Ivo Braunschweiger Review of Cafe Claude
I came here spontaneously with two friends.
I came here spontaneously with two friends.
Staff was friendly and spoke French. I assume that speaks for a French restaurant.
There is outside seating available. The restaurant is located in a small alley. There is a covered outdoor area in that alley. Inside, there was some live jazz playing, to which I was skeptical at first. I'm not a huge fan of jazz, but it was not to loud and gave the place a good ambiente.
The wine list is composed by mainly French wines (probably 50-60%). Some others are from California, and 1 or 2 from other states. We decided to go for a white wine from Washington, because we never had one from there, and the wine was excellent! (44 USD)
Foodwise the menu is not too big. As a vegetarian your choices are limited to the salads and 1 main course (and the soup of the day, depending what it is) - I went for 6pc of oysters (oysters just aren't my thing, that I can tell now) and the vegetables and lentils out of the oven. I found that a bit too boring and would have expected something more refined and complex in taste. It was good, though.
My friends had the soup of the day (carrot-ginger I believe), chef's salad, Steak Frites and another main course. According to their opinion it all tasted very nice. I can only tell that the French Fries were excellent. Nicely thin cut, crispy, not too salty.
Overall, it is a nice restaurant serving good French cuisine. From my own point of view, it should serve more vegetarian fare (How about Couscous and Ratatouille?). It's also not overly expensive. You can have a prix fixe dinner for 45USD with 4 courses.
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