We went to Flyte to celebrate a birthday and an Anniversary with 8 friends on October 9, 2010. We all travel for business, all over the world and eat out at least 2 times a week...the group agreed that the meal at Flyte was by far the worst and most tasteless meal we have ever experienced. We each ordered different items from the menu and every course was, in a word, simply awful. Clearly the Executive Chef, Ashley Quick, does not know what the hell he is doing in the kitchen. We can not figure out how he would serve such a dogs breakfast.
Here is what we had:
Appetizers-
Georgia Quail ($10) - no flavor, small portion, truly was an unseasoned awful mess.
Eden Farm crispy Ham Hock Terrine ($12) - smelled awful, tasted awful
Pork Pate ($13) - This was so bad that nobody at the table could take more than one taste of it. We left most of it on the plate and had to ask the waiter to ""please remove it""! The waiter knew it was bad and never asked us once how the food tasted...he knew better. We all agreed that it probably came from a can of Mighty Dog.
Roasted Duck Breast ($14)...this was the best...edible...but just...and really tasteless.
Soup - (really really awful)
Pumpkin ($6)....luke warm and tasteless....Good God...Does the Chef even taste what he sends out? Clearly not.
Mushroom ($6)....luke warm and tasteless
Parsnip Veloute ($6)....luke warm and tasteless.
Salad - (limp wilted and simply bad)
Goat Cheese and Arugula ($9) (Goodness....could not be eaten)
Ceasar ($9) - 4 small pieces of limp romaine lettuce......Yuck...but...the montasio sponge ""crouton"" was pretty good.
Entrees (Good Lord....the Chef needs to have his license revoked for serving this)
Seared Scallops ($28) - All three were Greasy, fishy, and all and all unedible
Painted Hills Filet ($33) - How do you screw up a filet? We could not figure it out...but wow!...Even the safe option was bad. Again..how do you screw up 4 super thin slices of a filet......bad meat?
Wedge Oak Farm ""Red Ranger"" chicken ($27)....What the hell was that? Did you stop off at Costco frozen foods? Good God....surely the Chef feels bad about serving this mess. Truly nasty.
Vegetable Gnocchi ($20)....actually...this had a bit a flavor so....we all had a bite just to try something that was not completely awful. Of course the portion was so small we could only each take a tiny bite.
On the positive side... the Wine was good ($90) Star Lane 2005 Cab. Thank God for the wine and the wonderful company of our friends.
So there you have it. The worst meal we have ever experienced at any restaurant. The food was awful, the prices high (Total bill was $850), and the service...so so. Just one point on the service....the waiters know not to ask how the food is or even question why we are not eating the super small portions on our plates.
Last but not least, even the water was bad. No ice in our glasses and it was room temperature. That's bad when a restaurant can't even serve water .
We ended the evening with me profusely apologizing to our friends since I was the one who picked out the restaurant.
Save your money and go anywhere but Flyte while you are in Nashville.
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