A short report on my dinner two nights ago at verses. We were seated right away and were told that we could be moved to a table in the front of the restaurant since some people would soon be leaving. Even though we liked our seats we appreciated the gesture. My wife received the lunch menu, by mistake, but it was rectified immediately. I ordered a bottle of wine (almost nothing under $50) which I found out after a 15 minute wait, was not available. We were moved to an oval banquette when one became available. They are quite quaint. My wife's starter was grilled vegetables with goat cheese. It was a tower of layers of red pepper, eggplant and mushrooms with a layer of goat cheese between each vegetable. Being a lover of goat cheese, she loved it. I had a mixed green salad with reggiano slivers with a very subtle likeable dressing. Main course for my wife was a tuna steak done exactly as she ordered: rare. It was quite a nice size. I ordered the lobster rissotto. I was quite perturbed with the portion size of the rissotto. It was the size of a small scoop of ice cream with two bite size pieces of lobster. It was quite a disappointment for $30. The texture and taste were delightful but the portion size left a bitter taste. Serice was excellent with the maitre'd and the waitress continually topping up our wine as well as water glasses. One other complaint. The wine glasses are much too large. They are more like fish bowls than wine glasses. We checked out the roof top terrace, which has a slightly different menu and is less formal. It was a beautiful setting which I would love to try on a hot summer night.
