Cafe Dupont, Birmingham, Alabama Restaurant Details

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Best food I've ever had. Consistently.

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Very good high end traditional french cooking. Rabbit, ox and quail make regular appearances on the menu. Most entrees feature lots of butter and cream. It has an extremely nice interior that is quiet and makes for easy conversation.

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Food was very good. Wine selection average. Waiter was somewhat inexperienced and messed up my drink order twice. Everyone else working there seemed to know what they were doing.

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The food is very average given the high price of this restaurant. The service is good, although not outstanding given the cost. The atmosphere is a bit "stuffy." Overall, nice restaurant, decent food, overpriced for the quality, average service.

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Saturday 2-18 we had reservations at 8. First, the food was very good. Only issue I had was that when my wife made the reservations a week prior there was a good deal of light seafood dishes. On our arrival we were a bit taken aback that there were only two fish options available (one was sold out). Everything seemed a bit hardy and heavy. Steak, Rabbit, Pork, Ox tail & quail. However, I had the Snapper which was very well done and my wife had the Ox Tail. My wife was blown away by her order. Extremely well done. Mine was very good but not the very best I have had in town but no issue with my order.

However, with any outing its about the entire experience. The service was extremely lacking. Our server was nowhere to be found much of the time. We noticed after our meal that there were bread plates on the table and bread would have been nice since it was a busy night and we didn't get our order in until 9-ish although we had an 8pm reservation. We had coacktails that we brought from the bar and didn't ask for wine but our wine glasses stayed on the table the entire meal. We ordered two drinks before the food arrived and when it did arrive and as I began to take my first bite our server rached across my plate to sit my drink and retrieve my empty glass. Small things people who worked as servers while younger notice.

Another problem, when my wife ordered her item she mentioned that she really had a problem with brussell sprouts and asked if something other could be substitued. He said sure, no problem. However, when her meal came the sprouts were not on the plate but there also wasn't anything to replace it.

I hope that Birmingham can continue to attract talent to the city and this criticsism is is aimed at bringing to light issues that marred an otherwise delightful meal. We had brunch Sunday at a place that is much less renowned but the incredibly stark contrast between the service prompted my taking the time to write this review (which is my first). To be honest, I had more than a few people ask me about my b'day meal and I've told each of them the exact same, food was incredible but the service lacked much to be desired and could possibly make this my last at this establishment with what's to choose from in the city at this time.