The Mustard Seed

It pains me to write a review of this nature but I refuse to remain silent. Long story short, I have been to this establishment multiple times over the past couple of years. I have gone with my mom, my mom and friends, my second cousin, and with a friend on my most recent visit. Each of these times, Tasia (spelling?) has sort of snubbed us. However, when either my mom and/or I go with friends that frequent the restaurant multiple times per week (usually), we are treated like we "belong." This is very sad. I told our friends the other day that I will not go there unless I go with them as long as ownership stays the same. It's very sad and inexcusable. Every single customer should be treated the same way. The above being said, Tiffany, Steven, and our waiter this last time (Josh) are awesome! Top notch!! Cool people! The pork loin was very fatty this last time and the female owner was filling water glasses and walked by us several times and never refilled ours. Yes, I could have asked. However, I shouldn't have had to, so I didn't. My friend is on a strict gluten-free diet and Josh immediately let us know about all of the options and filled us in on the fact that gluten-free bread was available. My friend had the cauliflower steak. Awesome! Yum! I'm not even a cauliflower fan but savored the bites I had! Josh was stellar!

5 stars from me is pretty rare, if I've ever done it. And truthfully, all things being equal, I suspect I would give them 4. But they were also very attentive and very accommodating to our celiac guest, that really, they deserve every bit of the 5 stars. The atmosphere is really nice. I'm not typically an atmosphere guy, perhaps because the traditional ones don't really do it for me. This is more like a house, turned into a restaurant, so you don't really feel like you are directly being served. Onto the food. Most things that hit the table were either quite good or very good. The pork chop was really quite excellent. The lamb, for which I am bit of a fan, was good. My only complaint is that the herb-crusting needs to complement the meat more. It was good, but it was more like a side dish in it's flavor with the lamb. The prawns and pesto pasta was quite good, though $40+ is a bit steep for that dish. Crab cakes were interesting, good, but not great. It's tough to get me to agree that everything any restaurant serves is great, so don't take my critiques too harshly. It's good food, a smidgeon pricey, and the accommodation for our guest was excellent. Well done. We'll be back.