Karen M.
Yelp
My first review was a few weeks ago and I was considerably more generous than I'm going to be right now. We thought we would give it a second chance as they are relatively new and they came out with some new fall courses. But our meal could not have been worse. It's too bad, because the atmosphere and the bar scene is great but a restaurant has to have good food and that's what they lack.
Where do I begin? First of all, and this is a relatively small complaint, but their martinis glasses are half size. Little dainty glasses that may have been used in the 1940s. But at $19, it feels like a serious rip off and that's just the beginning. I think it's important to mention the good first, so I will say that the lobster hush puppies were actually good. They just needed more of the sauce. There was just a smear of the sauce and that wasn't enough.
My Chicken liver pate literally must've been sitting out on the counter for hours because it had brown edges. When I showed it to the manager, I asked him what he thought was wrong, and he said, "What? Is it green?" (I swear to God.) needless to say, I sent it back and incredibly they said there was no fresh pate to bring out. (And we arrived at 630pm So, I can only assume I was served at least day old pate...Disgusting!!)
The deviled eggs that I gave rave reviews to last time, now had brown yolk. Talk about unappetizing! They were very bitter tasting. They should not have changed the eggs because they were actually good before.
Main courses: The Cluck. Probably the best thing that we had, but the chicken was still very dry. The duck: I sent it back because it was like a salt lick (seriously, I had some else at my table taste it and they wanted to spit it out) also, There were some weird green looking tortillas and some kind of pickle salsa that was supposed to go with it. Strange. Maybe it was supposed to be eaten like Peking Duck?? Not even in the ballpark!
It definitely did not translate.
The fish that a friend had was undercooked and fishy. A bad combo. He couldn't eat it. The venison schnitzel was least edible.
None of us ordered a dessert because there was nothing on the menu that was enticing.
I live in the neighborhood where The Mont is and we are in dire need of decent restaurants in this area, but you can't live on atmosphere alone. We had such high hopes, but I'm not sure they can deliver no matter how much time they have. By the way, the waitress said that the chef is a spiritual man and blesses the food, which sounds nice, but I don't think even God can help this place.