I'll admit this right off the bat...my wife demanded that I publish this review.
It was our anniversary and we were attending a dynamite play at the Ahmanson and we always eat French on our anniversary. Boy were we stoked!
We had arrived ten minutes early for our reservation and were seated quickly. Nice place, and were given a large romantic table so we sat side by side with a view of the whole dining room. The only issue with the ambiance was the statues of the singing children- located in the corner- kind of caught my wife's attention with the Linda Blairish look on one of the statue's faces. But I digress.
I had no problem with the service whatsoever. Efficient and attentive, although, our server's personality was somewhat distant and robotic. No problem.
The Calamari appetizer arrived while I washed up in the obviously undersized bathroom. It was very tender and I thought it was rather good but my wife thought it was tasteless and neither the Chipotle Marinara nor the Dijon sauces reconciled that for her.
For entrees, I had the Chateu Steak (w/Bearnaise) with Frites and Watercress. For a $27.00 steak dish, I'm not too disappointed. Had worse, had better. The fries were drizzled with oil/garlic and came with ketchup. No complaints there.
My wife was obviously disappointed with her chicken dish because she constantly compared it to the rotisserie chicken we enjoy from our local Ralphs. If it wasn't such a special occasion, I probably would have come right out and told her that she need not pull her critique punches because the chicken we get from Ralphs is more juicy, tender, and flavorful than what she was making the best of. The samples she gave me were dry and ""just okay"".
Would we come here again? No. It wasn't a total disappointment for me, but, I wrote this for a reason.
Pros: Location, Ambiance
Cons: Food Quality
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