05/06/08

husk of what it used to be...

by barrysanders

This restaurant was sold in October, 2007 and the new management is not nearly on the same level as the old, apparently. I ordered pepper steak medium-rare. It arrived well done and so I sent it back. It arrived a little bit rare and I had difficulty cutting it with a steak knife and even worse luck chewing it. The fingerling potatoes were obviously microwaved and tasteless. The cream/cognac sauce was lukewarm, slight, and entirely lacking in cognac or flavor, but had a plethora of stale, bitter store-bought peppercorns. Instead of this place, I'd look to see where the former head chef landed.

• Pros: close to Derek hotel
• Cons: food was horrible and overpriced

01/01/08

I do not see what all the fuss is about!!!

by z_man1025

My wife and I finally dined at Bistro moderne after hearing numerous peopel rave about it over the last 12 months. Have to say, we left totally underwhelmed. What was described to us as some of the best french food anywhere in the world was far from that. We dined on an evening that wa snot busy so had expected the service to be good but it wasn't. OUr waiter was extremely arrogant adn would not deviate from the menu as offered (I had asked for dijon mustard to accompany my steak rather than the red wine reduction)!!!. The "sommelier" was almost useless and automatically defaulted to the most expensive wines on the list when I asked for a recommendation to accompany our mains - I ended up choosing a Bordeaux we'd tasted previously.

Overall, very average and does not deserve the reputation. Compared to the numerous french restaurants and bistros we've dined at in France and Europe, this is a poor imitation. I know zagats rate it highly so I assume we were there on a bad night but we won't be going back to confirm.

• Cons: Terrible service

05/21/07

Rude manager

by yurij

The food is outstanding. However the manager was extremely rude. In order to go to the restaurant, one has to park with the valet as there is no self parking. You have to dine in order to validate the parking. Last time we were there, we ate in the bar area. So when I went to validate the ticket, the manager who happened to be manning the hostess stand was very negative and failed to note that we had dinner the same way as we would have if we were in the dining room. He automatically assumed that we did not have dinner and went to check with our waitress. He did not even attempt to be polite or check in a nice way. He made me feel like I was lying and trying to get away with something. This is not the proper way to treat loyal customers.