1.5 stars

1.5 stars
Not for vegetarians.
This place is a great example of style over substance.
If you are vegetarian then this is definitely not the restaurant where you would want to end up at unless vegetarian food for you only means salads. We tried every single vegetarian dish on their pre - theater menu and except for the pea hummus which tasted slightly okay, everything else wasn't good.

We tried the restaurant week special menu which means we paid $35 per person for an appetizer, an entree and a dessert. Starting from the appetizer the green salad only had one or two good elements but just could not be eaten after a point.
The caprese was nothing extraordinary. It would the taste same even at a chain restaurant and you would pay much less.
The green pea hummus was probably their best dish of the night. Now, the hummus topped with crunchy quinoa tasted good but they did not even serve it with pita bread. Instead it came with carrot, radish and celery sticks. I mean why should I visit a restaurant to have veggies and hummus.

Coming to the entrees there was just one vegetarian option: the quinoa tabbouleh. It was basically quinoa served with roasted okra, cucumber, yuzu mayo and falafel. I am usually very gentle with my criticism but this was an awful dish. More so because the first course was literally only salads and the second course too was like eating quinoa salad. For some reason there was a very meaty smell and taste to the dish making it difficult for me to eat. The falafel was okay but wasn't enough to save the dish.

Now finally for the desserts. It is usually very difficult to get desserts wrong but volver managed that too.
Starting with the black sesame panacotta. The panacotta itself had no sugar in it. It was served with a yuzu curd, a cherry and some fruit flavored foam and a delicate touille on top. The elements did not come together at all and they tasted bad even individually.

Next up the chocolate choux which again hardly had any sugar. I am all up for moderately sweet desserts but that doesn't mean sugar is completely avoided.

It wasn't just the food that was bad but it was also the service. There was a difference of at least 30 minutes between each course even on a night where the restaurant wasn't completely full. I am not sure if it was because of the restaurant week but I was so disappointed with the place. I ended up paying a lot more than I ideally would have for all of that food.

Just serving up pretty dishes in the restaurant isn't going to work if your food lacks taste. I cannot call this restaurant good or bad because I did not taste the meat which may have possibly been good but it was a nightmare for a vegetarian person. Not a single dish we ordered today was cooked. It was all raw and salads. I can't understand how someone even with a very refined taste would like that food. Please incorporate some hot dishes to the menu and maybe serve something filling like bread with the food instead of vegetables.

To summarize: I am never going back unless the menu is fully revamped.