This is going to be a short post. Not much to say about Le Virtu except it is not a good place. It looks lovely, but that's about it. Food was horrible and over priced. Service was lousy. Le Virtu is the most overrated place I've ever been to in my entire life.
First when you walk in, there is no clear indication of where you're supposed to go to be seated. We had an 8 p.m. reservation, and we arrived promptly. Once we found the hostess stand and were checked in we continued to wait for 15 minutes to be seated. It took 15 minutes even though Le Virtu had six 2 top tables available. We were finally seated in a table that had been empty the whole entire time we were standing there. Plus an older couple that came in after us, and didn't have a reservation were seated before us. That is unacceptable.
Once we were finally sat we were ignored by our waitress. At this point I wondered if we stood out like people that didn't belong, but that was impossible, we were dressed up, in fact there were few people there dressed nicer than we were. Maybe we were over dressed? I don't know, but I doubt that was it.
Waitress comes and we order food. Food comes and we hardly eat it. Nothing was good. Food was under cooked/chewy. We didn't even stay for dessert, that's how bad it was. I will never go to Le Virtu again. The place sucks. Thinks it's way to fancy.
Next week, our real trip to Victor Cafe. We actually made it this time!!
Friday, September 27, 2013
Fond 8/31/2013
Good news, made it to Fond. I kept my drinking on Friday night moderate this time. But on Saturday that was a different story. College football started this week, and I like to place a little action on college football, so as my games were coming in (or missing) I started drinking to calm the nerves a little. You know what it's like to have the dice dancing on the table for 12+ hours over the course of an afternoon? If yes, then you know why I needed a few drinks, if not, well try it sometime and then you'll know.
So back to Fond. I absolutely loved this place. The food was simply fantastic. The ambiance was amazing. It was quaint and cozy, but yet private and tucked away. We had a little later reservation, but everything turned out splendid. The only thing that I wasn't thrilled about is they are advertised as a BYOB, but yet have a full bar so they charge you an uncorking fee. The uncorking fee was only $10, so still cheaper to buy a bottle and take there then buy a bottle there.
Now if I can just remember what we had to eat, sorry it was a while ago, and if you've read my other posts you know I enjoy the bottle on the weekends so not all details are clear okay? Okay!
That's right I had the Skate Wing. Now, let me tell you, I ordered this thinking it was chicken. Why did I think that, well it has the word wing in name for starters, and I never thought of fish as having wings. Well I was wrong, I ordered fish. Bit of a surprise when my plate was brought to me. Want to know a secret? It was delicious. I'm glad I made the mistake and ordered it. I wish I had more at the end, but needed to save room for desert.
What I ordered was a bit easier to remember because it's an everyday offering on the menu. The appetizer and what my girlfriend ordered are another story. Those were off the specials menu, and I have no idea what they are. I can tell you that I ate about 1/3 of my girlfriends dinner and loved it. I can also tell you that the appetizer was good, whatever it was. We ate all of our appetizer and dinner, that's how good it was.
For dessert we got the cannoli's. They were good. Not like you can screw up cannoi's, but I thoroughly enjoyed the ones they offered.
That's it, all I got. Not the best I know, but best I can do. I will say this, Fond is an absolute gem. A great place to go for a special occasion, or just a night on the town. It is a little on higher side for dinner, but it is worth it. We will be going back to Fond, I can guarantee that.
Next week we visit Le Virtu.
So back to Fond. I absolutely loved this place. The food was simply fantastic. The ambiance was amazing. It was quaint and cozy, but yet private and tucked away. We had a little later reservation, but everything turned out splendid. The only thing that I wasn't thrilled about is they are advertised as a BYOB, but yet have a full bar so they charge you an uncorking fee. The uncorking fee was only $10, so still cheaper to buy a bottle and take there then buy a bottle there.
Now if I can just remember what we had to eat, sorry it was a while ago, and if you've read my other posts you know I enjoy the bottle on the weekends so not all details are clear okay? Okay!
That's right I had the Skate Wing. Now, let me tell you, I ordered this thinking it was chicken. Why did I think that, well it has the word wing in name for starters, and I never thought of fish as having wings. Well I was wrong, I ordered fish. Bit of a surprise when my plate was brought to me. Want to know a secret? It was delicious. I'm glad I made the mistake and ordered it. I wish I had more at the end, but needed to save room for desert.
What I ordered was a bit easier to remember because it's an everyday offering on the menu. The appetizer and what my girlfriend ordered are another story. Those were off the specials menu, and I have no idea what they are. I can tell you that I ate about 1/3 of my girlfriends dinner and loved it. I can also tell you that the appetizer was good, whatever it was. We ate all of our appetizer and dinner, that's how good it was.
For dessert we got the cannoli's. They were good. Not like you can screw up cannoi's, but I thoroughly enjoyed the ones they offered.
That's it, all I got. Not the best I know, but best I can do. I will say this, Fond is an absolute gem. A great place to go for a special occasion, or just a night on the town. It is a little on higher side for dinner, but it is worth it. We will be going back to Fond, I can guarantee that.
Next week we visit Le Virtu.
Victor Cafe 8/24/2013
Okay so a few things. First I'm way behind in writing about the places we've been on date night. Second, we never made it to Victor Cafe on 8/24/13 for our second date night. That's right, date night was missed on it's second date. I can't believe it. Well actually I can. I was invited to go to the Phillies game with a couple of buddies that I don't get to see that often on 8/23, the day before date night. So what happened? Red bull and vodka happened. I think I had 20 of them. Okay that's an exaggeration, but I had a lot to drink. So as my 31 year old body found out, while I can drink through the night like the old 21 year old me, a decade later the day after drinking all night I'm useless. Seriously useless. I had to bail on date night, just couldn't do it. I was looking forward to visiting Victor Cafe too. Next week Fond, and I will be making this one, I guarantee it. How do I know, because it already happened and I made it, so boom.
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