Stephen B.
Yelp
For me this restaurant poses a few problems.
There are some very good points but for the price there are some issues.
To start the beer menu is excellent if a little pricey and there is a reasonable choice of wine.
The room is a little spartan, which for us leads to noise issues, with the place full there is a lot ambient noise making conversation a bit of a competition. With deco that includes wobbly tables ( fixed by the waitress) and hard chairs I again don't feel this merits the price.
Food wise it's a bit mixed... Some plates are excellent, however some could be said to be rather bland an forgettable. Again for the price and the quantities all the ingredients are rather ordinary and basic, no frois gras, no langoustine, no scallops, no truffles. In fact at the end of the meal we couldn't name any dish with what could be considered to include any special ingredients. Out of the 8 dishes I had only about 3 where memorable.
Service was ok and not too formal. We never noticed the issue of changing glasses as we stuck with the same wine throughout dinner.
Overall the feeling is of somewhere trying a little too hard, a little bit pretentious, a little bit expensive. However a few fixes could bring the place fully up to scatch.