Edulis is a fine restaurant. The chef and wife (also a chef though she does front of house) have a good thing going. They work every day. They are the least pretentious people I have ever encountered in the industry. The positive reviews mean their tiny place is packed which make it harder to please people like james t kirk. It is tough to get a reservation. I usually book on line to avoid what you perceive is attitude. The service at the Edulis is typically wonderful as Toby owner is quite lovely. The best food at Edulis is the dishes you order a few days in advance so they cook it to order. You cannot be in a rush here. Their country style cooking isn't for everyone. But a glance at the website, menu or frustration at getting a seat should give you enough fair warning that you aren't going to like it. So why bother? I'm sure the restaurant would rather serve people who want to enjoy their food rather than negative folks. I think the city needs more places like Edulis. Opening a restaurant is tough at the best of times. Hurrah to them for their success.
Maybe they just had an off night. Dunno
The food was ok at best. Not bad or anything. Just a long way from good and great? Not even close. There was only 2 choices on the menu, the small tasting menu for 50 bucks a head and the large tasting menu (can't remember how much that was). No other choice of any sort. So I'm not sure what you are talking about with respect to choice on the menu, because there was none. My date only wanted the small tasting menu, I asked for the large, but they refused to offer us that combination. It had to be either 2 large,or 2 small. No exceptions. So we opted for two small. Not one of the courses was memorable, nor that fresh even. Dessert was semi stale and dry.
Both myself and my female friend were of the same opinion -meh, would not make a point of going back.
I don't know about them working that hard as they were closed for the entire month of April for vacation, and that was after being closed for a month of vacation in December and January.
If you want to see a hard working restaurant husband and wife duo, check out Franks Kitchen on College street. Frank and his wife are there 6 days a week and Frank starts his day in the morning handling the sourcing of the food from local farmers and growers and ends at midnight. He's always in the kitchen and the food is amazing. And they have soft drinks for the non drinkers such as myself and they don't bat an eye when you order one. It's always a joy to eat at Franks.