We had a nice Halibut dish, with an olive tampenade, with some veggies in sauce. Was supposed to have baby artichokes, but we got one tough ""adult"" choke 1/4 between us. Otherwise the food at the Heathman was great. A very interesting tasty cold boysenberry soup.\r
The salad with sheeps cheese was interesting, the lettuce was a bit wilty.\r
The onion soup I had was good, but they used a lot of small ""salad"" croutons, instead of one wafer of toasted bread.\r
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The waitress and the rest of the staff were very attentive, without smothering. We ran our waitress around with questions on dishes, and when she didn't know, she went and found out.\r
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My biggest complaint was the open ceilings and hard surfaces. No sound baffles, or any way to cut the noise from the bar, which was also part of the large, rectangular space. This might be OK for some, but the very loud, very drunk woman in the bar area made it so my wife and I could not hear each other well. We we at a table for 2, and we were at least 30ft from the lady.\r
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As an aside about the Heathman Hotel, the valet parking is suggested, at about $12. But the valet didn't help my semi-disabled wife with her car door, and didn't suggest the easiest route for her to walk into the restaurant.\r
Pros: Good food, great service
Cons: Very noisy.
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