Rue Cler

Reviews about Rue Cler

• 5 / 5

  By joan gonzalez
  This is a great restaurant. I have been here several times and have never been disappointed. The service is excellent and the wait staff is friendly.
  May 03, 2017
• 4 / 5

  By Steve Gleissner
  Very faithful execution of classic French dishes and rotating menu ... Very satisfied with first visit and looking forward to going back.
  April 14, 2017
• 2 / 5

  By drawing11220
  Thoroughly unimpressed with the brunch menu. They had all of your basic brunch items - eggs, ham, French toast. Very lackluster. I ordered what looked like something a little more interesting - a chicken dish with brie cheese. What I got was the smallest chicken breast ever served, with a chunk of melted brie on top, thrown in a huge bowl of nothing but romaine lettuce tossed in a (slightly too acidic) Dijon vinaigrette. It felt like a salad that would have come from a corner pizza joint, complete with warm wilted lettuce. I'll be trying it again for dinner because I like giving places a second chance, but I would not recommend this place for brunch - especially if you are trying to impress someone. Impressive this brunch s NOT.
  
  Edit March 25th, 2017:
  
  Well, I returned to Rue Cler for dinner as I promised myself I would. I regret to say that my original two-star rating will remain in place. Now, the service I received was excellent - the waitstaff was on point, attentive and friendly. The flavor of the food was pretty good - nothing to write home about, but certainly not bad. So why the negative two-star review? It boils down to pretentiousness and laughable portion sizes. I paid over $100 for a prix fixe meal for two. My first course was a half a handful of french fries topped with endive lettuce tossed in a vinaigrette with three tiny pieces of bacon. Ok, it's just the salad...maybe the next course will wow me. This is where my meal took a turn that my date and I laughed about for the remainder of the night. My second course was a scallop. Singular. ONE small scallop. One small seared scallop set on a huge white plate next to three pieces of leek. I can understand keeping portions at a fine dining establishment somewhat conservative, but when I'm paying nearly $40 for three courses and the second one is a SINGLE scallop, I can't help but feel absolutely, unashamedly cheated. The final course was a beef shoulder (not exactly the most sought after cut of meat) that could not have been more than 3.5 ounces. I left after a three-course meal HUNGRY. I have done purchasing for restaurants for many years and I know that the ingredients in BOTH of our meals cost less than $10 combined. Yet I paid upwards of $100 for 3.5oz of beef, a few french fries and, lest we forget, our friend the lonely, single, scallop. I will be avoiding Rue Cler like the plague from this point forward. Two strikes, you are most definitely out.
  October 23, 2016