The French Laundry

User Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

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User Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Well after reading some of the recent reviews I was a little skeptical about our dinner plans. Well it was great. Easy to find, parked right out front. The meal was execptional and the service was top notch. Yes it was the most expensive meal I ever had but the whole experence was worth it. You have to go there knowing the dinner for two will be $700 after tip and tax. Don't plan on drinking alcohol if you are on a budget. Beers are $15 to $25 each and the lowest price wine was around $100 and there are plenty of wines over $1000 per bottle. If you have never been there and you can afford it then go. We were both full at the end of the 3 1/2 hour meal.

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User Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Beautiful experience, food, service.

Due to a friends tenacity we finally acquired reservations. Despite what other reviewers have posted, I found the service unpretentious, and very accomodating.

A server overheard my disappointment over the leatherbound menus, I wanted a copy to take home. She informed me that they have copies in folders and inquied how many I would like. They were wonderful.

The menu was fabulous; we were fortunate enough to have the oysters and pearls and it was the most unusual surprise of the evening. No stranger to fine dining, I still tend to shy away from foie gras due to principal, but broke down here to taste it for the first time. Pure butter; absolultey gorgeous! The portions are very small, but it was a nine course meal with a few surprises in between. Due to the length of time it takes to complete a meal, trust me, you are more than satisfied in the end. The flavors did not disappoint. There was one fish dish where the fish was overwhelmed by its accompaniment, but this is a minor complaint to an otherwise fabulous meal/experience.

Toward the end of the evening (we shut them down, it was past midnight at this point) we struck up a conversation with one of their staff who offerd a tour of the kitchen; impressive! By that time, the kitchen was so clean one never would have known that they had been cooking in it just an hour earlier. There were about six to eight chefs all huddled around one of their tables working on the following day's menu.

Lovely, lovely, experience, cannot say enough wonderful things about it. We went off with a bag of about a dozen soft center truffles in different flavors and two packages of melt in your mouth butter cookies.

Will we return? Ah, if we can just acquire those hard to get reservations!

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