Restaurant Review: Atwater’s
July 1, 2008 by Don Pannier
Filed under Restaurant Reviews
It is really fun to sit down to write a restaurant review when you have had a truly spectacular dinner.
That was our experience dining at Atwater’s, located in the Herrington Inn, 15 S. River Lane. We are really fortunate to have such a truly unique restaurant in Geneva.
I am not a food criti; I just love food! I love to cook and eat. I am the professed “meat man” by my kids. My wife, Lesley, and I love to try all foods and restaurants, from five-star restaurants to roadside shacks. A key part of vacations is trying to find all local restaurants. I think our kids were going to kill us after five stops for different BBQ in Tennessee… Enough on that, back to Atwater’s.
Atwater’s is a warm and inviting place. It is an intimate setting that provides a great view of the river. Our waitress, Renee, was excellent!
The wine list at Atwater’s was very good. The staff made a great recommendation of a pinot noir.
We started with two appetizers prepared by executive chef Thomas Hiestand. Our appetizers were the carpaccio and the ahi tuna. The carpaccio was sliced paper thin, and the ahi tuna was wok-seared. The carpaccio was out of this world!
For a salad, we had the kasseri spinach salad prepared with saganaki. We both marveled at how much flavor it had for a salad; it was a winner!
Our entrées were the horseradish bleu cheese rib eye and the Moroccan chicken. Being a hard-core steak guy, I was blown away by the great flavor of the rib eye. I usually like my steaks plain, as I love the flavor of the beef, but this was just awesome, and it was cooked perfectly.
The Moroccan chicken was a real treat–great flavor. What made the chicken was the fresh-baked nan it was served on top of. Nan, we learned, is fresh-baked bread that is just awesome; it provided a great buttery flavor that really complemented the chicken.
No great dinner is complete without dessert! We sampled the crème brûlée, molten chocolate cake and the hazelnut cream. The crème brûlée was to die for!
We loved the whole experience at Atwater’s. This is a great place to dine. Reservations are recommended.
This article first appeared in the July 2008 issue of eGeneva Magazine.
