Beau Soliel Quick Review

The wife and I decided we wanted to grab something nice to eat last night. We were trying to decide between LL, Digiulio Bros, Doe's, or Parrains......wife said she wanted something new so I recommended Beau Soliel.

We arrived around 8pm and were seated immediately. I had been for lunch 1 time prior, so I knew what the place looked like, but it being the wife's first time, she thought it was a nice cozy little restaurant. We both ordered a cocktail, which arrived promptly and tasted fine.

Appetizer: Foie Gras on a Purple waffle - We both thought it tasted good, but was totally not worth the price ($13) for the size. It was literally 1 bite......we've gotten Foie Gras at other places (Ex. Gautreau's in NOLA) and it was no where near as small of portion as this.

Entrees: 1. Fresh Gulf Fish w/ crab meat & a cream sauce 2. 8 oz grilled filet w/ a bearnaise sauce. - First of all, my wife ordered the quail, only to find out that they had run out (if they ever had any), kinda odd to run out of an everyday menu item 2 hours before you close. The wife then decided on the steak, which is where everything started going down hill. We're really not impatient people, but after a 30-40 min wait for our entrees it was started to get ridiculous for a table of 2 to wait this long when the restaurant wasn't slammed. The waitress must have told us 3-4 times she was going to check on our food to no avail......finally 45 mins later our food arrives. In addition to our 2 entrees we also ordered their Red Onion Blue Cheese side, which didn't arrive with the entrees.....it took till the end of the meal for it to show up. Both entrees tasted ok, nothing extraordinary, especially for the price.

Cons:
1. Running out of menu items
2. Entrees took forever to come out
3. Some portions are too small
4. Entire meal (atmosphere, service, food) not worth the price

Summary:
(2) Cocktails
(1) Appetizer
(2) Entrees
(1) Side (that we ended up not paying for)

Bill - over $100

We may go back for lunch, but dinner is not worth it.....could have gone down the road to Flemings or Mansur's and had a better meal.