Best Family Style Restaurants in South Riding

Server was friendly and attentive but not overly so. Crab cake was delicious as always. Nice holiday decor. Great background music.

In a nutshell, we had a good experience. Let’s start from the beginning. I had asked on my reservation and called as well to let the host know to put some confetti and a card with a note on the table and they confirmed that would be done. Unfortunately when we got there, it wasn’t done. I had to remind them, go back in the waiting area for that to be done before getting seated again. I do appreciate the rectification. Our server Jake was great! He provided excellent service, was courteous, respectful and did a wonderful job waiting on us. The drinks were good, the appetizers were great. We really enjoyed what we got. (Calamari and sweet & spicy shrimp). Our main courses were okay. We just expected a little bit more from a high end restaurant. My sea bass was just okay. I wouldn’t put it in my top three. My husband’s steak was okay as well. We did not like the mashed potatoes so Jake took it off our tab. The crème brûlée was pretty good though. overall, good experience but not enough to wanna go back on our own.

We are regulars and so are a lot of other people. The food is high quality and service is excellent. We have known the family have been running it for so long, it’s like having dinner among old friends. The place was packed the night we were there last and there was live music and that is why I rated noise level a little high on this review. I recommend making reservations if going for dinner. Lunch usually isn’t as busy.

We have been long time Dinners at this restaurant. The food is excellent, but the new Kitchen Staff seem to miss out on details, which takes the service staff out of their normal duties trying to gather what was missed. Wife and I both ordered Seneca Salads with Salmon. Waitress asked if we wanted it Blackened and we both said yes. Salads came out with Salmon just Grilled normally. Salads were listed to come with Blue Cheese, no Cheese was on the Salad, when delivered. The salad was also listed to come with Potatoes strings, but was also not on the salad. The server brought out spiced Potatoes instead which my wife liked, but again not really what the menu advertised. The Food is good, yet the Kitchen execution of details is very much lacking when placing orders. This is not our first experience with these type of problems here. The new ownership seems to be still getting its sea legs as it fine tunes.