Let me start off by saying, I think the food here is good, even really good. But a bit over priced perhaps.
This place suffers a bit of an identity crisis. I made reservations here on Saturday, February 13. Valentines weekend. For 6:45.
The place wasn't crowded at all when we came in. What raised my eyebrows immediately is when we were greeted, it appeared as if they had no plan where to sit us even though there were lots of tables open. They decided to sit us in front of the bar and entrance door. I was two feet away from the bar, and it was a bar table, so the seats were high and so was the table. Not very romantic. My first thoughts were, its going to be cold, whenever someone opens the door and when the place starts getting a bit more crowded I'm not going to like the idea that I'm right in front of the bar area where people normally wait for tables and getting drinks, and like I said they sat us down at a bar table, it was very high and very small. This wasn't going to be the romantic setting for Valentine's I imagined.
Luckily we asked to be moved to a slightly better spot, in the front corner of the restaurant, where the seats were lowered but we were still very close to the bar, but at least it seemed secluded away from it.
Originally I chose this place because of the regular full menu, but being that it was Valentine they had a special menu, which bummed me iout a little bit because I was looking forward to some things on their full menu. I asked our server if the full menu was possible, she gave an abrupt "no" that kind of put me off a little bit. Not a "sorry, no" but an abrupt "no".
On to the food, I had the duck pastrami as an appetizer, on the regular menu, this would have been bigger and an entree. As an appetizer it was 3 slices of duck, 3 slices of pickle, garnish and mustard. I thought it was tasty but for the price I was paying for it, I felt a little gypped. I can't imagine if I had paid like $10 more on a regular day how many slices of duck pastrami I would have gotten, 6?
For the entree I got the pork chop on bone. It was nice and juicy. But it lacked a little seasoning that would make it stand out from other places, for $32, I couldn't help but think it was a little plain, although cooked well.
Now I say this place suffers an identity crisis, cause I can't tell if it's supposed to be a place that is supposed to be just a little bit more upscale and trendy, you know based on the prices and ability to do reservations. But I didn't feel it was an upscale atmosphere, I didn't feel the food and atmosphere warranted the pricing. It got really loud and crowded at my time there. It just didn't seem like the romantic and intimate place I wanted to take a date.
Now it's fine if they aren't going for an upscale type place, but the pricing in the food should reflect that.
If they are trying to be more upscale, perhaps seat your customers that have early reservations away from the bar, in a nicer spot when it's empty.
Again honestly I thought the food was good. But it wasn't fantastic. This place loses points to me because of pricing, portions, and atmosphere. If I had paid a little cheaper or gotten a bit more or the food was seasoned a bit more and differently, and if I wasn't seated so close to the bar, this place could have easily gotten a 5 rating from me. I'm not saying it needed to do all those things, but one or two of those things could have gotten this place a much more positive review.
I just didn't feel like this was worth the $200 I spent for Valentine's.
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