Make reservations way in advance. This place is small and can get busy quickly. From the outside, it's an unappealing brick building, but inside is like stepping into a French provincial home. The menu offers full and half portions, and the waitstaff suggest that the average diner order 3 half portions. Go with a small group and share some of their exquisite dishes. The menu changes daily to provide meals made from local produce.
Had to wait half hour in very cold lobby, and 15 mins to order a drink while waiting. Hot cider turned out to from a plastic bottle, then steamed in coffee maker. Tasteless food. Poor service. Bad wine selection.
The food is outstanding. We ate a half portion of everything on the menu and it was worth it. The vegetables, grains, seafood and duck were the best on the list. Dessert a bit of a disappointment but very nice wine recommendations and outstanding service. The food is really quite remarkable. I wish I could eat (almost) the entire meal again. Go quickly before you can't get a reservation.
One visit: We enjoyed beautifully spiced and seared Scituate scallops, house-made tagliatelle with chicken, and medium rare to rare rib roast, all accompanied by a nice vegetable selection that balanced the prime feature well. Desserts of chocolate panna cotta and cherry triffle with meringue and buttermilk ice cream topped off a very enjoyable dinner, marked by exceptional hospitality. Chef Bond exhibits disciplined self-control in execution.
Bondir - prance, pounce. Tasty and tasteful; very pleasant, but perhaps not quite extraordinary. The food, at times, made one want to prance. The service, at times, to pounce.
Jun. 2011