“Can Can gets 4.4 or 4.5 stars and that’s about right. Some of their food may very well be the best you’ve had in a month or more and worth the price. There’s also a chance some item might come out that isn’t right or to your liking, and you might want to ask for something else.There are other upscale French restaurants nearby open with even higher reviews, but feel free to give Can Can a try. Unlike the others, Can Can is easier to get into and isn’t just open for dinner.The French cafe atmosphere and decor with white tiles and authentic cold solid aluminum bar surface (a reclaimed antique I think?) is pretty cool. It’s conveniently? located in Carytown, though you sometimes have to look for parking.The place is noisy and hard to hear when busy, due to the antique Richmond tin ceiling tiles and high airy ceiling.The lunch menu is fairly different than the dinner menu. We prefer the latter. In the afternoon between lunch and dinner they say they’re open but the menu is more limited.We’ve never liked their grilled/seared fish over the years. It can be overcooked, lacking in flavor, or sometimes fishy. We avoid it.Their frites / fries are delicious and huge servings. Be aware they don’t have A1 steak sauce or anything similar.The bread they serve is great. Our dinner didn’t come with bread and butter last time. Also great are their baked goods (croissants etc.) and Lavazza coffee drinks sold at the bar. (Try the cold brewed, it’s smooth like chocolate milk.) If you get there after 3pm or 4pm they might sell you the day’s pastries at deep discounts.The desserts aren’t cheap ($10-$14) but they’re good. Check out the ice cream. Today’s flavors included brandy date, which suggests the ice cream may be artisan and/or specially made in house or local.The steak tartare appetizer was quite good and again a HUGE serving for the price. It wasn’t ground or flat cutlets but large cube chunks. It tasted like rare beef (roast beef, steak or burger) with light caper flavor.I didn’t care for the small raw clams which were tender and priced at just $6 for 6 but tasted like ocean water. Maybe that’s just me.Something was wrong with the iced tea they served us. It was bitter and muddy in color — you couldn’t see through it at all. Surprising that would happen in an upscale place, but we sent it back and got something else. Not a huge deal.“
“Can Can gets 4.4 or 4.5 stars and that’s about right. Some of their food may very well be the best you’ve had in a month or more and worth the price. There’s also a chance some item might come out that isn’t right or to your liking, and you might want to ask for something else.There are other upscale French restaurants nearby open with even higher reviews, but feel free to give Can Can a try. Unlike the others, Can Can is easier to get into and isn’t just open for dinner.The French cafe atmosphere and decor with white tiles and authentic cold solid aluminum bar surface (a reclaimed antique I think?) is pretty cool. It’s conveniently? located in Carytown, though you sometimes have to look for parking.The place is noisy and hard to hear when busy, due to the antique Richmond tin ceiling tiles and high airy ceiling.The lunch menu is fairly different than the dinner menu. We prefer the latter. In the afternoon between lunch and dinner they say they’re open but the menu is more limited.We’ve never liked their grilled/seared fish over the years. It can be overcooked, lacking in flavor, or sometimes fishy. We avoid it.Their frites / fries are delicious and huge servings. Be aware they don’t have A1 steak sauce or anything similar.The bread they serve is great. Our dinner didn’t come with bread and butter last time. Also great are their baked goods (croissants etc.) and Lavazza coffee drinks sold at the bar. (Try the cold brewed, it’s smooth like chocolate milk.) If you get there after 3pm or 4pm they might sell you the day’s pastries at deep discounts.The desserts aren’t cheap ($10-$14) but they’re good. Check out the ice cream. Today’s flavors included brandy date, which suggests the ice cream may be artisan and/or specially made in house or local.The steak tartare appetizer was quite good and again a HUGE serving for the price. It wasn’t ground or flat cutlets but large cube chunks. It tasted like rare beef (roast beef, steak or burger) with light caper flavor.I didn’t care for the small raw clams which were tender and priced at just $6 for 6 but tasted like ocean water. Maybe that’s just me.Something was wrong with the iced tea they served us. It was bitter and muddy in color — you couldn’t see through it at all. Surprising that would happen in an upscale place, but we sent it back and got something else. Not a huge deal.“