Mike R.
Yelp
I try to be positive with my reviews with over 90% being 4 and 5-Star reviews. So I do not take this one lightly. I made a reservation for my 44th wedding anniversary. I wanted something nice, something different, so I thought Vogue might be that something. I stated on my reservation that it was my wedding anniversary, hoping for something special.
There were several young ladies that seated us. We were placed on the bar side of a partition. That partition block the lovely view of the dining room windows. Rather than the nice dining room view, we were treated with the bar view. I explained to the hostess that it was our anniversary and asked for a dining room table rather than a bar table. She quickly rebutted, "that is the dining room". I asked if we could be seated at one of the open tables in the dining room and was told "sorry, those are reserved". Yes, I reserved as well. And that was it, she was done with me.
My anniversary experience was depressing and a 2-star experience. The food experience would have normally been 3-star review, but it was not a good food night either. I saw a beautiful looking lamb shank on Yelp and while not on the menu, they do have a daily chef's special. Maybe I'll get lucky. Our server came by and asked if we had any questions. I asked what the chef's special was and was told that there wasn't one. That was disappointing. In the mean time, the guy at the table next to us ordered the Lasagna. You guessed it. No Lasagna. He then walked away without taking our drink orders. When he came back, I ordered the Filet Mignon and my wife order the seafood pot pie. The Filet was a perfectly cooked med-rare and was tasty, but tougher that I thought a Filet should be. With that, I added the lobster bites which were among the driest that I've ever had. Also, I did not like the potatoes Au Gratin at all. My wife's seafood pot pie was so fishy that she hardly ate hers. We'll, there's still dessert, right. There was a Creme Brulee that I was dying to try. Well, wouldn't you know, the oven is broken and there is no Creme Brulee. So we got the cheesecake which wasn't bad, but disappointing since we had our hearts set on the Creme Brulee.
The steak and french onion soup was good, but otherwise the depressing nature of our anniversary dinner wiped out what little positive there was in the evening. There was zero consideration for our special evening. Oh, and the two tables that were open that I was told were reserved, still empty when we left.