LCD - La Côte D'Or Café — Restaurant in Virginia

I don't know if the chef was having an off day or something, but this place was underwhelming. I went with me family after my sister's graduation. My mom picked it out since she had fond memories of the restaurant. Confirming what everyone at our table was saying about the food, she said that it's gone downhill. I ordered the three course lunch special, choosing a salad with avocado vinaigrette and a dijon mustard vinaigrette as the appetizer, a hamburger with bacon and swiss cheese as the main course, and sorbet and a latte for dessert. They deserve points for presentation on the salad, with featured beautifully arranged slices of avocado. However, the flavor left something to be desired. Perhaps it was because the dressing was an avocado vinaigrette and avocado doesn't have a particularly strong flavor, but I would've expected the dijon component of the dressing to have more of an impact. Whatever misgivings I had about the salad were soon overshadowed by the disappointment of the main course. I asked for a medium rare burger, but it came out well done and on the dry side. The bacon was also overcooked/dry, particularly at the ends. I could have made a better burger at home frankly. The French fries however were crispy and tasty. For dessert I ordered a mango sorbet and latte, both of which were fine, though unremarkable.

I really wanted to like this place since my mom had hyped it up for all of us, but in the end it was a regrettable dining experience. Hopefully they were just having an off day and their standards haven't permanently dropped, but based on my meal I can't recommend...

Had a nice family gathering for dad’s 89th bday with 27 people. Appetizers were great, onion soup was extremely salty this time, and entree were so so. Jorge and his helpers were very nice, but very slow in getting the food ordered (like an hour later) and on the table (an hour and a half later). When bill calmed, they over charged us over $1900 and fixed it cause they added 5 more appetizers too many of on the check. They charged $59 for cake cutting fee but never told us beforehand. The server even confirmed that he only told me about putting the cakes in the refrigerator. Initially the manager said that since the server never told me about the fee there would be no charge but then changed his mind and argued with me saying that I told them the day before that I had a cake when I made the reservation. (I did not, since I didn’t pick up the cakes until prior to dinner). I told him I did not tell him that and only gave him the number of people coming but he insisted I did. He also told me he needed $200 deposit to hold the spot the day before, but when I called bank the next day to confirm, they did not take a deposit. I’ve always liked going there but the manager, Chris, just caused a bunch of unhappy customers arguing over a $59 charge when the check was almost $2k. How sad...We had a great time with our family Bc they were able to accommodate all of us, and considering that our dad is wheelchair bound and doesn’t go out much, this was a treat to have all of us together. We will not...

“C’est? C’est comme Toulouse? Vraiment?!”

Oo-la-la! Mais, Oui, Monsieur et Madame! Bien sur! 🇫🇷 👍 ———————————

The Contessa Julia and I had our first “formal” date at La Côte d’Or around Thanksgiving Day 1997. And for years we had our one annual formal date to celebrate our anniversary here also. Then as can happen, I ignorantly let go of the marriage-wheel. #ProverbialFaults

Me?! I had to be changed! Thankfully, oh so thankfully, La Côte d’Or didn’t! The food here is still thusly amazing, just as you yourself recall from that ‘Vacance en Provence’ of your youth. Service impeccable, finely appointed, with a delicate ‘amorouse musique’ to soften the moods.

Executive Chef Jacques comes from the petite village, Nice, and with aplomb adds to your dining experience a certain Gallic panache not easy to find here even in metro DC. Normal ‘across the pond’, yes and well understood. However, with the Concord’s wings clipped and the obsequious pains of Covidmess along with current upstanding international political inanities… having that Little City Staycation with an evening’s fare at La Côte d’Or just makes more sense. N’est-ce pas? ☝️

Been a while. Been too long even! And the meal, it was so so so verily enjoyable! By both me & Mi Contessa. ❤️😔 We will be back quite soon!

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