The Progress

I had some spectacular cocktails and some dishes were super good. I was a little underwhelmed by the duck, though it was still tasty. Service was pretty good, we had a lot of servers, some were fantastic. It’s a good vibe, a bit rowdy for the price in my opinion.

It was such an experience! The food was so yummy and it was served nicely. We liked everything we had here. The barbuce duck is strongly recommended. The duck itself and the rice are the best thing we had at the Progress.
Also, scallops are so delicious, I would recommend it as an appetizer.

I visited for the first time earlier this week for my birthday. We had the pleasure of having Kai D. as our sever and he was absolutely delightful. Super knowledgeable and even marked up a menu for us as one guest had dietary restrictions. He orchestrated the meal for us in the best order and everything was top notch. He also gave great suggestions for wine pairings and cocktails and overall the service was impeccable. We even left an extra tip! Thanks so much for a fabulous evening. And thank you for being open on a Monday!

Experimentalism gone too far. This meal was very disappointing. The glimmer of hope for this restaurant was the ambiance and excellent service.

Masa dumplings (5/5)
Hen (Chicken) Schnitzel (2/5)
Doughnut and Rosemary Ice Cream dessert (1/5)
Peanut milk (4/5)

FOOD
This is where all my complaints are. The dinner started strong with the masa dumplings, which had a great corn flavor to them and were filled with gooey cheese and a delicious accompanying sauce. However, things only went downhill from there. The hen (chicken) schnitzel was recommended to me as the 2nd best thing to get over the BBQ duck, however I cannot understand for the life of me why. When it was served, the plate was overcrowded with a bunch of useless, undressed leaves and vegetables which I pushed to the side to get to the main event…. which ended up being very disappointing. I mean it’s fried chicken… but for $48?? That’s outrageous. The accompaniments were this hot sauce and shrimp remoulade sauce which I thought did NOT work at all.

After a disappointing main course and reflecting on how I wasted ~$50, I was feeling more hopeful about dessert. My server raved about the rosemary ice cream and doughnuts. I was wary and I should’ve listened to my gut. It was truly horrible. Like actually bad. I couldn’t taste the umeboshi at all in the donuts and the rosemary flavor was wayyy too strong. Moreover, there were citrus pieces at the bottom for some reason… just… nothing was working together. I couldn’t take more than a few bites. However, the restaurant WAS kind enough to provide a complimentary shot of the peanut milk which WAS delicious. It tasted like a recess cup – quite good! But nothing extraordinary. Overall the meal was a huge disappointment.

SERVICE
The silver lining here is the service. Kai was excellent and made the dinner manageable. The staff overall are very well trained and incredibly attentive without being overbearing

AMBIANCE
The restaurant vibes are great. It’s a spacious restaurant with an open kitchen which you can peer into if you have a seat in the back – which I did! It was great to see the kitchen working during my meal. Almost mesmerizing.

I don’t know what happened here… maybe I ordered the wrong dishes? But I can only give a review on what I ate… and unfortunately it was pretty disappointing.

Really enjoyed the evening and meal at The Progress! Every dish we tasted was spectacular, specially the masa dumplings with Huitlacoche! Of course we tried the bbq duck and it was amazing, will have to come back and try their other items!
I’m sure it won’t disappoint.