After reading the prior reviews I was really looking forward to something special. Uh, it was not to be.
I was VERY hungry so I started with what the menu described as a new addition: the fondue. It came nicely presented, the cheese was good, not too hot and in a nice, heavy metal bowl that kept it nice and warm, and the flavor was nice and balanced. The only real suggestion I had was that just good, plain broken french bread would have made it perfect - instead, overly seasoned bread stick thingys of something or other really brought it down a notch. Friendly suggestion: just use broken french bread or something like that please! Otherwise, it was a nice starter and took the edge off what was a ravishing hunger. Ready now for the main...
Again, a new menu item: sea bass with potatoes and tomato sauce garnish. The fish was far from fresh (anything that tastes distinctly "fishy" is surely NOT fresh!), although it's braised presentation yielded a nice flavor. The small potatoes were the nicest addition: there were plenty of them that went with the single fish filet and this was the saving grace as I did push back from the table with my hunger sated. The tomato-based sauce was not to my liking. It tasted to me as if it was canned and not fresh at all. I won't be too harsh on that, though: I simply pushed it to the side and decided perhaps it was just my personal taste.
I finished with a side salad (although I actually ordered the tomatoes with buffalo mozzarella) that was fresh with good greens and actually quite nice.
I would have rated the experience higher were it not for the fact that the bill was quite high. All told it was well over $40 for an adequate meal. For that price the food was definitely below par. Had it been $20 I would have given the experience at least 3 stars. read more