Pioneer Hall
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That was my opinion of it as well.
For somone on cash or TIW (me), it was a waste. Really not worth the price and the hype.
For somone on a Dining Plant, at 1 TS it was a solid restaurant and well well well woth the 1 credit.
Now, at 2 credits, they are going to have to step up thier game - a lot. I have said it before, making a place worth 2 credits is VERY difficult. Think about it, a 2 credit place should be TWICE as good as a one credit. While you can take a place and move it from a $35 entree to a $40 entree place fairly easily, it is not easy to move it from $35 to $70, but in essence that is what you are attempting when moving from 1 to 2 credits.
If service in Le Cellier improves, and food presentation is stepped up, then maybe I would not mind paying the new prices. The servers try, they really do, but when you are cramming people in there like cattle in a feed lot, and trying to turn a table in 40 minutes because you are overbooked out the door, there is not much they can do. The kitchen is cranking out food as fast as they can, and I would hazard a guess, pre-cooking a lot, and then firing things at the last minute.
As I said in another thread, the Venison looks interesting.
-dave
I agree that was a big issue, and hopefully something they fix as I stated in my last post. On my last trip I treated myself one night with the Chef's wine tasting dinner at Flying Fish. Not only did I get to speak with the kitchen staff throughout my meal, I saw firsthand how every single menu item was prepared fresh when ordered. Fish was sauteeed, calamari was breaded and fried, and meat was grilled as the orders came in. Like you said, I would venture to guess that with the overcrowding that came over Le Cellier, they precooked a number of items and just "finished" them when they were ordered. This would allow tables to turn over much faster than normal. I sincerely hope that this is the biggest change in the restaurant, because I know that in all my other signature dining experiences my meal has never been rushed.