Gautreau's Review...

Morning All,

Went to Gautreau's last night for the first time to celebrate someone's birthday.

Glassman was right - this place is incredibly loud and very small. So it's very quaint, but not romantic at all (if that makes sense).

For appetizers, I took the plunge and ordered the sweetbreads, and we also got the tomato basil soup.

As far as sweetbreads go, sure they tasted nice, but I couldn't tell what was breaded. They were served with a little bit of lump crab and shreds of apple. It was four sweetbreads that were each about the size of a quarter ($14).

The tomato basil soup was very, very good - and it was a nice, big bowl that was beautifully presented ($10).

For entrees, we got the halibut, the flounder, and one of us got two apps as an entree - the scallops and tuna tartar.

The halibut and flounder were both excellent - just lovely pieces of fish. That being said, I can't stand it when the accompanying stuff is three little tiny fried artichokes (which were damn good), and a little bit of salsa, a small amount of green stuff (can't remember what this was?), and a slab of lemon yogurt. For $33, an entree needs to be more substantial than that. Same story with the flounder. There's nothing wrong putting an actual serving of potatoes on the plate, so I wish they'd try it like this!

Scallops were great ($15), but the tuna tartar ($12) was the one forgettable thing, so skip that one.

For dessert, we ate the banana split ($13), and it definitely does feed two. You will enjoy this for sure.

The service was excellent all night, and two of us noted that everything was served piping hot - which you don't always get, even at a very high end place. It was also nice to see the owner bringing drinks to a few tables.

With two glasses of wine and one cocktail, it came to $190 before tip.

Recommended, no doubt about it, but it is a bit expensive for what you get.