text: Not quite sure how to go about reviewing the Le Mont, so I'll just go with my initial feelings throughout the meal. It was my first time here so perhaps I had higher expectations, but that never really came through. After taking my girl out to the Grand Concourse and Eleven for previous special occasions, I decided to surprise her for our anniversary by setting up reservations at the Le Mont. Upon request, I had made reservations for a Saturday night in March at 7pm and asked for a window seat being that we've never been there before and since we were celebrating something special.\n\nThe place is elegant, don't get me wrong. I was quite taken back by how amazing the interior and exterior were decorated. My girl, being an architect and interior designer was in awe of the place and barley spoke to me as she was taking it all in. We liked the old school feel to it. It made us feel like we were in an episode of AMC's Mad Men dining so elegantly. We got a nice seat by the window, unfortunately it was a very dreary night so there was hardly any visibility. My luck of course haha.\n\nWe were excited to get some drinks to start, but after looking over their cocktail list, there really wasn't anything special that caught our eyes. I was kind of expecting some interesting/different cocktails that I've never heard of before but not much out of the ordinary. I settled for a Manhattan on the rocks, and she a Dirty Martini. Both were made very well though.\n\nFor starters, we got the shrimp bruscheta. It was actually really good. Small tomato's, red onion, cheese, greens, and a vinaigrette dressing delicately garnished the dish. For my first side, I got a salad which was very generic. It actually kinda disappointed me. There was enough french dressing drenching the vegetables that it could have been used for three salads. My girl opted for the lobster bisque soup as her first side and it was quite delicious. I wish I had ordered that instead as I kept dipping the bread we were given in her bisque. \n\nFor our main dish, we both had ordered some kind of fillet off their Winter Menu which came with a soup or salad, your main dish with starch and veggies, and a desert of your choice. The fillet itself was good. Bigger than I expected actually. It was wrapped in bacon and covered in peppercorns. I enjoyed it, my girl thought there was too much peppercorn on it though and she had to scrap allot of it off. The \"starch\" that came with the fillet was just bland. It was like half steak fry, half home fry. That sounds good to me, but they were pretty soggy as if they had been sitting in a vat all evening under a heat lamp.  Also big long carrot sticks and asparagus came as the veggies. Carrots, I'll pass on that and the asparagus was ok, but once again nothing special in that department...\n\nThe best part of the night were our deserts. I got the pecan ball which was pretty good and she got the creme brulee which tasted amazing. \n\nOur bill for 3 drinks and 2 winter special en tree's (once again you got a soup or salad, main course with starch and veggies, and a desert) came to about $120 without the tip.\n\nFor how much I wanted to like the place and enjoy it and say we'll be back again, I'm not too sure about it. Maybe for drinks and appetizers in the future. Don't get me wrong, the place is gorgeous, the view is equally as good, even the valet parking was cheap for a Saturday night, but when I compare this meal/experience we've had to the Grand Concourse or Eleven (which you can also read about in my previous reviews) this experience just wasn't up to that level. The food just didn't seem to be hot out of the pan and fresh. Soggy potato's and veggies, kind of a warped salad, a little too heavy on the seasonings. This stuff is all easily fixable with some good plate presentation and fresh out of the oven/skillet consistency though.\n\nIf your looking for a special place to get dressed up and impress your girl or entertain the family for a special event you might want to try it out. By no means was it terrible, but as I see its a 5 start restaruant I thought I would critique it a bit more than other places I've been too.\n\nHappy eatings my fellow Yelpers!\nYour's Truely, The Shaw...