Chez Nous
707 Union St, Schenectady
(518) 280-9109
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Went during restaurant week. Called 3 days straight to make a reservation. No answer ever. Went in for lunch to be told they only seat reservations. We told them we tried but no one would answer. Finally they did seat us in a fairly empty dining room. The potato soup was horrible. My fish was over cooked. Dry and tough. Very pretentious restaurant. Server's were nice but Service was very slow. Not a do again for us.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
Lunch for restaurant week was excellent! Little out of our price range for dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We went there for lunch during Restaurant Week - our first time there. Service started out very slow - we waited 20 minutes for our salads to arrive after ordering. The server did apologize - there was some mix up that resulted in us being overlooked. We order chicken piccata and chicken marsala. The food was good but not exceptional - the chicken in both dishes had a thick rather soggy breading that neither of us cared for, but the presentation was beautiful. The special included dessert and we both ordered coffee. Just plain coffee, nothing fancy. It came in a small cup, maybe 6 ounces, and we were never offered a refill. The shock came when we got the check - $16.50 for two coffees!! The beverages were not on the menu so we didn't know about this in advance or we never would have ordered them. Maybe that's how they were making up for the Restaurant Week special. We got "overlooked" again as we waited another 15 minutes to get the server to take our payment. I'm not sorry we went, but we would not go back. That coffee price just really soured the whole experience for us.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
Tried to call your restaurant on Wednesday Feb 26th after 4:00pm when you open with questions about restaurant week and your menu but could not get through. Please check your phone system because it's not working. Sorry, but a little frustrating and we ended up going somewhere else for dinner that night.
Very cute place. Fantastic food. Attentive staff. No wait on a Tuesday evening. Would definitely recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was delicious, we will absolutely be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: House Salad, Caesar Salad
Went for valentine’s day and we had several issues: they were out of merlot at 5:30pm which just seems odd for a big night, they never brought us bread when other tables around us got it, salad was just chopped iceberg and bland, hardly any French food whatsoever or French wines yet the name is Chez Nous, i ordered beef wellington but was brought a lobster tail and they comped the meal which was nice but still set us back 30 minutes while they cooked the correct dish and my husbands food sat under a lamp waiting, thé crème brûlée was chunky and not all the way caramelized it was just very disappointing. We went 6 years ago and it was amazing, it was a completely different experience and menu, so very sad! There’s no distinct identity to this menu and the lack of a French food or a focused menu in general was troubling along with the mediocre food and bad service. We are heartbroken because we held this place in such high esteem for many years and couldn’t wait to go back! Now we will probably never go back and need to find a French restaurant.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 2
Outstanding!!! Thank you! The Scalloped Stuffed Baked Sole is sooooo good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Thanks very much, Ashley and Stephanie. Great job. We enjoyed ourselves.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp Sole & Crab Cake Platter, Salad Nicoise with Ahi Tuna, Almost Chicken Oscar, Escargot, Salad with Grilled Shrimp, Chicken Cordon Blue, Bananas Foster, Chicken Marsala
if you’re in the mood for some good italian cuisine, this is the place to go!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Lovely environment, great food and a welcoming staff! We will be back.
Vegetarian options: The fish with incredible cole slaw and twice baked potato salad, yum!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great place!
Fantastic people! Wonderful family run restaurant. Great food and drink and great service! Very accommodating for dietary needs. Ashley made a custom dessert drink for my wife, delicious! (Dairy free, super chocolate)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The wait staff was excellent! The food, not so much. The wait staff was friendly, attentive, professional, and prompt. My cocktails were well prepared. The food was much less consistent. The escargot, Ceasar salad, coffee, and apple cider benniets were very good. The meat in the beef stroganoff was charbroiled, which dominated the flavor of the dish. Ate less than half. The rack of lamb was fresh and meaty, yet it was overdone with breadcrumbs and had no flavor of the mustard. The best part was the mushroom gravy and the puff pastry. Our entrees were brought to the table before our dinner salads, which we had to ask for.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Apple Cider Beignets, Lamb Chops
In town on business and found this lovely sounding place. Menu looked great, reviews were exceptional, so I gave it a shot. This is the kind of restaurant I want to succeed. I was able to walk in and get a table immediately at 630 on a Wednesday night. I ordered the Rhone red wine, the lobster bisque, chicken sherry, and cannoli cheesecake. The lobster bisque is a twist on the traditional as it has a large lobster ravioli on top of the bisque, but no lobster chunks inside the soup. You are intended to dip it. Interesting idea! However, I found the flavor to be lacking, and there was a specific ingredient added to the bisque that I didn't care for. On the the main dish. The chicken sherry, was flavorful and unique, I would say good not great, but a large portion, I took half to go in a box. The cannoli cheesecake I was most excited about but a little nervous about the citrus component, and unfortunately the citrus just overwhelmed all the other flavors.
As far as service, while definitely friendly, my water sat empty until I could flag someone down for a refill. I had to ask for plates to be cleared and a dessert menu, little things, again, good not great.
As stated I really want this place to do well, I liked the 'old home vibe' and think they have a lot of good things in place. A few smallish tweaks and I believe it would be a stand out establishment.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
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