Amuse Restaurant & Wine Bar

User Rating: 1 out of 5 stars

I am not Amused. Amuse gets a 0.5-1.0 out of 5 after our dinner last night. We ordered foie gras with fig and proscuitto and asked the waiter where the foie gras was. The proscuitto was very tough and over powering. I doubt if foie gras was in the dish. The salmon tapas was edible but unremarkable...fairly basic and not very good salmon. The steak & frites would be hard to mess up, and it was okay. Creme brulee tasted like it was from a mix but the torched sugar on top covered up a multitude of sins. The Heron Pinot Noir 2005 was tanic and not a good choice.

As for service, we asked our waiter three times to please turn down the music. There were only one other table occupied in the entire restaurant, so there was no need for the blaring and obnoxious music. After the fourth request, the volume was lowered.

When I made reservations, there was the big hoopla about whether we would get there at 7:15 or 7:30...at least 20 tables were vacant the entire night.

The apparent owner came in about 1/2 hour before we left. He stopped by the other occupied table (friends of his, we assumed) but never spoke to us. How we wished someone had asked what we thought of our dinner. Even when I asked the waiter about the foie gras, he didn't ask how we were enjoying the dinner.

$90 later...we'll never return. So much for exploring out of the way restaurants on Post & Courier recommendations! I don't think Amuse will be in business much longer, and I will warn anyone I see about having made the wrong decision to go there.

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User Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Great menu we had the Pig Trotters,Goat and Smoked salmon all prepared in house Sooooooo Yummmy and unique....

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User Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

son recommended this restaurant. husband and i really enjoyed. we ate thurs. may 1, 2008. olives, artisinal cheeses, beef carpaccio and caesar salad were great. son loved duck leg with cherries.

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