Sweet Melissa's opened last Monday 4/28/08. Last night, Amy, Steve and I ventured to try this exciting new place for the first time.
When we walked in we were blown away by the overall look. Copper ceilings, dark wood, local art...it was a very eye pleasing environment. We were soo excited because the menu offered a nice selection, from snazzy Mahi Mahi to savory turkey sandwiches. It seemed like a great new place for the FFF.
However, we were a bit disappointed. It appears as though Sweet Melissa's has some kinks to work out before they can become a successful part of the Rocky River food scene.
We started out with the Fried green tomatoes appetizer. They were ok, but the spicy mustard aioli didn't go with the tomatoes and they were cold (cold seemed to be the theme of the evening). We had the feeling that they sat in the kitchen a bit too long.
I then ordered the Warm Goat Cheese salad. The salad was pleasant enough, but the goat cheese fritter was not warm and appeared to be possibly microwaved or previously frozen.
Then we moved on to our entrees.
Steve loved his Turkey Club (sandwiches may be the star of Sweet Melissa's). He also ordered a side of the red skin potato salad and reported that it was a bit bland.
Amy ordered the Portabella Quesadilla as her entree. She said that the quesadilla lacked flavor and was also incredibly bland.
I ordered the Pistachio Crusted Mahi Mahi. I loved the side dish, the butternut squash mash, but I was disappointed with the fish. Mahi Mahi is typically a very mild fish and needs a lot of help to "spice it up". The dish lacked anything to "spice it up". I couldn't taste pistachio in the crust and it was a bit too thick for my taste. It honestly reminded me of chicken.
Finally, we ordered dessert. We were incredibly excited because the dessert case looked amazing and the list of choices took up almost the whole back-side of the menu.
Steve ordered a Butterscotch brownie and couldn't taste the butterscotch.
Amy ordered the Golden rasin bread pudding that was a decent bread pudding, but was sad that it was clearly microwaved.
My Chocolate ganache sandwich was mushy and uneventful.
In conclusion, we decided to give Sweet Melissa's another chance in the future, but probably for soups and sandwiches at lunchtime...instead of an FFF dinner out.
-Krista
Check out Sweet Melissa's on the web: http://sweetmels.net/
2 comments:
Thank you for coming in to Sweet Melissa's. We are happy to receive any and all feedback. We are working hard to perfect our food and service. Though we've only been open a little over two weeks we feel we are getting better each day. Please try us again - you're sure to have a better experience. E-mail us at matthew@sweetmels.net and we'll be happy to send you out a gift card. Thanks again for coming in!
Melissa
Thank you Sweet Melissa's :) We will definitely stop in again.
-FFF
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