My boyfriend and I had been dying to try Lilette and so we made last minute Friday dinner reservations a few weeks ago. We had both heard people say they had had some of their best meals at Lilette. Much to our disappointment, half the meal was barely edible, the other half was mediocre - not at all up to par with all the hype. We ordered the gnocchi appetizer and the sizzling shrimp. In fairness, the gnocchi was a good dish, but the shrimp were so overly doused in lemon that we could barely eat it. The appetizer portion was only four small shrimp, which seemed a little ridiculous given the cost of $9. My boyfriend had the sauteed grouper special, which tasted fine, but the portion size was also really small given that it was one small pieces of grouper and some mushrooms and he was still hungry after the meal. I ordered the Hawaiian spearfish after the waitress assured me how wonderful it was. Whatever you do please don't order this dish. It was completely awful. First of all, the presentation was not at all appetizing. The fish was bitter and underseasoned. It came with a puree of sunchoke that I couldn't eat. It had no consistency. It was like a thick soup plopped on the plate. I barely ate half of the dish and I had to force it down since I hadn't eaten anything all day. I complained to the waitress and she apologized and THEN told me that it was new dish and could I tell her what was wrong with it so she could tell the chef. I was a little angry about this considering the fact that she had assured me that it was a great dish before I had ordered it. They didn't even take my entree off of our bill, which I didn't make a big deal about, but expected that they would do considering my complaints and that it was clearly something that should not have been highly recommended by the waitstaff.\r
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If you are looking for an amazing, best meal ever dinner, go to Bistro Daisy. It is hands down consistently the best restaurant we've been to in new orleans.
Pros: trendy atmosphere
Cons: inedible food, overpriced for what you get.
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