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231 Ellsworth
231 S Ellsworth Ave San Mateo, CA (650) 347-7231 reserve online| Website: | http://www.231ellsworth.com/citysearc... |
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231 Ellsworth is a American, French, and Contemporary American restaurant where most Menuism users came for fun with friends, paid more than $50, and tipped between 15% to 18%.
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Considered by many to be the San Francisco Peninsula's finest restaurant, 231 Ellsworth is a Michelin Guide recommended restaurant featuring globally-inspired contemporary American cuisine and a world-class wine list. This elegant, sophisticated atmosphere offers a curvaceous, intimate full bar presenting light fare or dessert before or after a visit to the Downtown Cinema. We are conveniently located in downtown San Mateo just minutes from the San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Burlingame, and Foster City. Please visit our WEBSITE (http://www.231ellsworth.com/htm/about.htm) for more information, pictures, and videos about out restaurant. We look forward to serving you, *The partners and staff of 231 Ellsworth.*
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Very solid and interesting...but doesn't go beyond
231 Ellsworth is sometimes considered San Mateo’s best restaurant (its main competition probably being Lure, which is awesome), and we thought it would be a good place to take a friend coming into town…so off we went!
The place itself is fairly nice…tastefully decorated, spacious but nothing unique.
Service was good, but perhaps not quite at the level I’d have expected for a restaurant of this caliber. Only main things are that most restaurants of this level introduce to you what your dish is, but this time they sometimes forgot to do so. Also, our waitress seemed to forget about us at first before taking our orders. Other than that, they were friendly and timely.
Now the food…we started with a amuse which was a small bite of smoked salmon with a sort of ceramed horseradish…seemed like they were going for an alternative version of sushi. It was a decent way to start a meal.
I had an extremely light hamachi dish as my first course (I’d say even too light…this might have been better as an amuse as well). I also tried a pepper and corn soup (pretty good) and a sort of cheese appetizer (also quite good).
For my second course, I had a lobster with tarragon foam. Interesting…pretty good…enjoyable…nothing amazing.
Third course was a squab dish…this might have been my best dish. It was quite good, and the meat was tasty and flavorful. Still, not amazing.
Fourth course was a lamb dish. This was a little disappointing…the lamb was good, as were the sides (some vegetables), but I was hoping for better. Others had a salmon dish (which, like our amuse-bouche, had a horseradish…I can’t say that this was too good) and a flat-iron steak (this was also quite good…flavorful meat and interesting sides).
Desserts were quite good, but also not amazing. I had a chocolate-carmel tart. We also had a sorbet that was pretty good for sorbet (I don’t usually like sorbet much).
All in all, there wasn’t much to complain about, but I was expecting more. The price wasn’t cheap (more that Lure) and the food was quite solid all the way around, but it never really impressed. For that price, I would like to be at least somewhat impressed by a few dishes.
- I came here for
- fun with friends
- My meal cost
- more than $50
- I tipped
- between 15% to 18%
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