Mozaic Restaurant - Sarasota

Stopped in for an anniversary dinner. Enjoyed the decor but found myself somewhat disappointed overall. I ordered a duck salad, which requires a bit of skill in order to render the fat accordingly. Found the duck to be somewhat fatty and the portion size to be small enough that stopping in somewhere else for a bite after the show was necessary. I'm not a large man at 152 lbs. This is a nit I will always pick with restaurants at this price point. One should never leave hungry after an appetizer and an entree.

Unfortunately they are closing at the end of the week

Food was outstanding and the service was excellent! It’s a shame they are closing.

Took a friend there for a birthday dinner. Great flavors for vegetarian options. Service was friendly and on point. Will try the Tasting Menu next trip.

Since this was our first time here we elected to go with the tasting menu which was split into three sections which could best be categorized as: soup/salad apps and mains. One of the apps we ordered was no longer available a minor problem if a somewhat annoying start as this was 7:30 on a Saturday and a restaurant should not be running out that early in a service IMHO. My lamb soup arrived which was more a stew than soup with LARGE chunks of carrots, celery, potatoes and parsnip. Based on the fact that this restaurant describes itself as having Mediterranean/North African roots I expected those flavors to come through sadly there were little to no spices in this tomato based stew the celery was fibrous and inedible with whole peppercorns jutted throughout like little depth charges of palate destroyers. My partners chickpea cakes were over processed with too much binder and therefore a very strange consistency worse still they were absolutely flavorless making them reminiscent of tiny vegan hockey pucks. The waiter took note that we hadn 't eaten any of our 1st course and trying to keep it light I joked if the kitchen could step up their game on the next course and at least season the food correctly after all we had a nice bottle of Riesling that this food was ruining. The salads came and more of the same both were over dressed which made the fact that they had no flavor a culinary contradiction. The waiter returns to our uneaten 2nd course and I beg him to make sure that my duck is blushing red and rested with crispy skin and the risotto luscious but not loose. The owner came to our table and his only response was nobody else is complaining when I showed him the risotto that more resembled fried rice and the flaccid skinned and grey duck he just shrugged and said he would take it off the check how kind of him. Maybe I am too much of an idealist but shouldn 't a restaurant set the standard and not cater to uninformed diners for their food cues.