Jamie's French Restaurant

I have read many great reviews of Jamie's and heard a lot of great things about the old chef, but there is NOTHING great about the new chef. The menu has more Italian choices than French, nothing classical, nothing inspired, nothing that jumpe ... more

I have read many great reviews of Jamie's and heard a lot of great things about the old chef, but there is NOTHING great about the new chef. The menu has more Italian choices than French, nothing classical, nothing inspired, nothing that jumped out and said "eat!" (or "Mangia!"). There was no Foie Gras, no sweetbreads, but carpaccio, no French staples available, except for French Onion Soup, which left A LOT to be desired with it's pale color and lack of a sufficent crouton/cheese gratin, the special of pecan crusted grouper was a horrid concoction with little flavor except for the overpowering vanilla sauce (anyone can over-reduce cream and add entirely too much vanilla bean (and extract?!??). The rack of lamb was either very old or very bad before it found it's way to the pan, It had to be re-cooked to bring it from blue to the Medium Rare that was ordered, and then sent back barely touched. It seems that every idea that comes to the "chef" is crusted with something, pan-seared, and served with some sort of jus...a word of advice...try and use at least a few different cooking methods when creating a menu, stop serving canned green beans, stop slopping mashed potatoes on all of the plates, stop crusting every bit of protein with some sort of nut, just STOP! Stop, and take a good look at Escoffier, at Larousse, heck I'd reccomend the chef look at Jaques Pepin; maybe TV French is a little more approachable. When I pay good money for French food I expect to get good French food...not crappy pseudo Italian, I don't expect to wait over a half hour for appetizers, then have Salad and Sorbet rushed, just to wait 45 minutes for substandard food. The least that could have been done is to have the food come out hot. I would NOT reccommend eating at Jamie's until SOMETHING is changed, I will not return unless EVERYTHING has changed. less

I don't know why these other people are saying that the price is cheap. This place was very expensive but well worth it. You most be prepared for a long dining experience. They bring each course with much time in between. THis is dining at its ... more

I don't know why these other people are saying that the price is cheap. This place was very expensive but well worth it. You most be prepared for a long dining experience. They bring each course with much time in between. THis is dining at its best. The food was amazing and they have an extensive wine list. The one thing that bothered me about his place was the attitude/service from the matradee. My girlfriend and I were not regulars and are from NY so we dressed alittle more Ny style ie. in black and kinda trendy, but nice. My girlfiend was wearing a backless shirt and is Persian so they didn't immediately greet us even though I had reservations. It took us about 12 minutes to get seated an I saw many tables available. It was like they were trying to strategically place as to not offend their stuck up WASP type regular customers. I was very offended and almost said something before we finally got seated. I had the veal chops and my girlfriend had the fillet mignoin. We ende up spending about $100.00. Hey if you don't mind rude snobby people then I highly recommend it. less

This is the place to take the wife when you are in real trouble with her. Fine dining at it's best! The place is very comfortable, relaxed and cozy. Good food, Clean and friendly Staff and the service was very pleasant. Call to make sure you can g ... more

This is the place to take the wife when you are in real trouble with her. Fine dining at it's best! The place is very comfortable, relaxed and cozy. Good food, Clean and friendly Staff and the service was very pleasant. Call to make sure you can get a seat!!! less