4.3
Superb
383 Reviews
6897 Southwest 18th Street, Boca Raton
Customers’ favorites
- Home Potatoes with Mushrooms
- Crispy Vegetable Warm Salad
- Crepes & Ossetra Caviar
- Crepes with Berry Jam
“We love restaurants, and we have a tradition of trying a different place almost every time we go out. This Saturday, we decided though to revisit Beluga — beautiful views, fresh air, familiar food, and several interesting specials widely promoted on Instagram. We were really looking forward to a great evening. And, to be fair, there were some very good things. The dishes were beautifully presented, huge, and very tasty, with generous portions. Amazing phali, eggplant salad! Definitely no one was leaving hungry. I usually follow one simple rule: when a restaurant has a particular specialty, I order what the restaurant is known for and trust the chef. But this time, I made an exception. I saw venison pelmeni (dumplings) on the menu and couldn't resist. I have loved venison since my years in Germany, Canada, Virginia, I cook venison quit often- I buy it at Wild Fork. So I was genuinely excited to try them. And then the pelmeni arrived. Green. Yes, GREEN. 😄 Honestly, if pelmeni are green, guys, you should mention that on the menu! It was quite a surprise. But the bigger surprise came when I tasted them. They definitely didn't taste and smell and had a texture like venison - it was lamb. We called our server, who initially insisted that they were venison. I asked if she could please bring the chef so he could taste one himself. At that point she told that the filling was venison mixed with beef… and our server then disappeared for the rest of the evening. The other special that caught our attention was the “childhood favorite” — chocolate 'sausage'. I was expecting the classic version: chocolate, butter, walnuts, and plenty of cookies or breadsticks (see advertised specialty vs real one), all shaped like a sausage. Well… it was definitely chocolate, and it was definitely shaped like a sausage. But there was very little cookie in it. Let's just say the “sausage” was more of a sausage-shaped chocolate bar. As the evening went on, the restaurant became increasingly loud. We eventually managed to get our check, paid, and made our escape through the back door. Honestly, that's what made the whole experience a little sad. We really were looking forward to have a wonderful evening. We left disappointed — and a little amused by the green pelmeni. 😊”