Darly"s Wine Bar, New Brunswick

[Shmily]

We were in New Brunswick for a 7 PM show last night (which was outstanding!!) and we read the NY Times review in the Jersey section about Daryl's Wine Bar..Carla Cook gave it an excellent...so we made reservations.the food itself was good...sweetbreads for $23 were outstanding...but the portions were the smallest I have ever seen...at least double would have been a fair sized entree...and this was on the other side of the menu away from the small dishes...the waiter was sweet, but had NO clue about either the food or the wine...our bill for 1 tiny dish we split ($7), 2 sweetbread "entrees" and coffee and 1 4 ounce glass and 1 6 ounce of the least expensive wine ( $16)..with tip was over $100 and we were starving (and we are small eaters). Just wanted to warn people...for us, this is NOT acceptable...and David Drake ought to be embarrassed!!

[tommy g]

wow, this was one of our next "Tries"

[Shmily]

wow, this was one of our next "Tries"

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We were also pretty sorry it was not a better experience...

[Daniel]

I thought the whole place was very mediocre with the exception of the tuna tartare. Lots of misses, lots of things came out less interesting then you would think.. However, its good for the area considering the other options.. My parents enjoyed the fact that you can order wines in very small increments..

Edited January 3, 2008 by Daniel (log)

[Curlz]

However, its good for the area considering the other options...

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I suspect that this has a lot to do with all of the excitement over this place. New Brunswick has certainly changed for the MUCH MUCH better since I was at RU (I won't even tell you how long ago), but I think the city is still hurting for exciting new restaurants.

[Rosie]

We had an excellent meal at Christopher's at the Heldrich Hotel.