Been here once before, though it'd been awhile so we stopped in on a Thursday evening (missed the Restaurant Week promotion by two days, but oh well). One of the first things you'll notice inside is the bar with liquor bottles stacked to the top of the ceiling. Cool and colorful little aesthetic touch. The seating and atmosphere otherwise though is tough to distinguish from the other various finer dining establishments in the Scottsdale area.\n\nWe started off with the spinach and artichoke dip. Gotta say I was less than impressed with it. Generally I prefer this type of dip to be thicker and heartier, but the dip was pretty runny watered down for my taste. It was passable, but unimpressive. For the entr\u00e9e I went on the lighter side got the citrus soy salmon and couscous. Pretty good overall as the salmon was cooked adequately and the couscous was light and subtle. For dessert my girlfriend and I tried two things. We got the bread pudding and the white chocolate brownie. Now these did not disappoint. The white chocolate brownie was decadent, flaky, flavorful, and dense. The bread pudding was huge and had croissants as the bread which gave it a great texture.\n\nOverall I give this place a so-so rating for a couple of reasons. As mentioned earlier, the atmosphere is relatively blah. It's nice, but other than the bar setup, there's nothing unique or interesting about it. The appetizer and entr\u00e9e were good, but not worth the fairly pricey tab that came with them in my opinion. The desserts though are very impressive and are worth saving room for. And our server was very friendly and attentive. If the rest of the experience matched the desserts, I'd give it a 5 star rating. In the case though, I didn't feel we always got adequate value for the price.
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