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Poste - Brunch
Apr. 3rd, 2011 03:06 pm Poste is apparently one of those trendy happening places where trendy happening people go to have cocktails - $11 a pop. It's about two blocks away from the Verizon Center and attached to the Hotel Monaco which means it probably sees a lot of traffic. Despite that, it was probably one of the quieter places we've had brunch at - we were tucked away in a corner with a table that just fit six of us and the placement and how the restaurant was laid out meant that whatever noise level there was went away.
It was exactly like some of the reviews online said it would be. The food, very good. The prices, a bit high depending on what you got for brunch. The atmosphere, nice. The service, awful.
It wasn't that the waitress was horrible or mean or anything like that. It was just that we were sort of an afterthought; having to wait 20 minutes for the bill or even for her to ask for the bill was kind of the final straw. They also tried twice to pour coffee into my hot tea, leaving me to become rather protective of my cup as time went on. The food coming out from the kitchen is general not the waitress or waiter's fault - that resides with the kitchen. But add that wait onto the all the other times, plus a few mix-ups, plus forgetting a few things ...
But the food itself was enough to convince me to come back at least one more time.
I had the Eggs Hussarde - poached eggs using crispy potato skins as a type of potato boat with merchand de vin sauce; bacon and a tart little lemon-y salad came with it and I ordered the truffle frites, as that was something all the reviews seemed to love. (Not as good as others that I've had but very good.) To be honest, this was probably a bit heavy and I ended up only eating one of my poached eggs in a boat but it was very good. And the sauce was very, very nice.
Brunch seems to be the time for mimosas but I have to put in several hours of work (which is why I'm home instead of walking around with the others as today is a gorgeous day) and my stomach probably couldn't have handled it well.
I'm feeling a bit under the weather now but that has to do with trying to read on the metro as I traveled home and not really brunch. I get motion sickness on the metro far too easily these days.
It was exactly like some of the reviews online said it would be. The food, very good. The prices, a bit high depending on what you got for brunch. The atmosphere, nice. The service, awful.
It wasn't that the waitress was horrible or mean or anything like that. It was just that we were sort of an afterthought; having to wait 20 minutes for the bill or even for her to ask for the bill was kind of the final straw. They also tried twice to pour coffee into my hot tea, leaving me to become rather protective of my cup as time went on. The food coming out from the kitchen is general not the waitress or waiter's fault - that resides with the kitchen. But add that wait onto the all the other times, plus a few mix-ups, plus forgetting a few things ...
But the food itself was enough to convince me to come back at least one more time.
I had the Eggs Hussarde - poached eggs using crispy potato skins as a type of potato boat with merchand de vin sauce; bacon and a tart little lemon-y salad came with it and I ordered the truffle frites, as that was something all the reviews seemed to love. (Not as good as others that I've had but very good.) To be honest, this was probably a bit heavy and I ended up only eating one of my poached eggs in a boat but it was very good. And the sauce was very, very nice.
Brunch seems to be the time for mimosas but I have to put in several hours of work (which is why I'm home instead of walking around with the others as today is a gorgeous day) and my stomach probably couldn't have handled it well.
I'm feeling a bit under the weather now but that has to do with trying to read on the metro as I traveled home and not really brunch. I get motion sickness on the metro far too easily these days.
Now to bend my head to database clean-up and try and ignore how nice it is outside ...