Lumiere Restaurant

To celebrate my birthday, my husband and I went to the Lumiere Restaurant for dinner. The place was packed at around 7pm. The restaurant has simple and clean décor with ample lighting. We both ordered the chef’s tasting menu.

The waiter brought us a complimentary bite of avocado cream on a biscuit to start off the dinner.


For appetizers, we had the fish tartare with ginger, cucumber, avocado, and sweet & spicy soy-sesame vinaigrette sauce. This starter has a strong Chinese influence to it. The taste of sesame oil is very profound in this dish.

As second course, we had the seared sea scallop which is served with a lemon cream. The scallop is very smooth and cooked just right. The lemon cream is slightly sweet.

Our main dish is the dry aged ribeye steak with a side of french fries. The ribeye was very tender and the red wine sauce has a bit of a mushroom taste in it. It was the best dish of the night. The French fries were very thin and crispy.

After the main dish, the waiter brought us a cheese course. Honestly, I do not appreciate the dryness of the cheese. I prefer slices of Kraft cheese that I can get from the supermarket.

For dessert, we ordered the Valrhona Manjari Chocolate Soufflé Cake with hot fudge, vanilla ice-cream, and Maraschino cherries. The chef used bitter dark chocolate but the dessert turned out to be way too sweet. Its name is also deceiving. It is not a soufflé, rather it is more like a molten chocolate cake.

Forgetting about the dessert, everything else tasted great. Lumiere is a restaurant that we would definitely recommend. It is not too expensive and the French food is very solid.

HOKAT Rating:
92/100

Address:
1293 Washington Street, Newton MA 02465

(617) 244-9199
http://www.lumiererestaurant.com/