Elda

We just visited Maine to experience Elda and it was incredible!! Our whole group was blown away by every bite in our 13+ courses. The head chef literally forages for the unique farm to table ingredients and sources only the best seafood and meats locally and internationally. Every course is so creative, thoughtfully prepared, perfectly balanced and beautifully presented. My daughter who doesn’t like mushrooms absolutely LOVED their Lobster and Hen of the Woods Mushrooms - they were so freaking delicious! The location and decor is amazing and the attentive service was fantastic. We all really enjoyed the thoughtful descriptions of each course! I highly recommend anyone who is a foodie on the East Coast to experience Elda. The wine or juice pairing is also fantastic and totally worth it! And it’s a small restaurant, so make reservations early to ensure your spot!

Outstanding! Elda has two dining options: a four course dinner or selections from the bar menu. In the four course option we had a choice of pork or fish, and desert chocolate or not chocolate. The first course consisted of three cold appetizers and three warm appertizers. This was not a choice, you got them all. Each one was absolutely delicious: scallop, oyster, nori, jonah crab in an egg, uni. Next was cod stew, I did not know it was possible to make this humble fish taste so good. The main entre was pork and carrots. Again, outstanding. Desert was my least favorite part of the meal, I did not care for the salted strawberries. Excellent meal, we will be back. Parking is a little tricky, as we were leaving I noticed a sign for public parking sign pointing to the street on the opposite side.

Portland has been ground zero for an explosion of great restaurants, it's now extended to Biddeford. I've eaten at Chef Brown's previous restaurant in Salt Lakes City, Forage. Forage was considered to be the best restaurant in SLC but Elda is much better. Elda is a very small restaurant and from it's appearance you wouldn't expect anything special but you would be wrong. Elda is one of the best restaurants in the region and that's saying a lot because this part of Maine has the best restaurants on the East Coast. It's a prix fixe four course meal but that's a little misleading because the first course is really five courses. We loved everything. The food was very innovative and terrifically prepared.