Claudine - San Antonio

Dined here on Saturday, 1/20/24 for restaurant week. Pros: mostly good food, pretty place, nice restrooms, kind and friendly servers. Cons: The main reason our experience was dampened down to 3 stars was the waiting. We had an 8:15 reservation, and got to the restaurant at 8:10. We weren’t seated until 8:50PM. It was very cold outside and there was not any designsted space to wait inside, so we huddled with other groups awkwardly in corners, trying to stay out of servers’ ways. Our first bite of appetizer came at 9:30PM 1 hour and 15 minutes after our reservation time. We finished and left at 10:30PM. The servers seemed to be busy, quick and attentive I gathered that the problem was with the kitchen falling behind. I say food was “mostly” good because my husband’s steak frites were not great. But everything I had (crab cake beignet, heirloom salad, duck) was very good. The restaurant week menu made our meal a good value. We wish this experience was better, as we wanted to like this restaurant. But the extended and awkward waiting definitely soured our night.

We were seated on time. Waited an hour for first course (appetizer) and then another 45 minutes for salad. the main course came very quickly after that. I could not eat my steak because it was VERY tough and the fries had been reheated. I informed the server that I did not want my food and told him why. He said, let me see what I can do and took the plate. He brought me a bowl of reheated fries and apologized. In the end, he did take the price of my meal off of the bill without me having to ask. I really wanted to like this place because it is close to my house and we go out every weekend. The cocktail was good.

The service was awful. It took over an hour to get out appetizers. A number of unhappy diners around us. The restaurant took no ownership in addressing the long delays. Will not go back.

On street parking avail at 1200, busier later in afternoon. Croque Madame was flavorful and large portion. Neighborhood is partly vacant for lease buildings.

We went to brunch on a Saturday for the first time and we couldn’t believe we hadn’t been to this place before. The food, drinks, service, and vibe were great ! If you haven’t been I would go and for sure try the Blue Crab beignets! You won’t regret. Also be sure to make reservations :