My girlfriends and I take advantage of restaurant week to help us each choose a new favorite restaurant for the year and working across from Mantra made it an easy choice for me. But more wonderful was the fact that the choice was the right one. Bit hectic by the overcrowded dinner scene but experience was great overall. The pace was urgent and clashed a bit at time but not overwhelming. Just one busser seemed focus on lethargy but was told that it was her first day. Foodrunner looked odd in a dinner jacket and no one else wore one. General Manager was busy serving wine and giving recommendation and it seem as if everyone was doing everyone else's job but their own. We even saw one of our favorite Manager from Mela serving there. We loved the place. The food was not a scaled down version of the menu as in most places during restaurant week. The portions were perfect and delicious. The trout was delicious and the creme sauce was out of this world. They do need to add a chocolate dessert (this will cost them a point with a lot of guests with a chocolate tooth). Happy to see the establishment back from the brink of disaster as we used to call it (used to be a bank - Brink..get it). This foodie is ecstatic to have made this choice. Let's see if my girlfriends can surpass this with their choices. Good luck Mantra and smart move getting rid of the ugly pus orange sofas. ..
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