How to Cook a Wolf
Seattle, WA 98109-2312
Phone: (206) 838-8090
02/20/2008 Posted by emcitychris
With only six tables and three waiters you would think that service would be swift and attentive. You would unfortunately be wrong. We sat at our table for 20 minutes before we were served water or our drink order was taken. Once appetizers and a bottle of wine were ordered we again waited about 15 minutes for either to appear on our table. I must say the olives and roasted almonds that we ordered as our appetizers were quite tasty. The menu is limited to about twenty or so items. We each ordered two items to share family style and the resulting eight plates were the perfect amount of food for us. We had four unremarkable pastas, the only one that stood out for me was the take on Carbonera. It was decent, but the problem is that I make an awesome carbonera and why would I want to pay money for something I can do better? The four other plates were stuffed quail, seared scallops, chicken liver ravioli and seared polenta. Nothing really stood out among these four dishes either, the scallops were well cooked, but I can get good scallops anywhere (I can cook better scallops). Overall the dinner was mediocre at best with a couple of dimly shining stars that could be recreated elsewhere in a better fashion. When the dessert menu was presented to us it contained three items, sorbet, gelatto and a cheese tray. The only item they had available from that menu was the cheese tray, the had no sorbet or gelatto which was odd since we were the first seating of the night. Luckily none of us cared for any dessert anyway. If the food was good I wouldn't have minded the price we ended up paying, but for such mediocre food it was too spendy.
Pros: decor is interesting
Cons: service, food is bland and boring
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