My boyfriend and I decided to venture out to this supposedly delicious French restaurant last weekend. Upon arrival, we were ignored, it took the hostess several minutes to seat us. After taking our seats, it was another five minutes before anyone come up to us and ask if we would like water. Hoping for the best, we decided to order our food and had to flag down someone to take our order. At this point, we should have taken the hints and walked out the door. I ordered the butternut squash soup and the sweet potato gnocchi with lamb leg, my boyfriend ordered the truffled risotto (when we finally caught the attention of a passing waiter.) I would like to point out that the restaurant is quite small and throughout the duration of our meal, there were never more than 6 tables of people (including our party of two). The service was slow and inconsistent, we didn't even seem to have a waiter or waitress actually assigned to our table.
As for the food...
The butternut squash soup was creamy, but nothing out of the ordinary as far as taste goes. Presentation was by far the highlight of our evening. My gnocchi came out fine, but the lamb on top was so salty, I could not even finish the dish. I tasted the risotto and it had clearly been microwaved, the outside was warm, but the center was cold.
Upon leaving, we expressed our unhappiness with the service we received and the food, but the manager only said he was sorry that we felt that way. I would like to emphasize that we are not complainers, especially at restaurants, things happen, but to disrespect us and treat us as if we didn't matter simply because we weren't as old as some of the other patrons is inexcusable. We will not be dining at Bijoux again, I hope you take this advice for you and your wallet's sake.
