Per Se

Per Se

(Visited for my birthday, July 2014)

Wow:

* Food preparation

* Truffle supplement was a whole truffle

* Attentiveness of staff

* Variety of tastes and experiences

* Wine list is on an iPad!

* Kitchen tour was cool

* Desserts were great (and the distributor of the chocolates had memorized each of the 20 he proffered)

Ugh:

* Ridiculously expensive

* Did I mention that it's ridiculously expensive? It is $300pp to get food. Want a supplement? +$100. Wine? 3-5x retail. Ouch.

* Service was overly professional and aloof

Judging Per Se for food quality only makes sense relative to other top-tier restaurants, so I'm avoiding doing so on a scale.

I'm not eager to go back. If someone would pay my way, sure. But it's just not worth it to me.

Service: 6/10 (I mean we had no shortage of help)

Fun: 8/10