Lunch here was a bit a disaster, so why still two stars? I visited first about two years ago, and…read morehad good food and friendly service -- a solid four-star experience.
This most recent visit was a one-star experience, and giving the benefit of the doubt; maybe they just had a really bad day.
As a starter, the three preparations of foie gras were just ok. The seared was nothing special and the terrine did not seem the best quality (e.g. it was crumbly in texture). The "creme brulee" was too sweet and not good.
The duck was well prepared, but the sauce was overly sweet (thankfully it was on the side). The weird part of the dish was the veggies were all in puree form, and really none of them were good. The potatoes were gratin dauphinois, and somehow even this was messed up -- dry and tasteless.
My friend's tuna tartare was very strange in flavor -- something like fennel. Whatever it was, the combination was bad, and it was left unfinished. It also didn't help that the fish didn't seem fresh, and had almost a gray color. Again even the sides were kind of messed up, as the greens had a sauce that tasted too much of horseradish. At least the fried potatoes were good.
This restaurant never had the nicest ambiance -- it's kind of a tacky mishmash or themes. On top of that for the price, you would hope for much better flavors and quality. Maybe they just had a really bad day, but there was very little redeemable about the recent experience.
