"My dining experience was superb; this may very well be the best restaurant in Howard County, and unquestionably the best in Ellicott City. Tersiguel's has adopted a chef's-choice type of menu, which is to say no menu per se. Based upon preferences and restrictions you provide in advance, the chef cooks up an outstanding, semi-customized, multi-course dinner. As an omnivore I had a seafood course (soft-shell crab), a fish course (halibut), a venison course, and a veal filet course, in addition to soup and dessert. My dining companion, a pescatarian who also doesn't eat shellfish, was accommodated by substituting fish for meat. The wait staff was attentive but not intrusive, and we had an interesting conversation with the chef about the history of his restaurant, as well as about France and its food. The restaurant will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026. Seating is spacious in the main dining room, and you may even luck out as we did and get a room all to yourselves. This is good for those of us who are COVID-cautious, and makes for a quiet environment, with a background of dining-appropriate classical music. Service and food like this do not come cheap--it's quite pricey but less than you would pay at most Michelin-star restaurants, which this restaurant rivals."