15 Restaurant

12/07/08

Sad

by lookoutmountain at Citysearch

Sad that in such a neat and interesting neighborhood, a place opens and serves really terrible food. I am not even a tough critic but the food was just really really bad. Bummer.

• Pros: great area
• Cons: really really bad food

08/17/08

Loudest joint I've eaten in

by zig22 at Citysearch

I've been to 15 twice and will probably not go back. This restaurant is extremely loud. The acoustics are awful top that with a TV at the bar that is always on. As well horrible interior furnishings probably purchased from Home Expo or another awful HD type of store. My chair during my 2nd visit was uneven and rocking back and forth during my dining. A large man sat near us on another rickety chair and the whole time I kept thinking he would fall over. From my experience the appetizers are better than the main courses. My first visit my date and I had great appetizers. I ordered the shrimp roll for main course. My date ordered the burger remarked by the waitress that it was voted best burger on "City Search". I thought the shrimp roll was some sort of sushi concoction but it turned out to be a slathered mayonnaise chopped shrimp salad on a Kaiser ROLL. YUCK! My dates burger was hardly the best burger he had ever eaten from a restaurant listed on C.S. The desert we ordered recommended to us by the waitress was a bread pudding....she said it was not the typical bread pudding so I decided to try it. Sure enough It was TYPICAL bread pudding. The waitress seemed annoyed when I called her on it. 2nd visit my friend had mac & cheese appetizer which was really good I had fig appetizer which was equally tasty. I'm big on visual and dining environment on a whole this falls short on both these categories.

07/06/08

Almost Perfect

by noona at Citysearch

I dined here last night and I have to say my expectations were very high. The cocktails were superb, as promised by many a review, as was the Mac & Cheese and that killer chocolate croissant bread pudding. Our server was good, but it was the manager/owner (?) who was very attentive and kept checking on us. We even added a side dish after we started our main course and he managed to get it out for us right away. OK, so here's what we had: Heirloom Tomato Salad which had a perfectly balanced dressing and a generous portion of sliced, crisp red onion and tangy olives. Seared Foie Gras over walnut waffles with strawberry compote & vanilla creme friache. Ok, 2 out of three of us liked this one. The Foie was yummy but the the portion was far too small compared the the waffles and strawberries and it's flavor was a bit overwhelmed by the waffles. I think this dish could work if the portions are adjusted. For entrees we had the Filet Mignon, the Pork Lion Cutlets and the Seared Maple Duck Breast. The Filet was cooked and seasoned perfectly, this was the night's winning dish. The Pork Loin was juicy and the chipotle mash was a wonderful surprise. The only issue with this dish was the salsa which was far too salty (this turned out to be a recurring theme). Finally the Duck Breast; I really wanted this one to be perfect, I had been waiting to try it. The meat was tender (just past medium rare) and the skin was crispy. The braised fennel and pear were to die for and balanced out the entire dish, but the SALT ATTACKED AGAIN! I'm not sure what happened here, but the duck was so salty it was distracting. I hope they take care of this problem because otherwise this place is amazing and I want to have this dish again minus the salt soon. I still want to go back and try the lobster roll which if good would in and of itself make me a regular there. Finally, you just can't beat their prices, specially since they're serving quality ingredients.

• Pros: great dishes, great price, attentive manager/owner
• Cons: slacker wait staff, occasionally too salty