Peristyle
New Orleans, LA 70116-3005
Phone: (504) 593-9535
03/05/2007 Posted by mdelvecchio
having read all the good reviews, i had really wanted to endorse this place (but it concerned me that none of the reviews were more recent than 2005...) i think they have a beautiful bar, nice dining area, and charming staff. however, the payoff is always in the food. first, the amuse bouche of gruyere cheese baked into bread was very dry and burned tasting. the complimentary sliced bread triangles werent special. for appetizers, the foie gras *was* very tasty, but very small for $20 (twenty dollars for foie gras!). sweetbread app was alrite, but the large variety. lump crab w/ goat cheese salad was a disappointment, no pizazz. for entrees, we had the maine seared scallops & duck breast. scallops were large, perfectly seared and tasty. the duck, while perfectly cooked, was unfortunately insanely salted -- essentially inedible. i should have sent it back but it would have messed up our timing, so i just asked for additional huckleberry sauce to mask it. for dessert, the apple cobbler was satisfying. last thing -- for an 8pm seating in an obviously un-filled restaurant, why did they place so many of the two-tops so close to each other? we had to spend our evening talking sports w/ the neighbors -- pleasant, but i prefer privacy when paying for fine dining.
Pros: nice bar, free valet
Cons: over-priced, tables too close, flawed execution
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