My girlfriends and I were excited about trying Dinner for Two during Restaurant Week - one of four local places we made reservations at after drooling over all of the options published on the Restaurant Week web site. It was to be a 4 course $25/pp prix fix menu. The selections included one appetizer/soup or salad/main/desert. We all knew what we were going to order ahead of time. When we were seated we were surprised to read that contrary to what was published, we could not actually pick our own courses - the restaurant had pre-determined the choices - you could pick from one of three set 'meals'. Any changes represented a $3 up-charge per substitution. (if you substituted a different soup and desert it would be an additional $6). Our waitperson was understandably very harried - she told us we were one table of many to question these surprise menu rules and sent over the hostess who was very brusque with us...after some back and forth she condescended, allowing us to choose our own menu for an one time up-charge of $3 per person. Negotiating this bait and switch just wasn't worth the effort. Although the shrimp skewers and crab cakes were really good and my friend liked her onion soup, a really fishy funky Caesar salad dressing made the plate in-edible. The beef bourguignon was a very soupy un-inspired stew and the deserts were average at best. I have to say, our bus boy was the bright spot of the evening - charming, intelligent and light-hearted.
Pros: Funny attentive bus staff
Cons: bait and switch for restaurant week
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