Fantastic food, professional attentive service, and great atmosphere. I really like this place. First time here. Went with another couple, and for starts, we ordered up a plate of hummus and a plate of baba ganoush. Very fresh tasting hummus, light with a tinge of lemon - excellent. As you know, baba G. can be a bit random - Le George's is mildly smoky, yet has a full flavor - I don't like super smoky Baba's anyway, so it was perfect - and we received A LOT of the fresh house made mini pitas [don't quite know what the other reviewers were complaining about!]. It was so good, I ended up eating way too much and was kinda full by the time my entree arrived. I selected the red lentil soup, which is indeed of a finer texture, but I found it to be hearty and very flavorful - comfort food city! The others ordered up the the yogurt based gazpacho, which is apparently an acquired taste. They didn't care for it that much.
One of our party ordered up the Lamb Shank - very tender meat on the bone wonderfullness with a tangy tomato'ey sauce underneath, superb flavor and perfectly cooked. My vegetarian wife, Lynda, really enjoyed the majadra lentil bowl entree [forgot the name?], the exotic spices therein had us wondering what they were, but all agreed it was a very tasty dish - and the lentils were cooked nicely, which most places don't manage to do. I ended up ordering the 'dinner for one' [of which another of our party also selected], which is a platter containing a broiled lamb kibbee "log" [?], and one lamb kabob, and one chicken kabob [on real metal skewers]. I've rarely had better - the lamb kabob was so tender and had that wonderful hot char-grill flavor. The kibbee log had a nice black peppercorn spicy snap to the flavor and was very addictive. The chicken also was cooked perfectly - juicy with nice char on the outside. All the kabobs reminded me of how many times I've gotten these things only to be disappointed by overcooking - these three were simply delicious - - Le George's has it locked down solid when it comes to the cooking.
As for the service, no complaints here. Very attentive, friendly and polite. We asked for another bread basket of pita, and it arrived promptly. Water's were filled up regularly, and they made sure I had a replacement beer right as my first one ended. The dining room is nicely laid out, the L-shaped bar is pretty cool, and I enjoyed being able to see the chefs cooking in the open kitchen. Nicely done!
Le George is not your typical steamy/greasy windowed gut buster Mediterranean-ish restaurant. Unlike some of the negative reviews, I found the portions to be a bit on the large side, if anything, so I'm a bit skeptical of the naysayers complaint. The prices are not cheap, nor expensive. I do agree that for what you pay, the quality of the ingredients and the care in which they are prepared and cooked, are well worth the price. I will definitely be back [to try some of the french oriented fare] - it was awesome!
One of our party ordered up the Lamb Shank - very tender meat on the bone wonderfullness with a tangy tomato'ey sauce underneath, superb flavor and perfectly cooked. My vegetarian wife, Lynda, really enjoyed the majadra lentil bowl entree [forgot the name?], the exotic spices therein had us wondering what they were, but all agreed it was a very tasty dish - and the lentils were cooked nicely, which most places don't manage to do. I ended up ordering the 'dinner for one' [of which another of our party also selected], which is a platter containing a broiled lamb kibbee "log" [?], and one lamb kabob, and one chicken kabob [on real metal skewers]. I've rarely had better - the lamb kabob was so tender and had that wonderful hot char-grill flavor. The kibbee log had a nice black peppercorn spicy snap to the flavor and was very addictive. The chicken also was cooked perfectly - juicy with nice char on the outside. All the kabobs reminded me of how many times I've gotten these things only to be disappointed by overcooking - these three were simply delicious - - Le George's has it locked down solid when it comes to the cooking.
As for the service, no complaints here. Very attentive, friendly and polite. We asked for another bread basket of pita, and it arrived promptly. Water's were filled up regularly, and they made sure I had a replacement beer right as my first one ended. The dining room is nicely laid out, the L-shaped bar is pretty cool, and I enjoyed being able to see the chefs cooking in the open kitchen. Nicely done!
Side note here: I originally ordered the stuffed Kousa [a baby winter squash stuffed with rice and lamb] and the Baby Eggplants stuffed Kousa-style. I'd never had this before so I was a little bummed out when Mr. Le George came over and told me that they ran out, and only had the vegetarian versions. After seeing how awesome my friend's 'dinner for one' plate looked, I requested that as my dinner substitute. The very gracious and apologetic, Mr. Le George nicely brought over four of their house made spicy cheese pastry rollup appetizers to make up for the inconvenience. It's nice to see an owner care about his restaurant like that, and I'd rather eat at a place that runs out of "made today" stuff, than a place that grabs another tub of pre-made out of the freezer, so win-win, in my book.
Le George is not your typical steamy/greasy windowed gut buster Mediterranean-ish restaurant. Unlike some of the negative reviews, I found the portions to be a bit on the large side, if anything, so I'm a bit skeptical of the naysayers complaint. The prices are not cheap, nor expensive. I do agree that for what you pay, the quality of the ingredients and the care in which they are prepared and cooked, are well worth the price. I will definitely be back [to try some of the french oriented fare] - it was awesome!
