"I came to this restaurant exclusively because of Top Chef Alumni Nina Compton. I 'm a somewhat fan of the show, and whenever I can, I like visiting the chefs ' restaurants. Most of my restaurant reviews are mostly driven by good (or poor customer service, combined with the food itself, of course. I have to say the full experience here was amazing. Everyone in the staff was pretty nice and cordial. I was welcomed warmly by the hostess, and she soon sat me at my table for the night. My visit was absolutely improved by server Katy. She was very friendly, very easy to deal with, checked in the right amount of often to make sure everything was okay. I saw some negative reviews about the staff and the service, and I have to say my experience was absolutely pleasant for what I expected. Food wise, I don 't even know where to start. It has been a long time since I had such a well served, flavorful meal. I chose the COOLinary Menu, which was a fixed price with 3 courses (yes, I kind of wanted to feel that Top Chef multi course situation, lol . Among the multiple options, I chose the Smoked Fish Tart/Smoked Trout Roe for appetizer, the Fried Chicken/Coconut Grits/Jerk Peanuts for second and the Mango Crème Brûlée/Coconut/Berries for desert. The appetizer started off so well that I almost ordered another one, just because the first one was THAT good. And don 't get me wrong, it was a very nice size for my taste. There was some sort of pate/cream in this dish that made me go for it multiple times. I held myself back, I did not order a second appetizer, and then I got to the chicken... I can 't even begin to describe how delicious that chicken was. It was a HUGE chicken breast, the crispiness of it was so good... The coconut grits and the jerk peanuts, they added even more flavor to the chicken that was already good enough by itself. The Creme Brulee was good, it had a nice taste to it, not so sugary, not too sweet, it finished off my meal in a very good note. Oh, I can 't forget to mention the Love Potion #4 cocktail. It was some passion fruit flavored Brazilian cachaça mixed with some other ingredients, I def recommend it. All in all, I would rate this 6 out of 5 stars. Thank you Katy and the chef and all the staff. (Only thing I did not like, but I see in quite a few restaurants these days, is the reservation using Resy, and the mandatory $25 cancelation fee This has driven me away from other restaurants, but I went through with it for this restaurant."
