Benoit Restaurant and Bar

08/24/09

Next stop... Paris!

by stan2009 at Citysearch

My friend and I came in for dinner and got seated at a booth in the back of the restaurant. It seemed rather quiet at first (for a Wednesday night at 8pm), but the dining room slowly filled up and was pretty busy during the second half of our meal.

I had the salmon appetizer, which consisted of a salmon tartare, and marinated salmon with mimosa condiments. The dish was light and refreshing, and was a great summer starter. For my main course, I had the skate wing meuniere with capers, lemon, tomatoes, and brown butter. The skate was perfectly cooked – slightly brown and crisp on the outside, while the meat stayed moist and succulent. It was delightful. The tangy-ness of the capers and acidity from the lemon also helped cut into the rich and buttery flavors of the skate.

For dessert, our server recommended we share the classic tarte tatin. It came with crème fraiche and we also ordered an additional side of vanilla ice cream. The apple compote was sweet and delicious, and proved as a great ending to our meal.

• Pros: Classic French bistro dishes

08/10/09

Had one of the best Salmon

by KhaliKhai at Citysearch

Puff Pastry Crusted Salmon was awesome. All the staffs were very friendly and had a nice lunch with my freinds. Very good ambience. Everybody liked it.

• Pros: Food, Staff, Timing, Wine selection

04/20/09

French attitude and its not a good thing.

by nnkm77 at Citysearch

Many of my colleagues and I go to the bar at Benoit for a drink after work and recently 2 of Benoit’s event planners came to our office to introduce us to their private dining / restaurant. They gave us drink coupons and a gift card to use and thanked us for our time. We thought this is great – we already go all the time. On one of our random trips we decided to use the drink coupons, 4 people had 9 glasses of wine and we tried using 4 coupons. Needless to say the waiter and manager told us that we could only use 2 coupons per table (please note there is no disclaimer anywhere on this coupon). Upon further discussion w/ the manager – Nicholas who was rude, confrontational and completely unprofessional… we left having to pay for 7 glasses of wine and vow never to go back again. Not only did they lose our business but one of our entire corporation. There is a reason this place gets bad reviews

• Cons: Attitude