Aditi R.
Yelp
This is a Dinner experience, may not apply if you are looking for Brunch.
So, a friend and I were to go to another place (which was full and had a 40 min late), and so, we ended up here. It was pretty full too, and they had space only in the bar or the communal table. We chose the bar, but I guess she heard otherwise. No biggie, we didn't mind.
Now, they have a pretty set dinner menu. I didn't know. They offer two course or three course options between appetizers, pastas and mains. If you choose two, you can select between pastas and mains. Dessert is ala carte. Each of these have 3 to 4 options to choose from. Concise menu, yes. Honestly, I prefer to have everything ala carte so I can select only what I want. If you are not a fan like I am, maybe skip this place.
Once at the table, they give sourdough bread with butter and olives. Both are really good. They also have a drinks menu with certain cocktails, wine, whiskey, beer. My friend got a Skilift cocktail that he liked.
In food, for apps, we got the Melon salad. It was good, interesting. Very summery. I stuck with 2 course, and I had the salmon for mains. That was good, cooked really well, with tomatoes and sunflower seeds. My friend got the 3 course. He had the bucatini pasta (very close to Cacio e pepe). Honestly, it was okay. I'd have preferred a proper Cacio e pepe really. For mains, he had the Wagyu beef which looked really good. He liked it. It came with fried (?) potatoes.
We also had a chocolate budino for dessert, and that was pretty good. The contrast of sweet mousse with crunchy and salty hazelnuts, was nice.
The other thing that didn't work for me? The food was good, no doubt, but it didn't justify the $45 two course thingy. I'm sure they have the best and freshest ingredients, but for that money, I expected a more WOW factor.
Service was great as usual. No complains there.