text: More overhyped celebrity chef food nnI had called in the morning to inquire about reserving a table on the patio to see the fountains and the hostess told me they do not reserve those tables I would just have to show up and ask to be seated there So I asked if I should go ahead and make a regular reservation for dinner if that was my plan and she said it would not be necessary Well my husband really wanted to eat here so we called a little later to make a reservation just in case and they told us the only time left they had was pm Good thing we called or I do not even know if we would have gotten in So we showed up early just in case and a different hostess very rudely said they were no longer taking names for the patio because there were too many people already on the list Fine whatever When she takes us to our table we are the only table open that does NOT have a view out the window so I ask if we can be seated at one of the other tables instead and she again rudely tells me no those are all reserved Argh nnAnyway we thoroughly enjoyed most of the stuff in the bread basket and the olive tapenades that accompanied while we waited for our food People were not kidding when they said portions were big here Definitely plan on splitting everything nnOur first dish was the soft she will crab with the watermelon panzanella This sounded really interesting but did not execute at all The soft she will crab was soggy and did not taste fresh and the watermelonolivewhatever else was in the salad was just a cacophany of mismatched flavors We forced down the crab and I ate the watermelon pieces but we left the rest nnMy husbands dish was less than memorable I think it was the ricotta ravioli A giant bowl of tasteless pasta with tasteless sausage If it had not been so blah I would have been happy to trade my beef tenderloin au poivre with him It was a ginormous piece of meat and while it was cooked properly it just had no flavor other than the mounds of cracked peppercorns encrusting it Did not taste like tenderloin quality AT ALL I figured I should be safe with the most expensive thing on the menu but nope We left quite a bit of that too which is pretty rare because my husband will go to great lengths not to waste food It was only edible slathered in the curried bisque that came with it The coconut yogurt sauce was just a tiny drop of white in a sea of orange nnIt was after dinner that our waiter turned a pretty bad experience around Since it was getting so late most of the people on the patio had left and he told us to get our things and that we were going to sit by the fountains That was a real treatwe got to watch the last three or four shows before it stopped at midnight The entire meal experience surely would have been enhanced had we been out there the whole time So we ordered up a vanilla souffle and some drinks and THOROUGHLY enjoyed the rest of our evening out there The souffle was very yummy by the way I have not had too many souffles but this was tops for me nnSo the gorgeous ambience great view and yummy souffle contributes three starsbut the rest of our food was pretty crappy Three stars might be high but that view almost makes up for it