Best Lunch Restaurants in West End

Christmas Eve was extremely busy. There were more children than a usual night, making it more noisy than anticipated. I reserved a table. But there were none available when I arrived for my reservation. I was offered to sit at the bar because they didn't know when a table would be available. I understand that it was a bust night, everyone and everything was great, except I was just put to the side as a single person at the bar. I was there for 2 hours due to the fact that the staff was more worried about the larger tables. That was my only complaint. It was my birthday, so I was a little letdown. Otherwise it was a fantastic restaurant. The food was the best French food I've had since I was in France.

Much better than I expected . Food was great and different. The service from Drew our server was excellent.

A few bumps in staff change but management stood up and corrected. I understand things happen but it is obvious The Henry desires you to have a great experience.

Absolutely one of the best dining experiences we've had in a long time. We booked our reservation on the spur of the moment as we had other dining plans that we bailed on because the restaurant was overly touristy and noisy and ridiculously priced. Midtown Cafe saved our evening. We are pescatarians so it is always a challenge finding more than one seafood entree on menus these days, so we were thrilled to have a variety of seafood items to choose from. We started with the mussels as an appetizer, which was cooked perfectly. My husband ordered the sea bass and I had the trout. Both dishes were delicious and artfully prepared. Cocktails were excellent and priced fairly. Our server, Carol was phenomenal. A true five star pro -- attentive, friendly and totally on top of everything. The cozy ambiance made for a perfect evening. We are grabbing some friends and coming back very soon.

All the food was impeccably fresh and the presentation superb. I was entertaining guests who had just arrived from Sweden. We got one of everything and the delivery pace was excellent. Flatware was proffered and removed for each plate. We got a beautiful set of hand carved spoons that were stunning to look at but about as useful as poker chips on skewers. (Milk?) bread was perfection. Scallop crudo was visually perfect but so subtle as to taste merely of heavy cream on sushi. The beef tartare very well done (had freeze dried capers instead of jar brined). Again subtle. (“Nashville”) hot swordfish is a cute knockoff of the chicken dish but was oily in spite of being cooked to a perfect 140°. The snapper/grouper jaw on the other hand was not quite firm yet probably because of the complex bone structure blocking some of the heat. But the outside sear flavorful. Great effort by the staff but I was left wanting a little bolder flavor profile for the expense.