We eat out alot, probably averaging 8-10 times a month. We first went to Chez Vincent about 2 years ago and loved it. The food was excellent and so was the service. I'm guessing we've been there around ten times. The third to last time we went it was barely just average, but we owed it to every restaurant has have an off night. The second to last time was substantially worse and we figured we wouldn't go anymore. But as (bad) luck would have it, we were in Winter Park for a Saturday evening and couldn't find anyplace else we could get into (which should have told us something). Service bad, real bad. Food, much worse. A few details; the bread comes hot on the outside, cold on the bottom. They bring it back dry and unedible. The mushroom soup was good, the onion mediocre at best as was the escargot. I had the sea scallops which consisted of 4 medium size scallops overcooked and hard on the outside while cold and raw on the inside. I don't care what dinner out costs, cheap or expensive, as long as it's good. $27 for this was ridiculous. My wife had the L'Assitte Gourmande which is five selections of fish that she had wrapped in a crepe. The crepe was burned, the salmon portion overcooked and the rest so fishy she had to send it back. I need you to understand, my wife loves fish. She even eats canned sardines and herring. I've never seen her send back a fish dish. This was really bad! When she told the waiter (after a long wait to see him) he said he would tell the chef. Maybe half an hour later, the chef comes out to the patio where we were, but stops by another table to talk with some other customers. His unfriendly glance at our table felt like he knew, but was ignoring us. Finally the waiter comes with our bill and her fish dish was still on there!! For all we knew, she was going to get food poisening even though she only struggled through a third of the small serving. RUN, don't walk away from Chez Vincent.
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