Dianna H.
Yelp
Was expecting more from this place given that it's a super popular restaurant, but I was a bit disappointed by my meal on both the service and food front, especially since it's a pricier spot.
I came by for a late lunch with my friend on Saturday around 2:45 and there was a short wait of maybe 10 minutes. Luckily it wasn't too long.
There's patio seating as well as indoor seating. Indoors the decoration is very old school, and the servers are dressed up in suits to reflect the more formal dining environment.
The menu has plenty of escargot options as well as many classic French dishes. I wanted to try both foie gras and escargot, and L'Escargot happens escargot cooked with foie gras, so I got that ($18 for 6). For my main, I got the lamb shank for $42.
First of all, it took a while for the server to stop by our table to take my order, and even longer for the food to arrive. I was starving given the late lunch hour, so that didn't help.
When the food finally did arrive, I was surprised to see something other than lamb shank for my main. We asked one of the servers, and she confirmed they had given me the wrong order and took the sweetbread away. It was another 10 minute wait for my lamb shank =/
I also wasn't sure if they had messed up my escargot order, so I was trying to ask someone while waiting for the lamb, but our server was nowhere in sight and it took a couple minutes before we could get his attention. He confirmed that it was the escargot with foie gras, but since I didn't taste any foie gras, I'm not convinced that's what I got.
The escargot was underwhelming and bland, and like I mentioned earlier, I didn't taste the foie gras. I had to add salt to each piece to make it more palatable.
The lamb shank was better but overall it was just okay. Not worth the $42 I paid for it.
When the check came, I was surprised that they charged $10 for a bottle of still water. That was the cherry on top of an already overpriced and unmemorable meal. Our server didn't mention anything about the cost when we ordered the still water. I wish he would have, otherwise we wouldn't have gotten it.
I also thought he might take something off for giving me the wrong entree, but to my surprise they charged me for everything.