Ate at Scarpetta last night despite mixed reviews. Since it's new and the one in New York is supposed to be quite good, I wanted to try it anyway. I was quite disappointed. The space is nice, quite open and modern. I liked the wine we had and the service was good too, very attentive. The food left lots to be desired though.
I started with the beet salad as I often do, and it was mediocre. Could have had it anywhere. My companion had the polenta which was quite good I have to say, but polenta is hard to screw up so it's a safe bet at most places where it's on the menu I find.
For my main, I had the Sable fish. It was slimy and well, gross. I even sent it back as it was undercooked at first. When it came back, I still couldn't get through it. The other main at our table was the duck and foie gras ravioli which had decent flavours, but not decent enough to make me want to go back.
Finished with the cheese plate as I was still quite hungry. The cheese was ok, but the chutney type things it came didn't work with it and ruined the flavours of the cheese.
Overall, I think this place will be heading to Groupon territory soon. If you don't understand that reference, I find Groupon's generally are used to try to re-energize a restaurant where business is slowing down. It's still early days for Scarpetta, but I think it will happen soon.
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