I have to say that we were excited to try out Evenrood's. The atmosphere was very pleasant and modern.
When we walked into the restaurant there was no one to greet us. We waited for a bit to no avail so we grabbed menus that were sitting on a table, and wandered into the restaurant and finally someone who appeared to be a manager told us to seat ourselves. We sat at an empty table, and a server showed up with a very bland greeting. We ordered drinks and were ready to order our food, then the waiter told us about their specials. The dinner rolls that the waiter brought were hard. We ordered, a charcuterie board, lobster Alfredo, and a filet for dinner. My friend ordered his filet medium, and the filet was closer to well done, my other friend's charcuterie board looked colorful but was mediocre, the lobster Alfredo was very bland, and salt and pepper couldn't help the meal, and the lobster was over cooked(rubbery). I had to flag down another waiter that was hustling about to ask for our server since he never came back to check on us after our dropping off our meal and was on his phone at the bar. The server comes over, and ask what was wrong. My friend explained that the filet is close to well done, and the young man seemed puzzled by this, no apology, no nothing. We all wait until the filet comes back to eat together. The steak served was the head not the center cut of a filet, extremely tough and sinewy . The mashed potatoes tasted like ones out of a bag that'd been reheated, the bearnaise sauce seemed like it came from a packet as it was extremely powdery.
All in all, the food was poor. The server never came back to ask how the new filet was, and never questioned why none of us were eating our meals, as we left more than half uneaten. He didn't even ask if we wanted any desert or coffee. While we waited for our server to come back to the table to drop the check we observed a couple of the kitchen staff roll the trash out through the main dining room, past our table and through the front door and down the street behind the building. Considering the exorbitant prices of the menu items that's unacceptable. It's really sad, because this restaurant has SO much potential. We paid $122 plus a cash tip. We will not be back. Not impressed.
Just so you know the gentleman that ordered the filet has been a chef for over 30 years, and has even cooked for a U.S. President. My other friend has been in the hospitality field for over 20, and I have been in the restaurant business for 40. We know that there are times when you have an off night or things get hectic and you drop the ball. But taking into account the numerous other reviews reporting the same food quality issues, this is a trend and not a one off. read more