Left Bank Brasserie--CLOSED

04/04/08

Food was mediocre at best.

by randallallen at Citysearch

I went for lunch and chose the tomato & basil soup and chicken pot-pie. The tomato soup tasted like they warmed tomato-paste, water and a little salt. The chicken pot-pie was topped with ? phyllo pastry top. Seasoning I could discern were salt and pepper only. Vegetables were cut too large to eat. Some of the onions were slightly smaller than a golf ball, much too large to eat. To top off the meal the chicken had bones in it. ?Campbell?s? & ?Swanson? sell a much better version for 1/3rd the price.

The service was much too slow for lunch.

The menu sounds really great however don?t mistake glitz for quality.

$20 lunch was too much to charge. This is the kind of meal you would expect from a middle school cafeteria.

My experience was echoed by several people I know have also eaten there. Mediocre food that was overpriced.

• Pros: Ambience is nice
• Cons: Food is mediocre.

12/17/07

Great atmosphere and good food

by iamfranki at Citysearch

First this place is way bigger than imagined (~ 10000 sq ft). With that siad there was still a feeling of romance as there are many 2 person tables. Seating capacity seemed smaller then the space could accommodate so it did not feel too crowded. Mind you On Friday at 7 pm this place was hopping....loud and full of energy as the band was playing New Orleans scatt type jazz.

We were seated immediately and the waitress stopped by within 2 min (good service IMHO). We ordered Pinot (which was replaced with a higher quality wine w/ no upcharge as our choice was out) and settled on the bean and ham soup along with the steamed mussels for appetizers. The soup was OK, a bit salty. The mussels were a very good deal (huge portion) and quite delicious.

For the main course I chose the bass ?chowder? and my wife had the tuna salad. The salad was quite big and lightly dressed. My Chowder was good, the bass was a decent size filet and the chowder was basic but good but again a bit salty.

We chose not to have desert as we were quite full total charge was just over $100 with ? the total coming from the wine so not a bad deal.

Highly recommended

• Pros: Atmosphere ambience
• Cons: None to speak of

11/06/07

Snazzy surprise

by DinerDan at Citysearch

Went to Left Bank based on CS info. Very happy with the decission. Reservations with the hostess was a breeze and we were promptly seated on a mediumly busy Friday evening.

It's a large open space, but the accustics were great, no dim, even though there was alot of activity going on.

We wanted to try a variety and when we ordered and metioned it our waiter brought all our courses on two plates, pretty thoughtful. The vice sous(sp?) was excellent as was our salad and appetizer.

Nice bar drinks,wine by the glass selection was good.

The was a live jazz group doing old standards from the 50's and sixties,i.e. Deen Martin, Nat Cole tunes.

Our seating was intimate and the ambiance seemed to fit the billing.

• Pros: Easy parking, romantic setting
• Cons: Took a bit of walking to find entrance