This restaurant committed a number of key sins that really affected my review.
This was a birthday dinner for my girlfriend's mother - a party of eight. It was recommended that we order only four different mains to 'speed up the delivery service'. We were seated at 730p. While a largish party, we weren't huge and that suggestion should have been unnecessary, but we followed it. Then we waited a half hour for the appetizers - mine (asparagus with a lemon froth and scallops and sea beans) was amazingly good and made me optimistic. My girlfriend's was just strange. It was asparagus covered with a white sauce and chopped eggs. While she says this is a traditional dish, she never had seen it served this way. It looked like something a baby spat up and was strangely seasoned.
Then we waited almost two hours for the main (I would have walked). So much for expediting the main by ordering fewer than four dishes. During which time there was no explanation of the delay, no check on drinks, no apology. Then they brought us two fish dishes from the wrong table!
When the mains arrived, my GF's fish was, as she said, 'something we could have made at home.', and my dish( tajine), a traditional seafood dish with scallops, shrimp, and scampi over squash and potatoes, was bland and over cooked.
We excused ourselves at 1030p, because we couldn't face another hour wait for dessert.
So, big sins:
1. Hot. It was cool outside but very warm in the restaurant.
2. 2 hours from ordering to get main course (and I saw tables of two with the same issue)
3. Poor service - didn't not check drinks, didn't status the meal, slooooow
4. Bland food (except my appetizer which was delicious)
5. Expensive.
I'd never return and definitely recommend against. They have to radically improve their operations and simplify their menu. Because I was with my polite Belgian hosts, I was good. Otherwise, I would have gone all ugly American on them. One of my worst rated meals in recent memory. read more
