Phil S.
Yelp
Well the best place to go to eat. Four out of Five stars.
Let's be honest, it was a Saturday night. Early however. Five in the evening, reservation and sitting inside. Wonderful waitress. And, I have said this before and will say it again.... It's a combined effort between the entire staff.
We were seated promptly and in a very nice location. The waitress was prompt and responsive. The couple we brought with us excited to try this restaurant for the first time. I have eaten here before for Lunch and Dinner with no problems. How can you screw up a hamburger. Maybe in hind site that's what I should have ordered. But...
We ordered our wine and appetizers. Starting with a nice Baked Goat Cheese. Let's take a look at that shall we. Homemade pomodoro sauce with goat cheese and crusty bread. Now this is ok since pomodoro sauce is a simple Italian tomato sauce. Now take that and plop a doppler of goat cheese in the middle. Hmmm, why bake it? Must be their way of warming it up. I followed that up with Lemon Pepper Calamari with again the pomodoro sauce. What could go wrong with this, right?
$9 for the Baked Goat Cheese and $10 for the Calamari. That's ok, if its good. The bread was nothing special, had a very small amount of goat cheese and was luke warm. Not really baked. The bread was simply a chibatta bread that was sliced cold. Ok, I can eat that. The calamari was over cooked to the point of almost being burnt. And, can one say chewy? Overcooked. I guess I should have noticed what the rest of the meal was going to be like. However...
On the the main course. Four people, Rainbow Trout, Thick Cut Ribeye, Filet Mignon Sliders and Filet Mignon with Bacon Wrapped Shrimp. Sounds delicious doesn't it? The waitress was on time and served them at the same time. That's great.
So, here is where things started falling apart. A medium rare 20 ounce thick cut ribeye with yukon gold mashed potatoes, asparagus and a house made steak sauce all for $40. Don't mind paying that for a great meal. But, my guest cut into the steak and it was well done. Yep, not even pink. The line cook missed that one by a mile. The sauce tasted like an A1 Steak sauce right out of the bottle. Let's send that back.
Well, when the rainbow trout came out, I as happy to see they served it at least with the skin on and up. Cut into it and, over cooked. Someone forgot to tell the other like cook that you don't cook trout the same way you do a steak. Oh, what about wine reduction sauce you ask, tasted like a mole sauce. The only thing it was missing was a hint of chocolate. Let's think about this for a moment. This sauce is a simple sauce, red wine, garlic, thyme and shallots. There may be other ways of making it and I can't even imagine how they made it taste like a mole sauce. Ok, what about the charred broccoli? It was woody. They didn't trim the ends at all. You could see some white oozing from the end of the stems. And I don't think that was a good sign. Now, the potatoes tasted pretty good. A little lumpy for me but ok.
Oh, back to the steak. While I'm looking at my dish, my guest was considering what to do with her steak. She decided instead to go with the Salmon dish. She had thought about it when she chose the steak anyway. So, out comes the pan seared salmon with lemon pea purée, roasted yukon potatoes and other sides and garnishes. It looked petty good. But as everyone knows, looks can be deceiving. She cut into her salmon and,wait for it.... It was raw. I think I saw it trying to swim though the petter relish.
My other guests dish, the filets and bacon wrapped shrimp was all overcooked. and the filet sliders were well done too. Wow. Someone in the kitchen, or the entire kitchen needs to go back to culinary school or at least read a few cook books.
I walked out and got the manager and showed her the table and explained to her all the problems with the evenings meals. She acknowledged the problem and comped the entire meal.
Overall, it was a disaster of a night. Two appetizers and five main courses and not one thing was right. But, keep in mind, it's not the waiter or waitresses fault. I tipped the waitress the entire cost of the meal.