Ashley Y.
Yelp
Made a reservation through their website on yelp, and upon arrival we were quickly seated. They currently are serving their summer menu and a Miami Spice menu.
We took a moment to look through the menus before making our decisions and patiently waited for our server to arrive. When our server arrived we began ordering. As we made our order our server seemed to be a bit lost. He took out his notepad and just stared at us as we were ordering, even after we finished saying what we wanted. He didn't write anything down, just stared at us while we ordered.
We got the Summer Corn Soup, Caramelized Grilled Sea Scallops, Wild Caught Alaskan Salmon, and Brick-Oven Seasonal Gnocchi.
The Summer Corn Soup was very delicious. It was rich and creamy and the touch of bacon and chives gave it a bit of a crunch. The contrasting textures and flavors came together in a wonderful harmony.
The Caramelized Grilled Sea Scallops were tasty, however they were under seared on the bottom and over seared on top, being slightly burnt.
The Wild Caught Alaskan Salmon was seared beautifully on both sides and seasoned well however, it was slightly over cooked as it wasn't moist and a bit on the dry side.
The risotto and asparagus on both dishes were done beautifully. They were well seasoned and paired well with the dishes. The risotto was creamy and the rice was cooked perfectly. The asparagus had the perfect amount of crunch to them.
For the summer season, the Brick-Oven Seasonal Gnocchi came with tomatoes, pesto, mozzarella, and a herbal salad. The gnocchi was chewy and pillowy and the char from the oven gave it a bit of a crunch. I did wish there were more tomatoes so that I had some with every bite. I wasn't a fan of the herb salad. Upon taking my first bite of gnocchi with the herb salad, I was overwhelmed with parsley. I wasn't able to taste any of the other components of the dish. If the herbs were chopped more finely and sprinkled all over I would have enjoyed it more.
After dinner our server came to us with the dessert menu. He came out with a mini tower of desserts and began explaining each one to us, however it seemed like he didn't know what they were himself. As he presented them he would repeat what the item was in his explanation. For instance, when telling us about the Key Lime Pie he said, "This one is key lime pie, which is a key lime pie."
Despite the unclear explanations we got the Key Lime Pie and the Cinnamon Crumble Cake for dessert. The Key Lime Pie was well balanced with its sweet and acidic notes and the ratio of graham crackers to cream was spot on. The Cinnamon Crumble Cake was delicious, it wasn't overly sweet and it had the perfect amount of cinnamon. However, it was a bit difficult to puncture through the cake, it wasn't has soft as I expected to be.
Everything tasted amazing and although it was slacking in a few places, overall we had a great experience.