Greg Puklicz
Google
After much anticipation, our evening at La Renommee finally arrived. Having a late reservation we decided to pregame and arrived nearly an hour early to enjoy cocktails in the basement bar. We checked in, and ordered a few well made drinks. An hour+ later, i receive a phone call from the restaurant asking if im gonna show up! I explained I've been here for over an hour and head back up to the dining room to claim our table. Once seated we peruse a very nice and surprisingly affordable (compared to the exuberant food prices) and order a bottle of our favorite and hard to find champagne. The bottle arrives and the somm explains due to a lack of cellar space, it isn't cold at all. I am now wondering if this place is all its cracked up to be? Lots of ice and patience and the champagne finally did chill, but we delayed ordering, so we could have time to enjoy the bottle. Once we ordered, I will say it was all good from there as the food was outstanding. We had three courses, plus a comp dessert for the early miscues. Overall, I was impressed despite the overly curated Disneyesque Instagram caricature of a French restaurant this was, but have to say the food quality, wine selections and recovered service, in what was a picturesque influencer themed evening that turned out to be an expensive, yet enjoyable evening, ending late at nearly 1 AM.