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“Excellent, pricey”
Review of Zynodoa

Zynodoa
Ranked #3 of 128 Restaurants in Staunton
Certificate of Excellence
Price range: HK$63 - HK$282
Cuisines: Contemporary
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Good for: Local cuisine, Business meetings, Special Occasion Dining, Bar Scene, Romantic
Dining options: Dinner, Breakfast, After-hours, Reservations
Reviewed 6 January 2018

As usual, everything here was very good.

Appetizers, were excellent, mains very good (though the sirloin was a bit on the cool side), and the cocktails were great.

Service was excellent, and the servers were very well-informed and informative about the offerings.

All this comes at a price, and if you're going to do it up right here expect to drop a fair amount of money. Still, it's a nice splurge.

Date of visit: December 2017
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Reviewed 30 December 2017

In a period of eight days I took friends here twice for dinner. What I found peculiar was that on both occasions we were told that the sirloin steak on the daily menu was “sold out”. I thought this peculiar as the first time as we arrived early in the evening (at 6:00). Only a few days later at 7:30 we were told the sirloin was “sold out”. In both cases we were encouraged to order a “better cut” of steak from a alternate menu that said only “market price”. On the second occasion we ordered the porterhouse steak for two only to discover that the price was $118.25. While the steak was good, it was not worth over $100. I suggest that if Zynodoa is going to offer a sirloin steak on the daily menu, there should be a quantity of such steaks available. I feel that there is a type of “bait and switch” going on here. This experience (twice) has left me wary. It will probably be a long time before I return.
The meals we had were satisfactory but did not justify the price. The food was good but not great.

Date of visit: December 2017
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Reviewed 28 December 2017

We found this place on tripadvisor and had to try it. We were greeted and seated even though we did not have reservations. It was early but got very busy, Friday night. I asked the waiter his recommendations and he said to do the four course meal (tasting) and since shellfish were 1 of the courses my date ordered the New York strip steak /Brussel spouts/ potatoes and pate all were excellent. I had soup,scallops,beef tenderloins and dessert. It was a very good ,paced mea with excellent food.

Date of visit: December 2017
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Reviewed 27 December 2017

My wife and I had a reservation for 5:45 pm on a Saturday evening because we were going to a production at the American Shakespeare Center and needed to be there by 7:15 pm. The theater was only a half block away. We got to the restaurant and seated at 5:40 pm. We each ordered a drink which arrived right away. We then ordered our food. We both ordered the soup and it came right away, so by 6 pm, we had finished our soups and just needed the entrees. We figured we even had time for a glass of port after dinner. Well we were wrong. No one let us know about the delay so around 6:25, I asked our waitress. She indicated that she had put the order in plenty of time and had already spoken to the manager about the delay. I waited a few more minutes and then found the manager. She indicated that "sometimes on Friday or Saturday we do get backed up. Also, your wife ordered the trout which is made fresh and takes a full 30 minutes." I told her that we ordered everything over 40 minutes ago. Finally at around 6:50 pm, we got our entrees. The trout was not de-boned (we knew this and they offered to de-bone it but not wanting to wait anymore, she proceeded herself). Needless to say we both had to rush through our entrees; even had to leave some so we can get our the door by 7:10 to not be late for our seats at the play. The manager did give us a $20 gift card to come back, but we gave this to our innkeepers for we are never going back.

Date of visit: December 2017
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Reviewed 10 December 2017

We arrived early and were the only patrons for a bit. Our service was good, the server was efficient and attentive but not that personable (kind of matter of fact). The wine offerings offered something for every budget. There were 3 menus, the chef tasing menu, the daily menu, and the steak menu (not really a menu). We bypassed the chef tasting menu because it didn't offer options we were interested in. Instead we chose starters, entrees and dessert from the daily menu. Of our starters, Cauliflower bisque and the glazed Broccoli, the bisque was our favorite. Taste and viscosity were excellent. Our entrees, Grilled Swordfish and Fettuccine with Fall vegetables were both enjoyable. The swordfish was cooked perfectly although the chard beneath it was a bit tough and chewy making a composed bite less enjoyable than just a bite of the swordfish. The mushrooms offered enough of a textural complement. The homemade pasta was al-dente but a bit dense for our liking. The vegetables were well cooked and the sauce provided a nice binder for all the ingredients. Dessert was a bit disappointing. We opted for the Gingerbread with a lemon anglaise. The Gingerbread didn't have that gingerbread texture and was lacking in gingerbread flavor. An additional part of the dish was a chunky minced meat pie type mixture that on it's own was flavorful. However, the two didn't seemed to compliment each other; we tended to eat them separately rather than as a composed dish. This was our first visit but we will return on our next visit to Staunton to sample the local fare.

Date of visit: December 2017
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