Had dinner with my wife and 2 couples on Thursday evening. Â I haven't been a fan of the decor at Blue or Red, seemed cheap. Â This place is totally different. Â Every detail is well done. Â Feels like high end restaurants in California and very similar to a place in Kierland Commons in Scottsdale. Â Its gorgeous. Â
For a new place, the servers already seem like they've got it down. Â The hostesses will get better over time, I'm sure.
Had a selection of Oysters (3 were free because we signed up to get their emails). Â Fresh, cold and a great selection of condiments to compliment.
All the fish dishes were well liked by our group, especially the trout. Â Done perfectly with an excellent side of grits. Â
Pretty reasonable prices and a perfect atmosphere. Â
Definitely will be back.
I'd recommend sitting in one of the booths under the ship framing. You've been warned though, if you're anything like me you'll have The Mariner's Revenge Song stuck in your head for hours afterwards.
Starting off at the tail end of HH, we had a round of oysters (miyagi, blue points and wawenauks). Oysters are one of my relatively unexplored food frontiers, but I could see myself becoming educated pretty quickly here.
Spiked lemonade cocktails were playful with paper straws, and the oyster shooters were fun (and a good deal at $3 on HH)... vodka, hot sauce, oysters... what's not to love?
My favorite item was definitely the white fish rillette, served on a board with some assembly required.
And service was generally pretty amazing. Multiple people running food, plenty of check-ins from our server (it was one of those meals where we couldn't stop ordering things).
But ultimately, I don't think I'll find myself raving about the food to anyone so I don't think I can pull the trigger on a full 5-stars.
Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to a return trip at some point, but probably would go for a different entree because ultimately the lobster roll was a bit of a letdown and the fries were just... well, fries.
That part was just okay, but everything else was great. Plank is a very welcome addition to the Omaha restaurant scene.