Q: positive

A: Love this restaurant! The food is yummy, service is very good and great ambience. Love the coconut shrimp, Asian Banana Crisp, and Papaya shrimp salad. Saw that they have a large room in the back that you can reserve for private parties and a new lounge area. This is definitely on my list of favorite restaurants for the Chandler area. Yum!

Q: positive

A: Full review blog-side. L'AMUSE-BOUCHE, this evening featuring cremeux de foie gras au Porto et son emulsion au parmesan. Essentially a double shot glass served on a stone the Foie gras parfait with port wine and parmesan foam was lovely. Best eaten with a spoon the liver itself was surprisingly mild and melded perfectly (as expected) with the sweet port. Topped with a foam lending salinity and levity I found this to be a restrained opening flavor that not only paired well with the champagne, but also gave a glimpse of what was to come. LE FOIE GRAS en duo mele de pomme ratte comme un carpaccio aux copeaux de truffe blanche, the dish was described as a carpaccio of foie gras and new potatoes topped with black and white truffle shavings. A large portion of foie gras and potatoes I'll note that the truffles, though present, played a less prominent role than I'd have hoped. With chipped parmesan and thin blades of greens and daikon also intertwined in the dish each bite was a new experience - sometimes with the unctuous liver coming to the forefront and at other times with the truffle perfumed potatoes taking center stage. Though not my favorite dish of the meal, a single bite - foie, daikon, potato, truffle, parmesan - would be the perfect way to describe Robuchon's cuisine...multiple exotic yet restrained flavors coming together to form something entirely original and perfect. The next course would be the third of four foie gras dishes for the evening. Titled LE FOIE GRAS frais de canard cuit au torchon this version would be much more simplistic yet even better than the prior manifestation. For $36 the traditionally poached chilled duck foie gras was delivered as a torchon accompanied by a dusting of espelette and topped with sea salt and cracked black pepper. Sourced from the Gascony region of France the Foie was sweeter than I expected, though not artificially so. Arriving with a plate of grilled country bread I imagine this dish took me ~20-25 minutes to eat as I savored each bite. LA LANGOUSTINE dans une papillote croustillante au basilica, or Crispy langoustine fritter with basil pesto featured a single Langoustine, sweet and perfect, wrapped in a leaf of basil and flash fried in a batter so thin it was transparent. With the slight crackle of the shell giving way to sweet and snappy shellfish the effect was tremendous alone and better with the streaks of citrus and garlic pesto on the plate. At $22 the price point is certainly not for everyone and if I had to eat Langoustine in Vegas I'd go to Twist first, but I was glad to have experienced this. L'OEUF cocotte et sa creme legere de champignons. At $19 this is another relatively famous L'Atelier dish. Featuring a farm fresh egg steamed until barely firm I watched the dish next covered in sauteed mushrooms by one chef while another whipped a foamy broth of cream, mushroom broth, and butter which was subsequently poured over the mushrooms. Finally topped with salt, pepper, and chili powder the final presentation was visual foam with specks of pepper while beneath lied another perfect balance of ingredients. Smooth and creamy egg, fibrous mushroom, plenty of butter - yet light as a cloud. The next course would be a revelation - the sort of dish that on paper seems so simple yet in execution makes you realize why you even go to places like L'Atelier in the first place. LE RIS DE VEAU cloute de laurier frais a la feuille de romaine farcie featured a single sweetbread-the largest I've ever seen at nearly the size of a tennis balll - pierced with a bay leaf and pan seared in butter, herbs, and veal jus before being paired on the plate with sauteed romaine lettuce in a faintly garlic and dill foam. At $29 the offal itself cut easily with nothing but a fork and at 5-6 mouthfuls were the best tastes of the meal-almost caramelized on the exterior and creamy within. A fan of elaborate dishes it is plates like this that remind me just how exquisite simplicity can be when done right. My final bites from L'Atelier would be another classic dish and the only one seemingly served at each and every L'Atelier-LA CAILLE au foie gras, caramelisee avec une pomme puree truffee. At $28 the portion was certainly small, but the impact of the caramelized foie gras stuffed free-range quail with Robuchon's famous truffled-mashed potatoes is undeniable-the whole plate is simply decadence defined. Somewhat unbalanced compared to the other dishes I will note that the crispy quail was quite mild compared to the creamy liver, but obviously it's not like I mind the flavor of foie gras. The potatoes - there really isn't anything else that can be said...having had the buttered version last year all I can say is that the truffles make them even better. Outstanding service and a true experience to watch the kitchen I'd definitely head back for a couple courses regularly if I lived locally, and of course to see what Chef Guechida was doing pastry side.

Q: positive

A: The eggplant bites are amazing! Everything we tried on our first visit was top notch and very reasonable. I am so impressed with/obsessed with their buttermilk pie that I found a recipe online and baked one at home. Pales in comparison to theirs! We'll definitely be back soon!

Q: positive

A:
We went here last week while in Vegas and you cant miss this place.. the outside has the owners face on the front sign. We sat down and the waiter took our drink orders and some how he wasnt all there because he was bouncing around like a fish out of water. Guess he was just there for drinks. He gave my iced tea to my friend, and went to get me another one.. yeah.. I know. Waitress came over to order our food and used some little electronic device (pretty cool). I dont know.. for some reason I got the impression she was a little.. pissy? She seemed impatient. Maybe that's just me. We get the food and guess what.. it was actually pretty good. I ordered a chimichanga with rice and beans. Pretty simple, but i like simple things. My girlfriend ordered a lemon drop martini with her cheese crisp and hated it I guess. Cheese crisp was good though. We had the honor of having some Mariachi guys play for us. They were awesome! For that along, Im bumping my original 3 stars to 4 stars.