Came for brunch at noon on a Sunday. Not completely sure I was at a restaurant or a bordello. This place is all about the scene and being seen rather than food...even during the daytime. If you want your hangover extended or if your Saturday night was not long enough, this is the Brunch place for you. Obscenely loud music, skimpily dress women or men in drag (I can't tell the difference) dancing on the ledges while eating your bacon and eggs and sipping coffee and Bloody Mary. Not my cup of tea, but certainly entertaining to some. Surprisingly the waiters/waitresses were all very polite and attentive, and got our orders correct and continually filled our drinks. The Bagatelle eggs were decent, maybe even above par, but my husband's croque madame was like a dry ham and cheese sandwich. The bread was unbuttered and over toasted, the fried egg was not oozy, and the "truffle" bechamel sauce was lacking, which is why it was dry. The basic Moet I can find at CVS for $8.00/bottle was going for $16.00/glass, again it is all apart of attracting 21 year olds to spend like older sophisticated rich kids with money to burn on ordinary alcohol and ok food. One unacceptable observations was the multiple holes in the "leather" dining benches. If Bagatelle just opened in 11/2012 then I would expect the upholstery to be in fairly good condition just 3 months later whether this restaurant was refurbished or not. Could it be the "wild" crazy drunk girls stepping on the leather/pleather benches with their stiletto heels to dance on the ledge? Yeah, not my type of place, especially for brunch. Too bad this place caters perfectly to the barely legal vacationing young that really don't have the money for this but are on vacation and will spend because they won't be back anytime soon. A scene in which to be seen, but lacking true substance to last.
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