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I used to love Chanterelle... well, basically the tomato bisque. But something has changed and the last few times we've gotten the bisque it tastes different. Not that it's bad mind you... but just not the same as we were used to for years (not AS good). So whereas before we used to get it once a week, now it's more like once a month. And before, you would get a bowl to go and they'd throw in bread & butter. Now you have to ask, beg, PLEAD for that bread & butter. And they'll give you a tiny portion of bread unless you request otherwise. I know times are tough... but don't change a good thing!!!
Breakfast is pleasant.
Dinner is yummy (garlic shrimp & lamb shank)
Lunch is OK... nothing special for my liking.
I am not a fan of french toast at ALL- but Chanterelle's was pretty good. The space at Chanterelle is nice and the atmosphere VERY EDMONDS. Basically a lovely place.
For breakfast on a weekday, Chantrelle's was easy to get into and the menu had more than a few promising items. My father's scramble with fresh vegetables looks quite delicious- while my lightly egg coated airy French toast was just right for the beginning of a busy long day. I didn't even need the syrup that came with the dish.
The service was hit or miss. My father was please though that our server followed his instruction on how to assemble his iced americano.
FYi's~
* Chanterelle's is popular in Edmonds- be prepared to wait
Note to self: do not eat in places with fake plants...
If I didn't know better, I would think Chanterelle meant "trying hard to be good". It's like a girl that looks pretty with lots of makeup and fancy clothes, but looks scary in the morning. This place wants to be a chic cutesy bistro, but the food does not live up to the name.
My fish taco was dosed in salsa that tasted like they dumped cumin into some Pace. The Caesar dressing was not house made.
For the prices they are charging and the way they present themselves, the food should be much more delicious.
My daughter's hot ham and cheese was pretty damn good though. Hard to get that wrong.
To be fair, I've only been here for lunch. As far as Edmonds dining goes, Chanterelle's is definitely above par and a better choice than say, Claire's Pantry, for brunch or lunch.
I've had the Salmon sandwich, tasty but not amazing. Honestly I think that Anthony's Beach cafe cooks their fish better. The Main Street Meatloaf is enticing and a must try, but actually for a meat lover like myself, not up to par with my sister's homemade version. Lacking flavor, but definitely savory and comforting.
The cafe itself is cute and full of Edmonds charm. Good, dependable service; casual, calming atmosphere; and decent food are the attributes that makes this an Edmonds staple.
What could be better than being greeted by the smell of buttery pastry? Not much...
A for service
A for atmosphere
A for price
C for seasoning (steak, but to be fair this was a great cut of meat. I had the 10 ounce top.)
C for mashed potatoes (watery)
A for wine selection and recommendation
I heard their breakfast is great, so I'll be back.
Chanterelle was recommended to us (by an engineer -- we should have known better). Three of us went for a late-evening light meal after a long day of meetings.
I've been eating lots of Caesar salads topped with salmon while working in the Puget Sound area. Chanterelle doesn't offer salmon on its Caesar, so I went with chicken.
What I got was under-dressed romaine, chopped too fine, with the most bone-dry chicken breast I've had in many a year. How dry? I had to take swigs of water to choke down a few bites before giving up on the chicken, and I basically had a plate of romaine for dinner. Chicken breast drier than the dust in the old college textbooks in boxes in my garage. Drier than a dust storm on the Black Rock Desert.
Seriously: The Tiki Taki around the corner makes a better Caesar, by far.
The three of us split dessert, which was good.
Yelp's two star definition "Meh. I've experienced better." sums up my thoughts precisely. I had a fish dish on my first visit which I would rate maybe 2.5/3 stars. On my last visit I tried a roast pork loin special which I'm certain was a chop cut and not a tenderloin cut. It had a cream sauce with fruit that I believe broke. The sauce wasn't completely creamy, it had a partly watery consistency. It would have been a better dish if they just blended up the fruit and put it on top and skipped the cream sauce.
There are a few other places nearby that I think are much better.
Disappointing-
I agree with the reviewer who said Chanterelle was"trying hard to be good" - it looked fab from the outside and I was so hopeful. Service was ok but the food - eh. I was in the mood for a salad and combed the menu to pick the one that sounded best - Chicken and Goat cheese salad. Well, I might as well have stopped by the grocery store and whipped this up myself. It was fine - but not great. BF had the meatloaf sandwich that came soaked with sauce but still had two pieces of bread - there was no way you were gonna pick this puppy up. It would have been a total mess.
I want to go back... it seemed so promising - but really I think we shouldn't.
The Wife and I went for Valentine's Day. The service was fairly prompt, considering how busy they were. We started off with the tomato bisque and the butternut squash soup. Both were good, but you really can't beat Chantrelle's tomato bisque! The wife had a peppered steak, which she said was a little bit tough to to cut, but overall pretty good. I had the rack of lamb, and I really enjoyed it. To finish it off we split a piece of berry-swirl cheesecake, and that was delicious.
Overall we had a good dinner, nothing to get all excited about, but nothing to complain about either.
If I was to rate Chantrelle's tomato bisque by itself, it would get an easy 5 stars. (usuallly I just swing by here on our way back from the dog park and pick up a couple of bowls to-go.)
Lunch at Chanterelle's is very reasonable (under $25 with tip for 2 people). I had something I had always wanted to try: Pear and Brie Quesadillas...good comfort food, especially if you love cheese. The pears I think were canned whch is the only criticism I have. They serve it with a chopped green salad. And, of course, don't forget that Mocha Madness layer cake...yum.
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The first thing that we did once we arrived in our new hometown of Edmonds after a long road trip up from California was to walk into town and get something for dinner. We decided on Chanterelle and although I don't know if I'll eat there that many more times, we still feel like we picked a good place for our first meal as new Edmonds residents.
I had a three course meal consisting of Tomato Bisque (very good), a salad (solid) and salmon topped with red thai curry. The salmon was fresh, huge and cooked perfectly but the red thai curry was bland and the dish would've been wholly unremarkable if not for an amazing slaw that topped the whole thing. That slaw took the salmon from pedestrian to very good itself.
My wife had a gigantic pastry filled with chicken, spinach, mushrooms and goat cheese that she enjoyed, mainly because they didn't skimp on the cheese one little bit.
The problem with both dishes was simply that neither were really remarkable. Something was missing in both and, considering the price, it should have been there. What that something was, I'm not totally sure, but it was missing whatever it was.
The best thing about the meal, and the reason that I am willing to give Chanterelle four solid stars despite food that was missing something is that the service was outstanding. We brought our five month old baby with us and all of the waitresses were very friendly and wanted to see her. And when she managed to get a hold of my wife's wine and spill it all over herself, the waitresses didn't get mad or anything, they just quickly got a towel, helped mop it up, and even gave my wife a new glass of wine. It was a very classy move that they didn't have to do and we would've understood.
So for having excellent service, being our first meal in Edmonds and the being the site of the first really huge mess that our little girl made, Chanterelle earns itself four stars.
This cute little cafe has always seemed so inviting as we walked or drove by. Fine friendly service but we were rather disappointed with the food. My cioppino was a little bland for my taste. The chicken pastry looked delicious, however the puffed pastry was off, so much so that my wife and I couldn't eat it. We suspect the butter or oil was rancid. The 2nd one was the same. The risotto and soup however were very good. The staff apologized about the chicken dish, too bad as I mentioned it looked wonderful and the filling was very good.
I work in Edmonds most of the time and I really enjoy being able to walk a couple of blocks to find some fine food. Chantrelles is so nice and convenient and usually I order a cup of their famous tomato bisque with my meal (unless I am ordering breakfast). The best thing I like at this place is the lox & bagels. MMMMM!
Relaxing atmosphere. Cute little cafe experience with great food. I'll be back.
Chanterelle. You have given unto me one hearty and rich but overpriced dinner, a single good breakfast and a few more inconsistent ones. The menu is typical Edmonds '80s, as are the numerous impressionist self portraits of the restaurant. It's like a hubristic teenage girl posting shots of herself under the guise of celebrating friendship.
The high ceiling reflects a lot of noise making for a loud dining experience. Under the side tables and service areas is a typical diner hash of creamer cups, napkins, toast crusts, and miscellaneous crumbs. While the food itself may suffer from inconsistency, the aforementioned collection is ever present.
I've had one good latte and one bad, barely warm latte with 50% too much syrup. The drip is decent. I've had toast come late and eighty-sixed muffins. One person's plate can come hot and fresh while another's simultaneously arrives cold and coagulated. The breakfast potatoes suck but they can scramble eggs without overcooking them.
While the eggs benedict may have had nicely poached ova and silky hollandaise, what it rested upon was atrocious. The canadian bacon was not readily recognizable as a ham product. it was a veritable sausage of some kind of salty pink emulsion, encapsulated in a brown plasticized casing. Lastly, I would have liked the toasted english muffin to have been buttered.
Stick with the bagel and lox, you get a ton of capers, sliced tomatoes and greens but you need an extra cream cheese.
For lunch, the cioppino came with toasted bread hunks sinking and getting soggier by the second in the middle of my soup. When the waitress saw that I was using my shell bowl as a bread plate she paused to ask if I wanted a bread plate. The flavorful broth was thick with tomato body and herb, having a nice liquid to fish ratio. Mussels and clams were accompanied by firm textured and properly cooked pieces of white fish and salmon. It was filling and felt healthful.
As for the overpriced dinner. It was a roasted leg of lamb in a deep brown sauce with too much demi-glace. Tender, crisp veggies and creamy mashed potatoes were nothing original.
Chanterelle is hit and miss, dish by dish or more often having inconsistency on single plate.
Stopped in for dinner on a Saturday night with my girlfriend. The interior is casual but classy - high ceilings were a plus, it made it feel open and inviting.
The service was prompt and friendly. The waitress recommended a glass of wine in a way that didn't feel arbitrary.
I ordered the chicken in pastry, and my girlfriend ordered lasagne. We both got salad and I got some of the split pea soup as well. I quite liked the soup - creamy but not overly so, and flavorful. My salad was perfect with the bleu cheese, but girlfriend's salad felt low on vinegar - they brought us some balsamic and she proceeded to douse it, and then all was well.
The entrees were great. The chicken/pastry dish is quite wonderful. The lasagne was huge and really good. Girlfriend thought my risotto might have been overcooked. We also shared a lemon bar with whip cream for dessert. The bill was around $46 which didn't feel out of hand.
We didn't feel rushed at all - it felt very comfortable to sit and talk and wind down. I think some of the other reviews on this page are too negative for their dinner. Not necessarily a place for anniversary dinners or big events where you want to go more all-out, but it's a perfect place for date night. I'll be sure to try the tomato bisque next time, because the reviewers here seem to be raving about it even when their reviews are otherwise negative.
Consistently good breakfast is what keeps me coming back here. That and the quaintness of Edmonds.
I love their Mexican scramble, it has just the right balance of cheese and salsa to eggs. Their potatoes are good, light and crisp and not greasy. They make an excellent omelet with spinach and mushrooms and the waffles are a nice indulgence. If you don't want the side of meat that sometimes comes with some of their egg dishes, they'll be happy to substitute with fresh fruit or a muffin.
They use Tony's brand coffee and it's ok, but their espresso is better. Check out the dessert counter at the front; the cakes and pies look divine, but I've never had enough room left over to try them.
The place can get packed on the weekends, but the wait is never very long. Afterward, go for a walk around Edmonds and enjoy the views of the water and the cute shops.
A nice classy place to have Breakfast in Edmonds. The food is good and they have wine and champagne available. There is also espresso available. Prices are mid range. Your going to pay a little more, but the food is better then your average breakfast place. Service is good but can be a little slow if they get real busy.
They get real busy so you can expect to wait if you come a weekend.
We take the whole family to Chanterelle . . .for breakfast it's a huge hit. My fiance and I enjoy slow dinners here where we can eat, talk, and sit comfortably. I love the lamb and like many others, the tomato bisque is wonderful. Save room for dessert - it's always a winner!
I really like their breakfast menu. I haven't tried dinner or lunch here in several years, but I'd like to. My favorite breakfast item is the smoked salmon scramble, but the mexican scramble and the spinach/ mushroom scramble are both excellent too. The eggs benedict was pretty good, but honestly, I've had better hollandaise sauce at other places.
I'm happy to see that they have retained many of the items on the old breakfast menu from about 10 years ago. Though I do wish they'd switch back to Torrefazaione coffee (or does it not exist anymore after the Starbucks acquisition?).
As for dinner, the jambalaya is amazing! I wish I had ordered that instead of the dry, tough steak I ordered. :( Their tomato bisque soup is legendary.
I noticed this place while hanging out at Edmonds once, waiting for the sun to go down (some fun, huh?). So I stopped by on a Sunday for brunch to check it out. Pretty good for breakfast, really. The place itself is bright enough, possibly due to wide windows, there are hardwood floors, and some Renoir prints are hanging on the walls. The breakfast menus are plain but varied, quite reasonably priced, and easy to decipher - Number 1, 2, and such, to differentiate choices of grilled potatoes, muffins, sirloin, or bacon, with the eggs. The service is handed out quite fast by very friendly and cheerful staff, and they made sure that my coffee's topped off at all times. Overall, not a bad place to have breakfast and get any morning started.
I had lunch here yesterday, and it was all good! GREAT food , great service, healthy choices. If you live near here, and haven't tried this place....check it out!
Great place to hit before the ferry too............
I love the Tony's coffee. They have very goooood espresso also, and you get an amusingly large cup if you order a grande for table service.
Food is very good, not gi-normous portions like most restaurants, but enough to fill you up. I like the salads, the tomato bisque is always a hit. They gladly substituted tortilla chips for flour tortillas with something I ordered, so the can accommodate gluten-free needs.
Dinner is something special, but I haven't been lately.
I haven't had a bad experience bringing kids here, but another reviewer has.
They aren't great for large groups, they just don't have the room. And they don't do separate checks for large groups. But I've had great service and luck with groups from 2-6 people.
We immediately loved the atmosphere. Big windows, warm hardwoods. We both got scrambles. A smoked salmon, cream cheese, chive one and some kind of veggie one with swiss cheese. The smoked salmon one was good, but the ratio of salmon to eggs was a little much for our taste. It came with a cranberry orange muffin that had the most amazing crust on the top. The breakfasts were cheaper than we've found around town and good, too!
They have a large selection of post-breakfast treats - Brownies, cookies, pies, cakes, etc. We got a gooey brownie that was HUGE. Across the street is a cool gem shop and view of the water is close by. When the parents come to town, we will definitely take them here!
Solid diner.
Nice, plain, clean diner type with good food, but nothing exceptional. Salads with only lettuce from the bag, Halibut overcooked and dry, but a nice Sweet Potatoe Soup de Jour. Prices are reasonable overall, but fish was high considering quality. The place needs something as it could have potential, but seems to settle for OK.
1st of all- best tomato bisque ever! You will want to take a tub home with you and dip anything and everything in it. Other then that breakfasts are OK, not consistent. I have been here probably 20 times- a couple times for dinner- STAY AWAY FROM- way overpriced for what you get. If you stick with the soup and salad and maybe an omelet or breakfast burrito you will be satisfied.
I absolutely love Chantrelle! I am not really a big breakfast lover but have had it here once and I really enjoyed it! Lunches are pretty great too, their tomato Bisque is classic, and you can buy it by the jar as well! Very delicious! But my favorite is their dinners! Pretty much everytime I go there I order their Peppercorn Pork Chops, they are delicious. You really can't go wrong on their diner menu, i have always been satisfied!
I really want to like this place more than I do, but my last experience there left me with a bad taste in my mouth. The food was great, and I really enjoy them for breakfast (excellent coffee as well). However the main guy there, I don't know if he is the owner or what but he seems to run the show, was incredibly rude to our party. We dined with my husband's brother and wife, and their infant baby. He was very huffy about the baby and made it seem like we were a huge inconvenience to him. It was early on a saturday morning and the restaurant was practically empty, the diner's next to us were oogling the baby (who slept through breakfast without so much as a sound).
I admit that I hate screaming children in a restaurant, but if they are quiet who cares. It was just enough to put me off, before that experience I would have given at least 4 stars, if not 5 for breakfast.
This is tough...my experience definitely was not worthy of 3 stars, but nor did it suck so I can't really justify giving it 2. There was just simply nothing note worthy about our experience whatsoever. It was a beautiful sunny Saturday in the PNW and we were heading back to Seattle and decided to stop in Edmonds to grab lunch. We were starving so we didn't do much exploration...seeing the "Specialty Foods" sign was enough to lure us in. I think specialty began and ended with the sign. The decor looked like an elderly person's house with wallpaper and light wood chairs and fake flowers everywhere (I loathe fake flowers). We ordered deli sandwiches, I went with a basic turkey and swiss on toasted rye with a cup of their fabled tomato bisque soup and Jeff had the chicken salad which was completely unremarkable. Dipping his sandwich in my bisque seemed to add some flavor, so +1 for that.
Reading the other reviews breakfast seems to be the winner here, although I am not sure we will add this to our stops next time we find ourselves in Edmonds. We could have made better sandwiches at home if our stomachs had been able to hold out.
Definitely a cute and popular place. I prefer the breakfast menu to the lunch menu by far.
Edmond's needs more nice restaurants like Chanterelle! The menu is fresh and very Pacific Northwest! I would recommend this to anyone new to the Edmonds area. All of the dishes are prepared simple and satisfying. It's fairly casual so you can easily just stroll in after taking a walk by the waterfront. The only down side is their limited afternoon menu..only deli sandwiches and salads.
i liked everything i tried and will be back the seats are uncomfortable and the place gets noisy every now and then but the food makes up for it
Large portions for breakfast and lunch, be warned! -- it gets busy so go earlier rather than later. The restaurant is in a direct line from the ferry to downtown Edmonds so "location, location, location" is a factor in its popularity but the quality keeps the customers returning for more.
What a wonderful little restaurant!
I loved the down home ambiance as well as the friendly staff.
I had dinner there and it was delicious.
I would highly recommend trying this little gem out in the heart of downtown Edmonds.
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