Comments on: Anthos http://www.writingwithmymouthfull.com/2008/12/10/anthos-restaurant-review/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:17:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: famdoc http://www.writingwithmymouthfull.com/2008/12/10/anthos-restaurant-review/comment-page-1/#comment-20914 famdoc Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:59:50 +0000 http://www.writingwithmymouthfull.com/?p=1342#comment-20914 Coincidentally, we recently visited Anthos for the first time, having read good things about it and seeing and finding an alluring $38 pre-theater dinner that would enable us to enjoy both the raw meze and whole grilled loup de mer that seem to be among the restaurant's signature dishes. I was seated before my companion arrived and asked to see a menu. When I was brought a dinner menu, I asked for the pre-theater menu, but was told that the pre-theater dinner was served only between 5 and 6 and needed to be ordered by 5:45. Pointing out that most pre-theater specials are, literally, pre-theater and that the restaurant's web site did not stipulate this time restriction (I added, in good humor, that few people in NYC and, few people outside of Florida, eat dinner before 6), I asked the server to appeal to the kitchen. They declined my appeal and we ordered from the regular menu. The raw meze was a delightful plate of what I would call Greek sashimi: five different servings of raw fish, each prepared in a different sauce. My companion had the squid appetizer which was exactly how you described it. She had the grilled marlin and I had the grilled loup de mer. With a half bottle of a Greek red, our check came to $140. Perhaps in response to my initial disappointment over the restaurant's pre-theater policy, we were comped dessert, a nice touch. Overall, we found the food to be thoughtfully done and the service to be attentive. Coincidentally, we recently visited Anthos for the first time, having read good things about it and seeing and finding an alluring $38 pre-theater dinner that would enable us to enjoy both the raw meze and whole grilled loup de mer that seem to be among the restaurant’s signature dishes.
I was seated before my companion arrived and asked to see a menu. When I was brought a dinner menu, I asked for the pre-theater menu, but was told that the pre-theater dinner was served only between 5 and 6 and needed to be ordered by 5:45. Pointing out that most pre-theater specials are, literally, pre-theater and that the restaurant’s web site did not stipulate this time restriction (I added, in good humor, that few people in NYC and, few people outside of Florida, eat dinner before 6), I asked the server to appeal to the kitchen. They declined my appeal and we ordered from the regular menu.

The raw meze was a delightful plate of what I would call Greek sashimi: five different servings of raw fish, each prepared in a different sauce. My companion had the squid appetizer which was exactly how you described it. She had the grilled marlin and I had the grilled loup de mer. With a half bottle of a Greek red, our check came to $140.

Perhaps in response to my initial disappointment over the restaurant’s pre-theater policy, we were comped dessert, a nice touch.

Overall, we found the food to be thoughtfully done and the service to be attentive.

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