I didn't get to the Jefferson's bar in time to get the nickel martini, but the bar is a pretty nice place. It's quiet and it's pleasant to sit by the windows on Franklin Street.
I haven't tried the other restaurants there, but I did experience the banquet service. If you have cause to attend an event at the Jefferson Hotel, make sure you eat somewhere else first. You won't want to acually eat the banquet food.
I was there Saturday and was served the Chicken Norfolk. It comes with a sahara-dry chicken breast, and fried green tomatoes that have somehow been rendered totally without flavor of any sort. I'd have thought the tomato would have at least tasted like grease. I also tried the maple and pecan glazed salmon. Ask yourself if you like sawdust with your pancakes, and you'll get the idea. Except the pancakes are missing.
Wayne Rash
I was also there for the same banquet. I had pre-ordered a non dairy meal. What I was served was something that vaguely resembled frozen veggies out of a bag, except that they had been cooked to the points of being slimy! added to this was chunks of tofu that they had managed to cook to the consistency of the average golf ball. Needless to say that meal was sent back. To make matters worse, they managed to screw up the orders of the bride and groom. Both are vegetarians, and they were served chicken. The Jefferson clearly has issues that need to be addressed.
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I was also there for the same banquet. I had pre-ordered a non dairy meal. What I was served was something that vaguely resembled frozen veggies out of a bag, except that they had been cooked to the points of being slimy! added to this was chunks of tofu that they had managed to cook to the consistency of the average golf ball. Needless to say that meal was sent back. To make matters worse, they managed to screw up the orders of the bride and groom. Both are vegetarians, and they were served chicken. The Jefferson clearly has issues that need to be addressed.