text: We went to Mimi's expecting good French-American cuisine and a pleasant atmosphere. When we arrived, we were told that despite having made a reservation, we were not on the reservation list - the first issue of the evening. They sat us down anyway and we ordered our food: a baked brie dish for starters, and a mediterranean salad, a pot pie nouveau and the mussels with \" white wine and garlic sauce\"  for our meals. The noise levels were quite high.\n\nThe brie came out with two small slices of bread, despite the fact that there were three of us sitting at the table. It took at least 10 minutes from the arrival of our brie dish for our server to offer us a bread basket. \n\nThen, our meals arrived. The pot pie nouveau and the mediterranean salad both had chicken in them that looked like processed meat that was cubed and very chewy. It certainly was not fresh. The prosciutto in the salad was so sparse that it was hardly noticeable. \n\nThe mussels were horrific. They were not only entirely overcooked, but the sauce had no hint of wine in it and was condensed to a honey-like consistency. It seemed to be made out of lemon and butter, although the colour and taste of the butter was so unnatural that it was certainly not real butter. Rather frustrating given that it says it will come in a wine and garlic sauce on the menu. Equally terrible was the salt content of this dish, so much so that I poured some of the water I was drinking into it so as to make it less salty.\n\nOn top of all of these complaints, our waiter was entirely patronising, speaking to us in a sing-songy voice as if we were all small children. \n\nAs an American who lived in France and as somebody with high expectations of both of these cultures, I must advise anyone who values their money to stay away from this most unrespectable establishment. The food, service and atmosphere were absolutely horrid. If I could offer a negative rating I would rate our experience as a -2, at least!