Repast

It took me exactly one year to make it back to Repast namely because every time I think of coming here I feel like I am cheating on 4^th and Swift (my favorite restaurant in town), but, just like the last time I came, I was happy I did.
After reading John Kessler’s blog on May 17 about Joe Truex leaving and the menu allegedly having a different format with a lot of new dishes, I was a little surprised to see it the menu nearly identical to my last years visit. Nonetheless, the steak tartar, scallops & pork belly and coconut custard pie were all wonderfully executed. I truly enjoy the Asian flare that these typical American dishes take in the hands of Chef Mihoko Obunai-​Truex. She truly knows her way around a kitchen and has an uncanny ability to meld Asian and American flavors to perfection. While I was there I heard that the menu will definitely be changing in the coming weeks so now I have another reason to head back. Hopefully I can get over my guilt about 4^th and Swift and make it there sooner than another year.

This award winning restaurant offiers a creative, inventive menu served by attentive, knowledgeable staff in a beautifully decorated, peaceful setting. The bacon wrapped Medjool dates were a wonderful start to our meal. My chorizo coated pork chop was perfectly cooked and the butter poached halibut was tender and flavorful. Wine specials on the menu included six bottles offered for $ 30, a terrific deal for the French red we chose. It’s a meal still being talked about several months later. Even the hand dryer in the bathroom was cool!
When making our reservation, I was asked what occasion we were celebrating and mentioned my friend’s birthday. Nothing was said or done to acknowledge it, but we enjoyed everything, nonetheless.
Since dining at Repast, it’s been announced that the husband-​wife team of chefs will become just the wife. Mihoko Obunai-​Truex will become the owner chef while her husband Joe Truex pursues a new Atlanta area venture.
Changes afoot at Repast include a slightly less expensive menu with more small plates and a deep offering of Japanese sake and spirits.

In a weekend full of birthday dinners, this one definitely ranked high on the list. The cheese selection started us off on a great note (I’m still longing for more of the taleggio). We ordered the scallops with pork belly, duck with dirty rice, and lamb with curried carrots. Of those, the duck was the star. Beautifully cooked, perfectly seasoned, and paired nicely with the rice. The scallop melted like butter and the curried carrots were a nice complement to the lamb. Since it was a special occasion, dessert had to be served. Try the 3-​dessert tasting plate, and make sure you include the strawberry shortbread bar. It comes with the most fascinating strawberry/​fennel compote.
The service was pretty good, and the ambiance is nice, too. We’ll definitely be back.

Repast has been on my radar forever. I finally got to dine here recently and it was, for the most part, worth the wait.
I started with one of their signature cocktails called the «Bay of Pigs»: top-​shelf gin, house made Laurier-​cello, and sochu fevertree bitterlemon soda. Nice and refreshing, and not as lemony as I expected.
To start, I ordered the spring pea soup with whipped goat cheese and truffle oil. I wasn’t crazy about this soup. While it tasted fresh, the flavors were a bit thin and it lacked salt.
For my entrée, I decided on the chorizo crusted berkshire pork chop. This was delicious. Chorizo sausage was chopped and mixed in with panko for the breading. The pork was perfectly cooked, slightly pink in the center, and was served with roasted local turnips and a smoky tomato gravy. Delicious.
I also tried one of their sides, the black truffle agnolotti. Nirvana! Four house-​made ravioli stuffed with marscapone cream cheese, served in a small metal pot with big pieces of cooked shiitake and oyster mushrooms in a delicious reduction. Fantastic!
For dessert, I had the strawberry shortbread bar, served with vanilla ice cream and a strawberry-​fennel compote. Nice ending for a delicious meal.

Interesting culinary menu choices and the focus on local foods/​fresh vegetables & ingredients make Repast a refreshing restaurant choice for a recent Saturday night.
Our table shared the bacon wrapped figs and side of black truffle agnolotti, each came with four so we got to have one each. Dates were sweet and stuffed with a marcona almond, though the dish wasn’t overly superior or anything. The black truffle agnolotti with wild mushrooms were delicious and my highlight for the evening– strong truffle flavor in the agnolotti (similar to large tortellini) and mushrooms, offset with the delicate pasta skin. For the entrée, I had the seared sea scallops & pork belly with spring pea purée– the scallops were gigantic, cooked and seasoned perfectly– pork belly and pea purée were a good choice to pair with the scallops.
For dessert, the olive oil cake is more like a custard-​y almost citrus cake with olive oil drizzle, strawberries, and almond ice cream… surprisingly light and tasty.
Great service– our server was very patient with us as we struggled to make our decisions. The atmosphere was sleek and modern, but comforting and cozy at the same time. Repast is a little pricey for me to frequent too often– but I did have a gift certificate from Half Off Depot to subsidize! I enjoyed the change from the usual southern-​inspired fare that I had ingested leading up to this meal– I look forward to returning when the menu changes for the next season.

Atlanta restaurants, why are you always in obscure locations? I came here on a Monday night for the fried chicken night — not sure what the parking situation is like normally, but I don’t think they have valet here on Monday nights, and the parking situation didn’t look too abundant. Anyways, I digress.
The food was pretty decent. I’ll go ahead and review what I had.
The Japanese fried chicken was fine. At $ 14 dollars for an entrée, a side of vegetables, and a cheesecake soufflé at the end, I can’t really complain. However, the fried chicken felt like it had a lot of potential. First, none of my pieces had any bones in it, which was weird since I expected to eat a drumstick and perhaps a wing or thigh — instead the dark meat had been deboned for me. I’m not a fan of that because the chicken ended up being overfried and was dry and the meat became crispy. The key to good fried chicken is a crispy shell, but a juicy and tender inside. This dish failed in those respects. However, the breading was tempura based, which gave it a bit of a unique flavor to fried chicken. A bit under seasoned, but I think adding a bit of sweetness to this would make it really good.
The bacon wrapped figs were good. A bit sweet for me, and the bacon might have been a tad overcooked here. Not bad though.
Octopus carpaccio was also decent. However, I thought the star of the night was definitely the crab cakes. They deceiving look like there is a lot of breading, but when you cut into them you discover that it is all crab meat. The meat was tender, flavorful, and you could tell it was fresh. Paired with the lemon caper sauce, this dish was really delicious and a reason why I’ll be back here again.
Work on the chicken. I want to be back for that too.

I took my mom here last night. Getting to the area was easy but I didn’t see any signs for it right away so I had to call and ask where they were exactly. Some trees outside were growing over their sign so that made it hard to see. There is free parking.
We made a reservation, but it was not crowded and we were seated right away.
The restaurant is small, cute, and open so you can see the whole place from probably every seat. They have a patio but we wanted to sit inside.
We ordered the crab cake appetizer and it was GREAT! One of the best crab cakes I’ve ever had. It was all crab and a little cornmeal or something like that to hold it together, it was really good.
For dinner we had the Japanese fried chicken. It came with some kind of ginger salad I think, it was good. We also had an order of the root vegetable fries. It was all really tasty, and in good size portions. Not too much but not too little. The chicken was the special and came with a dessert, some kind of cheesecake soufflé. It was good. Nothing tops that crab cake. When I go back there I will get the crab cake entrée.
It’s a little expensive (to me) but worth the money. They had some other menu items, not just chicken and basic food like that, it seems like a good place to go if you want to be adventurous with food.

My Repast meals are generally «A-​OK» with a few glints of ingeniously conceived, delicious bites peppered among them. What pushed Repast over to «Yay! I’m a fan» status is the Japanese fried chicken they offer every Monday. The chicken is full of flavor, delightfully moist and tender, and encased in a shell of crispy crunchy battered bliss. The waitress instructed us to moisten the chicken with lemon wedges and to sprinkle them with one or all of the three Asian artisanal salts.
After nearly two minutes of trying to keep up appearances using my knife and fork, I gave in and tackled the drumsticks hands-​on. The couple seated caddy corner to us noticed and was put off by my choice. But before we left, the gentleman at that very table gave me a firm nod as he too put down the knife and fork and picked up the drumstick.

Good food and great service. We came here at the recommendation of some of our friends. I was a bit taken back to see how expensive everything was on the menu.
Id say they are definitely adventurous with their food pairings but some of it just works.
I thought the tuna was good but for the amount you get its tough to swallow a $ 28 price tag.
I’d come back here perhaps but ill need a credit limit increase on my american express first.

Wow! Everything that I put in my mouth tasted great. The mood, ambiance, design of the restaurant was smooth, fun and relaxed. I would suggest making reservations, because the place is popular. even though the bar is full service, if you need to wait, I was not pleased with the bartender’s attitude. She was bland and not engaging.
We had to wait a really long time for our food at the bar and at the table. Good thing the chef is the bomb and it was worth the wait. This has the potential to be one of the best in the city if they up their service and cook staff. Here is what we had to eat (it was all fab).
Escargot tart, crab cakes, hummus, butter swish soup
Scallops, steak, tuna
Bread pudding

I thought the food here was pretty good but not special. First, I really hated the parking. The whole area has terrible parking. the valet guy was not there when we got there, the whole garage was full so we had to go back and wait for the valet. I really hate places with forced valet.
Then, as other people pointed out, there are absolutely no directions on where to go from there in order to get to the restaurant. You have to walk across a dim courtyard to the other side, past a condo.
Service was fine. The restaurant is kind of small and there are some tiny two-​person tables right in the middle, which would probably suck to sit at. The restaurant is pretty and the kitchen is nearby and in view. The whole time it smells like butter cooking, which is not bad.
It’s true that the bread they first bring it out is just plain sliced bread, nothing special. What I did not like is that the little pan they brought it in was wet. UGHHH!!! I hate wet plates, and totally do not expect that from a nice restaurant.
For the entrée I ordered the hanger steak, cooked medium. It came out medium-​rare but it was sooo good. Very tasty and tender. The thin fries were good too. I’m not a big fan of fries (these were not potato) but my boyfriend, who does loves fries, liked them a lot. I would order again.
My boyfriend ordered the tuna which I thought was very good but a little overpriced. Nice little lemon and herbs taste. The quinoa and potatoes it came with were VERY good. I would order again.
Would come back here again.

I was really looking forward to trying Repast with some friends for an end-​of-​year dinner, but was sorely disappointed! True, there were 10 of us and we made reservations for a Saturday night, but my experience left much to be desired.
When we arrived the restaurant hadn’t gotten full yet so the servers were pretty attentive, took our coats, etc. From there, service went completely downhill. Our waiter seemed to have some kind of attitude problem and seemed frustrated when some of my companions had questions about the menu.
Food was good, but portions were small and I didn’t think there were any particularly unique flavor combinations offered. I had the bacon-​wrapped dates for an appetizer and then ordered scallops for a main meal and got TWO — granted they were large, but for $ 26 I was expecting a bit more.
The worst part of the night was the fact that when my friend started eating her crab cakes she found a HAIR and the waiter was not even apologetic. We had already waited about an hour for our food to arrive so we didn’t want to wait for them to re-​make the dish so they prepared it for her to go. They didn’t even comp or discount the meal for our inconvenience which didn’t make any sense because there were 10 of us with appetizers, entrees, meals, and desserts so giving us a break on ONE entrée wouldn’t have made much of a difference in the bill, it just would have been a nice gesture.
Overall, I think this restaurant is completely over-​rated and over-​priced.

4 Stars food
1 Star service
2.5 Stars total
If it weren’t for the horrific service, I’d grand Repast 4 stars. As it were, the service at Repast warranted a $ 2 tip with a note from me reading «please give to busboy.» Seriously. Our server spent all his time on a large table, so I let him receive all his tip from that table.
Aside from the awful table service, it took at good 10 minutes for the overworked bartender to notice my friend and me at the cramped bar. When she did, she hastily threw a drink menu at me, did not answer any questions, and then fixed another person’s drink before ours even though we were there first! I blame understaffing. Service =1 star.
Now the 4-​star food. We were there during restaurant week so chose the fixed menu but opted to order an appetizer of the bacon wrapped dates as well (per fellow Unilocalers reviews).
The breakdown: fig martini/​daquiri = delic but on the small size for ten dollars. Steak tartar = tasty but a little heavy on the spices I can’t place my finger on. Grilled haloumi cheese = fresh and light but not memorable. Bacon wrapped dates = INCREDIBLE and worth the trip; great textural contrast and just pure deliciousness.
I ordered the trout almondene and my friend got the springer roasted chicken. The trout was the winner; not fishy, flaky, yummy beans, although maybe a bit salty. My friend’s chicken was good, but come one, who orders chicken in a nice restaurant unless it’s what they’re known for?
For dessert she got some chocolate yumminess with a peanut butter cookie and I got a japanese cheesecake, which tasted more like ricotta cheese with lemon and a little flower with fruit. The desserts were just okay.
I am granting 4 stars for the food solely for the trout and the bacon wrapped dates. Otherwise it would have been 3 stars.
Repast is stuffy and up its own you know what. It’s got nothing on two urban licks or similar restaurants. Uptight restaurants like this are so full of themselves and need someone to give them a 2 buck tip every now and then!

4.65 stars
So yes, this is my 50^th review and my first 5 star for overall dining experience. If I had to recommend to anyone a place in our city for a great «foodie affordable» evening this would be hands down the place.
I am basing this on the fact that I have worked in, been to, or eaten at so many of the top restos in the south, and I have been going to Repast since about the week they opened. I have seen them develop into a great bistro with a chef driven feel.
The wine list is pricey but very well thought out, the service can be slow but is on point, and the food is a concentration of flavors that combine the husband and wife’s belief of smart cuisine so well.
From the memorable Yuzu Bellini to the unforgettable Miso Foie Gras, back to the staple of Bacon Wrapped Dates then onto the Pork Belly and Scallops. Lets also give a shout out to the best Hanger Steak and Pork dishes in Atlanta. I have never had a bad meal or experience over the years.
Repast breaks the mold for the Dirty South and my review skills are not doing this establishment much justice right now. So I will be back to eat and finish this review of my personal favorite.
Chef Invisible – Out

Well it’s official; Repast has its head firmly up its own rear end. I somehow got drug into going here again after swearing it off last time. To say my experience with this place has been a roller coaster would be an understatement. But I can safely say the roller coaster has definitely derailed, mentally maiming me in the process.
This time we were greeted with the announcement that they now have some type of water filtration system that allows them to offer still or sparkling water. Sounds good, but normal water is just fine. «Sorry, we no longer have tap water and there’s a .75 surcharge for table service». Wow. Smart business move Repast. Get a water filtration system, and your your own expense and by your own choice, then charge your patrons, without choice, for water that they never requested you have. Does nobody find this offensive just on the basic principle of making people pay for your own decisions? The smart thing for Repast to have done was showcase the fact that they do have their own filtration system and market it as a selling point instead of adding a «surcharge» to the bill. That’s just going to turn people off.
And you don’t have tap water? If that were true I think city code enforcement might have something to say about that.
As if this wasn’t enough, and it most certainly is, we were then told that the special of the night, for a a self-​proclaimed GREEN and ECO-​LEANING restaurant, was foie gras. That’s right, probably the most cruel inhumane animal dish you can serve as a special at a Eco-​conscious restaurant. For those who indulge in this «delicacy» go here (
) to see how your goose ‘lives’ and what your goose looks like before its liver becomes foie gras. While many other countries, states (CA banning it completely by 2012), and restaurants are moving to ban foie gras, Repast, the eco-​friendly restaurant, is serving it as a special.
Aside from the cruelty and ridiculous surcharge, the waiter forget two things from our order (he had 3 tables early in the evening) and the trout was not even seasoned on the inside (was a whole fish).
Hypocrisy is my number one pet peeve, so Repast really gets under my skin. Repast is a classic example of yet another business in Atlanta thinking they are ‘going green’, but really show no clue to what that means or actually involves. I won’t eat there again… even if you paid me.

I ate here for the 2^nd time last night, the first time being a group dinner with a set selection of only three choices, so repast didn’t have a chance to flex their muscles. This time was a much different experience.
They are featuring a $ 15 three course dinner Monday-​Thursday evenings, and Monday night’s option is Joe’s gumbo. Each week night option comes with a salad and dessert.
The first course was a wedge with blue cheese and small fried onions, but it wasn’t doused with a heavy, fatty dressing, rather a vinaigrette that was really fantastic, and there was just the right amount of it. The salad was sprinkled with small bits of well cooked bacon, the small amount being economically sound for them and healthier for me.
The gumbo was def enjoyable — a fairly large portion, with tons of sweet crawfish, okra, and healthy dose of really tasty rice in the center.
The dessert was a small ramekin of ice cream, with poached pears and a balsamic glaze. The balsamic glaze was quite thick and bitter, but when eaten with a dose of the pears, it was perfectly balanced and delicious.
This amount of food is PLENTY, but I went for a 4^th course, the $ 10 Burgundian escargot tart. This was unreal, but I wish I had ordered a glass of pinot noir to really kick this up.
My dining companion got the carrot/​ginger soup (silky, awesomely fresh!), the macrobiotic veggie selection (unreal peas with an assortment of other super fresh, dynamic dish-​esque veggies), and the chocolate terrine with olive oil and salt, which stole the dessert show despite the strong showing from the balsamic/​pear combo.
They are making some serious food here, and at $ 15, for this quality and quantity, it’s the best deal in town. Make it a 4 course meal for $ 22 – 25 (adding an appetizer or the black truffle agnolotti side dish) and it can’t be beat.

I never actually went inside the restaurant, so this review will center on the food, the service and the outdoor patio.
I was a little nervous when we were seated halfway onto the patio and halfway in what appeared to be the courtyard of an apartment complex. Weird, I know. There were 9 of us in our party, and the first thing we were told was about the $ 0.75 fee per person for tap water since they have some crazy, Nutura filtration system or something. Um, alright.
Our server seemed a bit flustered and when serving my beer, filled it slowly until it spilled over, through the grated table and onto my lap. He did the same thing to my coworker 30 seconds later, so I didn’t think it was an accident. He was definitely not a great part of our experience, especially later on when he closed the iron gate at the front of the patio area because there are apparently a lot of homeless people and unsavory characters that make their way in after 10pm. YIKES!
The food was unmemorable to just bad. The menu was WAY too pretentious for me without the follow through of quality food. I tried the bacon wrapped dates, the crab cakes and the scallops. The sides with the scallops were actually bitter and inedible, though our server described the flavors as «citrusy and light». Yuck. We had all the desserts to share and those were a disappointment as well.
I will not be back. The food, location and atmosphere were just bad. They did have a couple awesome belgian-​style beers on the menu which is the only reason they get 2 stars. Way too pricey for the quality of food.

I was looking forward to this. I had heard of Repast for a while, but didn’t realize it was so close by — I would have gone sooner!
Anyway, the first experience — valet parking. I hate valet parking in general. I hate it even more when you get out and they park your car two spots away. Seriously, couldn’t I have done that? Isn’t it going to take you longer to get my keys, pull the car out of the spot, and drive the whole 10 feet than it would be for me to just go straight to my car and drive away? Argh.
Anyway, the restaurant is nicely decorated and I particularly like how it is somewhat subterranean with the street windows above you. Also, slightly strange I know, but the bathrooms were pretty cool. I loved the sink and the hand dryers. I’m thinking that they may be imported from Japan as I haven’t seen anything like those. Why every restroom does not have those hand dryers is a mystery.
I had a glass of some syrah, which I was lucky to get apparently as they usually don’t serve that one by the glass. It was quite good and the bottle is a bit out of my price range so that was nice. The bread was different, but not very good. We also had the cod fritters which were just ok and overpriced considering there were only 2 small ones.
I had the chorizo-​crusted pork chop with bacon-​y chopped Brussels sprouts with some vinegary reduction and gratin made with sweet potatoes. The pork chop and the gratin were really good and flavorful. I thought the Brussels sprouts were excellent — I haven’t seen Brussels sprouts prepared like that and it was definitely a success. I would serve that those to someone who claims not to like Brussels sprouts. Bacon makes everything better though, right? What struck me most about this dish was how well everything really worked well together; I can’t recall the last time I think a dish was that balanced. I think that dish was composed excellently. I also tried the trout which was pretty good as well.
For dessert they offer a nice dessert sampler that has 3 or 4 desserts — we got 3: the banana bread pudding, a pumpkin crème brulee, and the chocolate terrine. All of them were good, but the pumpkin crème brulee stood out despite the miniscule size — it was excellent. In addition to the food, our waiter was really nice and very attentive throughout the meal as well.
So, the restaurant and the food was really great overall. I like the type of food they make there — it’s really well executed and a little creative, but not too high-​brow, formal, or frou frou. I really have no complaints aside from the expensive, boring salt cod fritters and the crappy parking situation. I’ll definitely be back.
4.5

I finally got to try repast last night. I’m trying really hard to find something to knock its rating down to four stars since I like to be stingy with five star ratings but I really can’t think of anything. So, five stars it is!
We had a group of six with a reservation and we arrived a little bit late but were seated immediately. The hostess was very friendly and accommodating. They also have free valet, which is a bonus.
The amuse-​bouche was a chickpea hummus on a flatbread round and it was delicious — a very good start. We ordered five appetizers to share and I thought they were all excellent: octopus carpaccio, roasted beets, pork belly, bacon-​wrapped dates and crab cakes. The bacon-​wrapped dates were my favorite but the crab cakes were very meaty (not much filler), the octopus was excellent, the beets were delicious and the pork belly was so good that I had to eat a piece even though I normally don’t eat pork, other than cheating with bacon.
I only tried two entrees: mine, which was poached cod, and also a friend’s sesame (I think)-crusted tuna. Both were excellent but my cod was the best. I really loved my entrée. The fish was cooked perfectly and it was served with Brussels sprouts, mushrooms and a kombu dashi broth, which complemented the fish well and was all very tasty.
Happily, they offer a tasting plate of desserts so we were able to try four different desserts in manageable portions. I have to say, I really love it when restaurants have dessert tasting plates. It makes it so easy to try them and get just a few bites of sweetness rather than overloading on the meal-​ending sugar and feeling like you have to finish more than you’d actually like to eat. So, anyway, we tried the dark chocolate terrine, a tropical cheesecake, lemon chiffon and banana pecan bread pudding. My favorite was the bread pudding, but I knew it would be because that’s my thing. But, I especially liked that the pecans on top seemed to be well salted, which really added to the flavor — well done! The others were good, too, with the only miss of the whole night, in my opinion, being that the cheesecake was served a bit warm.
They have a very interesting wine list. We drank a lovely Malbec which was one of quite a few reasonably priced wines by the bottle. They have a lot more wine available in bottles than by the glass, but there are certainly quite a few good-​sounding choices by the glass.
I will say that the service was perhaps a bit slow, although we were chatting so much that we didn’t really notice. But, someone who is more of a clock-​watcher might be annoyed with this. I was not.
I liked Repast very much and I look forward to returning.

Thanks to Adam R’s recommendation of
with the 80% off coupon (
), I got a $ 25 gift certificate for Repast for $ 2. Woohoo. I’d been hesitant about trying it, since Nimma got kicked off of Top Chef 4 in the first episode, but the deal made the decision for me.
Leaving the car with the valet in the garage and walking to the restaurant from the courtyard, there was no sign to indicate that it was Repast, so I wasn’t sure until I saw the name on the carpet in the entryway that we were at the right place. We were promptly seated, and I felt somewhat crammed into the corner of the banquette next to the hostess stand. It was very intimate — the next table was only two feet away, so my bag and my neighbor’s bag were touching on the banquette.
We started with the roasted beets, which was actually more of a beat salad. It was a good balance of sweet beats, salty cheese, crunchy pistachios, and tangy dressing. The bread for the table was not as impressive — it was spongy and seemed like bad sandwich bread that you buy at the discount SunBeam bakery to me…
For the main I had the scallops. They were perfectly cooked, and the accompanying touches complemented them well enough. The white pureed vegetable had just enough texture and flavor to make the scallops that much more appetizing. The apple-​celery chutney was a little soft and sweet for me — I was expecting more tart and crunchy. The curried cauliflower was surprisingly good, since I’m not really a cauliflower person. All in all good, but not my favorite scallop dish in the city.
Jimmy had the lamb osso bucco. It was not what he was expecting, but that’s probably because he likes to just point at something on the menu when asked for his selection by the server, rather than actually reading the full description. As sides he got the black truffle agnolotti and the mushroom, apple, spinach, bacon conglomeration. The agnolotti was like over-​stuffed ravioli, with emphasis on the overstuffed. I was surprised that this was a side, when it could have easily been its own meal considering how full and how rich those little stuffed pasta noodles were. The SMAB combination was not as delicious as it sounded — the mushrooms were small and roughly the same consistency as the apples, and I could barely taste the bacon.
I did like their wine list — it had lots of interesting wines that we’d never heard of, but with most by the bottle, and it just being the two of us on a weeknight, we opted for glasses so that we could try more. The glass price for these unique wines is more than I normally like to pay (all over $ 10). The server was not particularly helpful in picking the wines, which was surprising, because why work to have an award-​winning wine list if you’re not going to train your staff to maximize its potential?
All in all, it was a cozy, enjoyable experience, but nothing so memorable as to make me add it to my list of favorite places.