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Robert Fairfax's House

Prospect Heights · Brooklyn · American · $$$

French fries at Robert Fairfax's House
3.9Score
Very Good
Crispiness
3.5
Potato Flavor
4.0
Structural Integrity
4.0
Saltiness
4.5
Greasiness
Restrained2.0
Length
4.0
Girth
3.0
Portion Generosity
3.0

Cut Style

Curly

Cooking Method

Double-fried

Oil Type

Vegetable

Price

$$$

Sauce Compatibility

malt vinegarcurry sauce

Location

Prospect Heights, Brooklyn · 40.6817, -73.9613

Critical Assessments

The fry at Robert Fairfax's House does not arrive unannounced. Its aroma precedes it through the dining room with the confidence of someone who has reserved well in advance. The curly cut is executed with precision. The double-fried exterior is commendable and largely sustained. The interior presents a potato earnest and specific. The grease does not call attention to itself, which is what one hopes for from grease. The address is committed to memory.

S. Ravenscroft·February 2023

The curly fry at Robert Fairfax's House requires no introduction, though it offers one regardless: a uniformity of golden color suggesting a fryer calibrated with the attention usually reserved for precision instruments. The exterior is commendable and largely sustained. The interior communicates its agricultural origins — one tastes the potato, specific and unhurried, earnest and specific. vegetable has been employed with discretion. One returns. One proceeds. One is glad one did.

P. Illingworth·April 2022

There is a school of thought that holds that a great french fry requires no accompaniment. Robert Fairfax's House belongs to this school. The curly fry, double-fried in vegetable, makes its argument in silence. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato flavor is earnest and specific. The argument is persuasive. One returns.

R. Fontaine·August 2022

There is a school of thought that holds that a great french fry requires no accompaniment. Robert Fairfax's House belongs to this school. The curly fry, double-fried in vegetable, makes its argument in silence. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato flavor is earnest and specific. The argument is persuasive. The neighborhood offers alternatives. One should not investigate them.

F. Devereaux·September 2022
C

Christina's Note

An adequate entry in a crowded field. One visits with calibrated expectations.