We ate at La Caille on Thanksgiving.

We ate at La Caille on Thanksgiving.

First, the food:
The food was plain and did not merit the $110/person plus tip plus beverages (non alcoholic such as sparkling water) price tag. It was $730 (incl 20% tip and a couple of beverages) for a family of 5 adults.

Family platter style dinner with choice of appetizer and dessert-

It was plain turkey, somewhat dry. The prime rib was full of fat (much more than just "marbled"). The salmon was definitely farm fed Atlantic salmon; it was extremely fishy tasting. (We frequently eat wild caught Alaskan sockeye salmon, so we know there is a vast difference between the two.) The brussel sprouts were so so, as were the green beans (so plain!!), and the mashed potatoes honestly tasted like boxed potatoes from a discount grocery store. The stuffing and sauces were marginal. There was no pizazz, just an ordinary Thanksgiving dinner. The first course (salad or pumpkin soup) was good, but again, it wasn't necessarily unique or what I'd qualify as "fine dining". My homemade butternut squash soup made from scratch is 100 times better than La Caille's pumpkin soup. (We also thought it pretty surprising that they offered a salad as the other option. A salad is soooooo easy to prepare and requires no unique skill set.) . The dessert course (choice of cranberry white mousse or a pumpkin ricotta type cheese cake) was phenomenal, and the only course that merited high praise. The more we ate we found ourselves saying "Um... we cook way better food at home on any given weekday than this!" The only exception to that would be the dessert. It was tasty and unique. Overall, we were very disappointed in the food.

The service:
Our server was great. She was attentive and performed the job as expected for a place such as La Caille. No complaints whatsoever. The food was served in a timely manner as well.

The ambiance:
La Caille is stunning. What a beautiful and exquisite location/building(s)/setting! Our party of 5 was tucked quietly away in an upstairs area (with other diners) and it was intimate and beautiful.

Despite the service and ambiance being 5 stars, we all felt like the poor food really ruined it for us. For that amount of money, I expect to have a very unique and outstanding eating experience. My family wondered after the evening was over, that if we could have had a menu with different entrees to choose from (to be able to experience a unique dining-out-for-Thanksgiving event) we may have considered it worthwhile.( Of course, that is assuming the food was good. I'm not too optimistic that it would have been any better, but my family was hopeful.)

I knew going in that it would be family style platter but I thought it would be a Thanksgiving dinner prepared in a unique way. (Even something like rosemary garlic potatoes rather than just plain mashed potatoes. Or beer battered turkey, or prosciutto wrapped asparagus. Just something different than the typical holiday meal.) We're by no means professional chefs, but in 2019 society has access to high quality food (rather bought online or in grocery stores) as well as professional chef instruction from websites, youtube, and food television shows, and so its not uncommon to know what good food is and how to prepare it. If you're going to offer a fancy dining out Thanksgiving dinner at $150 a head (tip, beverage incl) we fully expect it to knock our socks off as one of the best holiday dinners we've ever enjoyed. Our experience at La Caille fell far short of that expectation. We will not go again.