As stated on the menu the steak is served with French fries, a tomato and a green vegetable is only a bonus item on the plate that changes on a daily basis. The salmon was delivered that very same day, the chef goes to the market on a daily basis and all desserts are homemade, including the poached pear, which is a fresh pear cooked in red wine and served with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. I will certainly address your concerns to the chef and our fish supplier. I want to assure you that we only use fresh items and proud ourselves in cooking everything with the freshest ingredients. I understand you had a few concerns with the quality of the food that was served. Īnna, I am sorry you did not enjoy your lunch that day. I wouldn't host another party here for sure. Was it because I had high expectations? But shouldn't all restaurants aim high in delivery to win loyal patrons? I feel that I could have been more satisfied and gotten better value elsewhere. I didn't think I got value here for my money. Hey, we were giving them business - at least, they could have shown some nice personal attention. Service was routinely mechanical, as opposed to warm & personal, especially considering that our party group was practically the only group being served at that time. Not even a hint of wine in the sensory delivery of this dessert as one would expect. Really!?! That made me think a New Orleans diner rather tha a true Parisian bistro!!! And the pear dessert seemed like a frozen tasteless flesh that was simply smothered with chocolate. The hanger steak (though acceptable even if continental in taste) came with okra as its side veggie. The salmon was the worst entree - didn't taste fresh at all. And the quality of some of the items ordered were below expectations for the prix fixe package I selected and paid for per guest. But the food was certainly not authentic French. The restaurant's name, theme and menu items do sound French. To begin with, I am not French but have been to France several times. While the planning of the luncheon event (via online) was a pleasant experience, the dining experience itself was pretty mediocre, disappointing overall. So this is French, authentically, except maybe for the staff-Chef de Cuisine Chavez? Well, our hispanic immigrants are essential to our restaurant industry nowadays, and there are good things happening here.

Their coffee is a cut above what I'm used to finding in comparable places. Their wine list is short, but if my Pinto Noir was representative, solid. Both brunch options came with a generous portion of good pommes fries, and mine had a small salad of mesclun and vinaigrette. Be warned: they cook eggs in the French fashion, slightly runny-which my wife found off-putting (she likes to cook an egg until it's caramelized!) but which I, a man who likes to dip toast into a liquid egg, found delightful. I had the eggs cocotte, which are two ramekins with cream, bacon on the bottom, and truffle oil. Definitely use the baguette that's provided to sop up the butter after enjoying the very warm crustacean.

It was fine six snails baked in a cas-iron Chrismas-tree vessel rich with garlic butter and parsley. The tables are crowded in a fashion that Americans might find uncomfortably close but a european would think about right. We arrived to find the place not quite full. We got reservations for brunch because it was Father's Day normally they don't reserve for brunch, and we were told that sometimes there's a long line. Spacious dining rooms, optional sidewalk dining when weather permits, silver tin ceilings and crown moldings, sunshine yellow walls decked with French posters and ads, most of them for 'le vache que rit'. I have never been to France, but based on what I know, Encore is as close to a genuine French bistro as you're going to find in the USA. I will try hard to resist the urge to put French words into this review.

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