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Review of Maison Blanche restaurant

I was so excited to go to a nice French restaurant...

I was so excited to go to a nice French restaurant on Longboat Key. I made reservations weeks in advance. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. I came home after the worst dinner I ve had in years and looked at the reviews and was astonished to see any (let alone so many) positive reviews and not one negative one. This place markets itself as a French restaurant and it is as far from one as a road side diner is. Not one classic French dish in site on the limited menu. Food is priced like a high end restaurant and the plates of food simply don t match up. Everything was undercooked , over-sauced and the Chef tried way to hard to be different . The staff did thier best , but are far from seasoned. It felt as though everyone (including the Chef) tried desperately to pretend that this was a fancy French restaurant and fell terribly and tragically short. It was all so terrible that when it came time to choose the included dessert I relictinatley asked the waiter to choose the item that would be best executed by the chef to which it seemed he recommended a reinvented apple tart (which he described as more of a crumble). It was inedible. Overly sweet apples atop a glue like tart served with a side of heavy whipped cream flavored with honey. Just I excusable. Total disappointment. If you like French food , or want a nice dinner , prepared fresh - skip this place. We received our appetizers and entrees less than five minutes after we ordered. Things were clearly microwaved. Terrible.