Locust

One of the most anticipated restaurants based on my friends and yelpers raving about this place. I'm going to start off with saying the staff was very friendly and service was great. Unfortunately, the food was just ok. We got almost everything on the menu except the beef tartare, horseradish vodka and the cheese pastry board. My favorite was the shaved ice. Nice and refreshing on a hot day! There was some sort of passion fruit custard in the middle that was delightful. They overdid the "air" on top of the sole and dumplings. Seriously... I thought it took away from the dishes. Made the dish so unappetizing to me. The lamb dumplings were too gamey for my taste. The sole seem overcooked. I was told by a friend that I should've tasted the butter. I didn't. The crab salad was tasty along with the curry powdered chips was an interesting combo but l've had better. The oysters weren't anything special. Razor clams were good. Simple. Easy street parking in front on a Sunday.

We came here with another couple during the 5pm seating. Ordered one of everything on the menu plus a few bottles of wine. And hot tea for me. Would I have rather had a carefully crafted cocktail or two? Absolutely. That was my only disappointment with the restaurant. Although the horseradish vodka? Heaven. If I weren't driving, maybe I would have done shot after shot. So unique. Went so well with the oysters and clams. Speaking of the razor clams... one of the best things on the menu. I didn't realize I liked clams honestly AND I'm not a straight up vodka (or any liquor for that matter) drinker. Definitely don't miss the beef tartare. Phenomenal. We had it with the black truffles on top. It was just amazing. The white truffle risotto was delicious as well. Now was it worth $60 for that small portion? Lol No. But hey, we had to try everything and it was definitely satisfying. I really enjoyed the coolea, all the flavors together...it was on point. I could have had a slice of potato bread all to myself dipped in the butter on the sole dish. The ice desert was very tasty. Like snow cream. I was more interested in the little choux pastry birthday desserts that a few tables had. Urgh. I should have mentioned it was my something and a quarter birthday. We finished well after 7, but we did have a few bottles of wine. SO sorry to whoever was waiting outside in the cold for our table. (They will politely beg you to leave if they have to.) The staff was fabulous and they gave an extremely enthusiastic greeting when we entered! I was so happy they were so happy we finally got to dine with them! Beautiful, intimate restaurant that was worth the wait!

This restaurant is insane in a good way. The staff cheerfully greets everyone when they come in (and I mean really cheerfully). The staff are so friendly that it actually felt like they already knew us personally somehow? The food was insanely inventive and everything we had was delicious. Each dish is brought to you by the chef who prepared it. The coke sangria, orange wine, potato bread, beef tartare, and the lobster were our favorites. Honestly, just order one of everything. This place felt like an episode of Portlandia in the best way.