their poor reservation management. We waited about 10 more minutes and were finally seated, after that the entire experience was good.
I would recommend for the food, because it is great, but I wouldn't recommend for special occasions because reservations are not reliable. I'll be coming back for the mussels.