Domaine South

BOOK A RESERVATION! Seriously, if you don't book a reservation, you may not be seated because this place gets packed. The truffle fries are ridiculously good with their custom-made condiments, a curry ketchup and basil mayo. This is also the only place in know of in all of Northern Alabama that is serving a Hangar Steak. If you aren't familiar with this cut of meat, that is because it isn't usually sold by butchers because they keep it for themselves. Do not ask for it to be overcooked, medium or more, it will become chewy. Gluten free friendly. A family member is severely allergic and has never had an issue here and we've been multiple times.

Had dinner with a friend who lives in Huntsville while visiting. We ended up picking the place because of the extensive GF options, including a GF baguette you can get with the charcuterie! I'll start with the fact that our food was wonderful. The meatballs are gluten free! They were honestly big enough for a meal in themselves. We also ordered the duck fat frites, and I need to just buy a jar of curry ketchup for the house. I always forget how wonderful it is, and it perfectly complemented the fries, which were hot and crisp up on arrival at the table. We also ordered the Farmers market plate, which is just a whole bunch of roasted vegetables and absolutely delicious. It's a great balance to the heaviness of the apps we got. We ended the evening with the flourless chocolate torte, and it was superb. My Hugo spritzer was also crisp and refreshing. But here's where I shift to the service... The place was pretty busy, so our only options were at the bar or outside on the patio. We chose the patio because it's finally cooling off a little bit and we love to eat outside! As others have said, the patio service was not great. Very long gaps between visits from our server and poorly timed food delivery. When we sat down, we needed a moment to look at the menu. We got water and decided and then waited. And waited. And waited. We actually ordered all three items and I believe our drinks other than water at the same time because it had been so long since we had seen our server. We sort of expected from a nicer restaurant that the timing would be spaced, especially given the very very tiny table we were sat at, but all of our food came out at the same time. Even the food runner struggled to help us fit everything on the table, and we still had not seen our server really since he had taken our order. When the food was deposited at the table, we discovered that we were missing the chicken we asked for on the farmers plate. We made the decision to just leave it off because all of the other dishes were so large, and I'm glad we did. We left full and were able to eat dessert because of it haha. Our server came back a while after that ordeal was settled and then asked if we were missing some chicken. We had to go through the whole thing again saying that it was fine to leave it off. But we were already halfway done with the appetizers when he came by. A different food runner cleared our empty plates, and we were honestly about to walk inside to find our check and leave when our server finally came back and asked us if we wanted dessert. We had just enough time and decided to get some dessert but definitely asked for the check when he dropped off the dessert because we were not sure when we would ever see him again. We didn't even really look at the check; we just handed him our cards and asked him to split the check down the middle. We had a reservation at 8 we didn't want to miss. Honestly, a place she and I will definitely return when I'm in Huntsville; however, we will definitely get a reservation and sit inside where the service will hopefully be much much better.

Visiting from out of town, our friends took us here because they had a good gluten free selection. I had the best bread I've eaten since I was diagnosed with celiac disease seven years ago. The cheese board was delicious, my main meal was superb, everyone else was really happy with theirs too. 10/10 if I lived closer, I'd be a regular.