Vincent - A Restaurant

10/15/09

Unpleasantly surprised

by Melissa1212 at Citysearch

I have mixed feelings about Vincent. The first time my husband and I went there was when we had excellent service and food (coq au vin). About 6 months later we came back and had the total opposite. We waited for about 15 minutes to even get a menu. The waitress seemed "out of it", not friendly, engaging or helpful. We ordered wine which never showed up, in fact nothing showed up, not water, not bread, not anything! I don't know why the staff ignored us. The restaurant was busy but, I noticed many other patrons ordering and receiving things in a timely manner. We weren't rude to anyone, we just waited patiently until we couldn't take it anymore and then we left. As we were leaving the manager came over and said to us "you're leaving" in a surprised tone. I said to him very calmly "yes, you're staff seems to be too busy to serve us so we will go elsewhere". And you know what, he just let us walk out, with no apology or anything. I know some people who complain about the slightest thing at a restaurant just to see what they can get for free but, that was clearly not happening here! He didn't even need to offer us a free meal, just his assurance that he was sorry and would see that it wouldn't happen again might have made me feel better about the whole thing. I've considered giving them another chance because we did have a good experience once but, even in light of that I am extremely hesitant to go back and have not been back in over a year. I have such a bad taste (no pun intended) in my mouth from the last time. I really got the feeling from everyone from the hostess to the manager that they thought we didn't belong there for whatever reason and I'm not sure I want to belong there if that is how they treat customers........

• Pros: The food is good- when you get it
• Cons: Service was terrible

09/09/09

Homophobic, rude.

by xochi74 at Citysearch

My boyfriend and I went out to celebrate our tenth anniversary.

We had a decent dinner, and were enjoying a special night.

We were holding hands, and the chef took away our plates of food and told us to leave. We asked why and he told us that our kind was not welcome at Vincent.

We did nothing other than subtley hold hands and talk... things that other couples were doing in house-yet he was kind and engaging to them.

It was horrible.

Insult to injury happened when we were presented a bill even though the chef took away our food.

We refused to pay for a meal we were not allowed to finish.

We left being called anti-gay derogatory names.

I have heard the guy was pretty mean, but this is of a way different light.

Perhaps he does not know that discriminating against Gay couples is against the law.

He will soon find out.

We called our friend Chef Anthony Bourdain (a friend of the place and he was incredulous too-it was he that sent us there). We went for solid French cuisine.

We left feeling angry and quite upset.

Legal action is being worked on.

This guy is so wrong.

• Pros: nothing
• Cons: Homophobic chef

06/30/09

Great Place Awesome Tasting Menu

by okobojim at Citysearch

It was our anniversary and we wanted someplace special. We have walked by this place and always wanted to eat there.

We have recently said, its been a long time since we have had a meal that made you say "WOW" That was awesome. Vincent provided it.

We opted for the tasting menu along with the Wine pairing. We figure the Wine pairing was less expensive than the one bottle of wine we were going to order.

They did nice pours and never were out of wine.

Vincent himself stopped by the table and was very gracious.

The food was awesome.

Vincent, if your reading.. Loved your restaurant and your food.. one suggestion.. loose the curtains.. Good luck on the Triathlon!

• Pros: The Food
• Cons: A little Spendy, but WELL worth it