Get Gordon, quick!
Nope. We are not going back. The food was awful.
We are not foodies, don’t have attitude, always polite, with reasonable expectations. But on a recent Saturday night at 7 PM, this was a waste of money.
The Ceasar salad was dry and if you really want the promised anchovies you have to ask for them. The veal scaloppini with fungi was completely tasteless, the sauce was visibly separating into oil and watery ugh on the plate, and the veal itself some kind of low-end rubbery cut. They were out of the sea bass on a Saturday night, and the “special” fish (described as a “filet” of red snapper) actually looked like an oval of frozen breaded chicken from Shaws freezer section. It was overcooked, dry and tasteless, possibly previously frozen ($25).
We arrived on time with reservations and waited for half an hour at the small 4-seat bar in back, keeping an eye on the turnover and arrivals. We asked for a chardonnay from one waitress there, but she said they didn’t have any. Another waitress next to her said yes they did, and pointed to the menu, which, I had to point out, actually described a Soive. A third woman then joined them and said they really DID have a chardonnay, and found it from somewhere. The manager approached us to say our table was ready, and while his back was turned the bus boy seated a walk-in couple at the table. He turned and saw this, and rushed off to de-seat them, then ran back to us. If you have ever seen John Cleese waiting tables in Faulty Towers, this was it.
This restaurant was originally very good, but the owner got tired and the food and patronage declined. Late last year the current owner-chef took over under the same name. We waited for him to get it right before we returned. Won’t be back.
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