Chez Pierre
| Address: | 979 Saratoga Rd, Gansevoort, NY 12831, USA |
| Phone: | +1 518-793-3350 |
| Site: | chezpierrerestaurant.com |
| Rating: | 3.8 |
| Working: | Closed 5–10PM 5–10PM 5–10PM 5–10PM 5–10PM 5–10PM |
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Alexander Stessin
Having lived in France, I know a thing or two about French food. Chez Pierre serves the worst French food I have ever tasted. Though, to be precise, it can barely even be called food and is certainly not French. We went to Chez Pierre as a family for my fathers birthday and were quite excited about it based on all the rave reviews. Our meal started with a salad: wilted vegetables, some even moldy, drowning in an unpalatable dressing. It then continued with escargots and frog legs as appetizers. These are the staples of French cuisine that are relatively easy to cook and hard to ruin. But ruined they were with nauseatingly heavy butter sauce (likely a disguise for main ingredients that were not fresh!); to complete the picture, the sauce for escargots also had a bizarre and painful bitterness to it. Do they use strychnine as their secret component? OK, on to the main courses. Initially, we were going to stick with the Chateaubriand but the waiter insisted we also order something else to make sure there is enough food for four people. So, we added an order of sweetbreads ("riz de veau"), again a French country favorite. As it turned out, the Chateaubriand would have been plenty (in quantity, that is), so the sweetbreads were a total waste. But, anyway, it did not matter because neither of the dishes was palatable. The Chateaubriand, that crown of French meat dishes, was a piece of cardboard topped with a vomit-green sauce (the taste was just as bad as the sight) and served with more of the moldy tomatoes, this time baked. The sweetbreads were not any better and were, predictably, swimming in an unpalatable, disgustingly heavy sugary sauce (come on, they are actually supposed to be sweet!). OK, so the chef does not the first thing about cooking, so what? Why am I harping? For one, because the prices at this restaurant are comparable to prices at Upscale French venues in New York City! If this cook concocted one of these dishes at any of those restaurants, he would be fired on the spot. Normally, I am very reserved with expressing my discontent with restaurants because, after all, its always hit or miss. But this time I could not force myself to be polite when the restaurant owner customarily came to our table at the end and asked if we enjoyed everything. When I admitted that the food was not what I had hoped, she coldly shrugged her shoulders and answered that she has been doing this for fifty years and knows what she is doing. Fifty years, huh? Maybe, time to retire from the business. In short, AVOID THIS RESTAURANT AT ALL COSTS!
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Amy Flinton
This USED to be my favorite restaurant. We went with a friend for our anniversary, and we probably wont be back. We started with ordering the specials, only to be told later that they were only apps. The vegetable was also changed from carrots to green beans, and the beets served were like canned- not the baby beets they used to serve. The pate served was one slice maybe 1/4" thick for the 3 of us to split. It was dry.The shrimp and crab meat app had 2 medium shrimp that looked and tasted like the bag of frozen shrimp from the grocery store- opaque,no taste, and the 6 little points of crab was so salty, it tasted like canned. $15 Another app was frogs legs- my regular & favorite. It came in a little metal dish- all little pieces of leg drowned in sauce, with one full leg on top.$11 It was like I got what was left at the bottom of the bag. The bleu cheese dressing had no chunks of bleu cheese, and the vinagrette was scant. This is NOT the Chez Pierre I knew and loved :( For dinner, Escalope Vosgienne was drowning in sauce and mediocre $28, The filet mignon was served on a bare plate- no sauce, no garnish, nothing--and was tough $32, The veal oscar at $31 was again salty from the canned crab, and over cooked asparagus , and swam in sauce-although the veal had good flavor. We were very surprised to see t-shirts, jeans & baseball caps in the main dining room too. I miss the old Chez Pierre !!! What happened?
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ML NJ
I love this place. (And, yes, Ive eaten at Lasserre and Tour dArgent, so minus one star, but this is upstate NY!) Ive been going there for at least 20 years mostly during racing season. Great wine list. (Small but obviously carefully selected.) Excellent FREE pate. Nice menu. Family run and friendly. Pleasant atmosphere.
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Jennifer White
First I Googled to find the menu, super easy to find the Web site and super easy to find the menu on the Web site! Staff is amazing, so friendly and accomodating. Food it out of this world! Great atmosphere, good wine selection, a new favorite!
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A Private User
The most delicious food served beautifully- the restaurant is a lovely French styled, family owned place- warm and friendly but also cozy and intimate- what a wonderful place to eat compared to the box food at the chain restaurants!!
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ebruhns
My Favorite Restaurant in the Capital District -- country French done right --the old fashioned way -- great drinks and a Family of folks who care about every detail.. Table side cooking completes the package.
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Antoine Kelley
Rachael Rey mentioned of a place she loves upstate NY..called chez pierre..but is it this place?..so many bad reviews
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Elizabeth Baldwin
I am bias because its a family restaurant. My uncle is a super great cook. I love eating here when I can
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Lucas Brock
Best beef Wellington Ive ever tasted!! My wife absolutely loves the chicken cordon bleu! Delicious!
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Dalenys Drougas
Amazing food, my steak came out a little more rare than I asked for but they fixed it right away.
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Will Bauer
Small French place. The service was great. They have an impressive menu.
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Tina VanDerwerker
Food and service were great!
