Natalia S.
Yelp
Came here for a date with my husband the other night -- and we had a great time -- but just not QUITE five stars.
I would recommend trying it right at 5pm when they open, and sitting at the bar for happy hour -- it's what I'd like to do next time.
Overall spend: a little under $400 for 2 people, including a bottle of champagne.
Service
The service was amazing. If I could give our server Matt 10 stars, I would. He's probably one of the main reasons we had such a good night. We felt welcomed, given great suggestions, never forgotten, etc.
Drinks
Love love love the spicy mezcal cocktail I had. I want to come back for HH just to try more of their cocktails -- because the descriptions ALL seemed on point. Also, a very affordable bottle of grand cru champagne for $88 that we enjoyed. So not a crazy-priced bottle list. I was a bit surprised that there are no dessert cocktails or wines (e.g., Sauternes).
Food
Here is where I struggle just a little. The beet appetizer in a yogurt sauce was delicious, as was the French onion soup. Not crazy expensive either. Almost all the meat appetizers have lots of gluten, though (escargot with puff pastry, pâté with sourdough, tartar with crostini, rillette with toast, bone marrow with toast) -- which is probably to be expected from a French restaurant, but I usually see at least one GF alternative in Denver these days. HOWEVER, the chef was nice enough to do a cucumber & carrot side for our tartar instead of the crostini (so we greatly appreciate that). It still wasn't my favorite tartar: very dense meat (albeit good quality), but missing flavor -- mustard, pickles, something. The Bouillabaisse was a $75 shared dish, and quite beautiful -- but I've just had a lot of traditional French versions of this dish -- and it's supposed to have 3 kinds of fish, shellfish (often lobster if they're feeling fancy), some leeks and/or potatoes, etc. This one had prawns (which were admittedly huge), mussels, clams, and a tomato-based sauce (which was really hard to reach in this kind of deep pot it was served in). It's not that it wasn't enough food -- it just felt like a very simplified version of what it's supposed to be... for $75. I wish we'd maybe tried the chicken instead, because I probably just had too high of expectations for the Bouillabaisse. It DID make us get the potato pavé though (thinly sliced potato tower topped with caviar and crème), since the main was just the seafood -- and it was probably the best dish we had the whole night -- so at least there's that!