text: Pretty decent restaurant, just not as amazing as I was expecting. \n\nWent here on a date with my husband and we both agree it's not a great date spot unless you don't like to talk to your significant other. It was far too loud for any sort of conversation and the tables were so close together you could hear what everyone around you was discussing. \n\nOn the flip side, the food was very nice. We had the Caesar Salad, Salmon Hot & Cold (scrumptious), Duck Two Ways, Filet & Short Ribs, and the apple and baklava desserts. Everything came out gorgeously plated, though we found the portions to be a little small. \n\nThe salmon app was cooked to perfection, as was my duck breast. The husband insists his short ribs could have been cooked more, but I had some and they were pretty tasty. \n\nOne random side-note: there was a medley of delicious but unidentifiable roasted root veggies on my plate and one of them (the orange-ish one) I hated violently. It tasted like sour dirt. I am confident it's a personal preference, but I'd love to know what it was so I can avoid it in the future. I don't think it was the turnips.\n\nBack to the food: dessert was also very tasty, if a bit small-portioned. And, as an added bonus, Spoon has a great specialty cocktail list. I had the Vancouver in a Glass, which was wonderfully scotch-y and weirdly effervescent. In my opinion, an imaginative specialty cocktail menu gives a restaurant serious bonus points. \n\nIt's also worth noting that they had a very extensive wine menu.\n\nThe service was not bad, not awesome either though. I'm still not sure who my server was, which made it that much harder to tip. At least three people came to the table more than once, and we were a little over-waited on.\n\nOverall, I'll be back, but preferably with a group