Dahlia Lounge

My boyfriend and I went here for dinner on a Saturday night and it was a good experience. Make sure to make reservations at least a day or two before. The service was great, the food was great and the dessert was delicious. If you can afford a meal for around $120 dollars for two people, go here, it’s awesome. The crab cakes were fabulous!

This afternoon when I was visiting Grandma, I told her Aaron and I were planning to go to the Dahlia Lounge for the first time. She said, “have the pie.” When Grandma tells you to try someone else’s pie, take notice. She knows pie.

So we’re not rich and I’m trying to lose weight – yet our favorite thing in the whole wide world is to eat really good food at nice restaurants. We’ve found that the best way to protect my waistline and his wallet is to share a starter and entree rather than each of us getting our own. This doesn’t always work well for us when it comes to service. Sometimes the server will just bring us a spare plate. Sometimes this results in distainful looks from the wait staff. But at Dahlia Lounge we were treated like rockstars.

Our Tuscan grilled bread salad with pesto, olives, mozzarella and spicy coppacola was artfully presented on two separate, smaller plates – with a smile. This salad was amazing. Very earthy with warm smoky tones – I feel like I’m describing a wine – yet the salad was good enough to warrant such pithiness.

Also artfully presented on two smaller platters was our shared entree. The five spice Peking duck was delicious: perfect herby crust, juicy inside, served with a super hot teriyaki and plum jam. Yummy.

And by the way, Grandma was right. The coconut cream pie was heavenly, topped off with a towering mound of toasted coconut and white chocolate shavings.

The meal was not cheap, even sharing the dishes. One soda, one scotch, one salad, one entree and one desert came out well over sixty dollars. But definitely worth it.

Come if you can, save up if you need to.

Save room for pie.

My theme for the weekend was great customer service. Having worked in the restaurant industry for a good period of time, I adore places with people who do a really great job. It makes me happy, and they are happy, and it becomes one shining happy experience. Last night was a special night out for my friend, and we went to the Dahlia to have some food. Our server Andrea was fabulous. She was a perfect server. We had a great experience, and the food was darned good too. Especially the coconut cream pie that Andrea gave us to add a little something extra to our celebration!