Vanilla Bread Pudding
The Mountain House

The Mountain House

13808 Skyline Blvd Redwood City, CA 94062-4504, United States

Soup • Steak • American • Ice Cream


"Eat among the redwood trees but indoors on this cozy place. Reservations are always good, but i noticed people eating at the bar. We saw Santa and one of his lady elves dropping by. He is a bit early, but maybe he is checking out who is naughty and nice. We got seating on the tree side. They do light up some trees outside but hard to tell since the reflection of lights from the window was hard to see. We got two slices of complimentary bread. Extras will cost you $5. But the bread was so good, crispy crust and sourdough taste and soft in the inside. We were treated garbanzo bean cubes. Two little cubes. Delicious. The cream on top seems to have tiny Sriracha sauce. This is a set menu so i won't write about the choices. Check on line. We had quail and scallops first course. Bass and Sonoma chicken. Chocolate bar and Bourbon banana cream pie. You can tell if your guests like the food by how clean their plates are. Scallop was hugh (2). Quail was stuffed (my first choice). Fish skin was super crispy and so was the chicken, which came with super creamy sweet potato. I had the maitaka mushroom. I didn't taste the bourbon. That chocolate bar had hazelnut crust and so chocolatety! With espresso ice cream. At the very end, two complimenatarey little marmalade miniature tiny! cake. Service was great. Thank you Eder, our server. Delightful. 20% automatic service charge. You leave there $107 per person. Well worth it. I saw someone ordering ribeye and hamburger, so there are options. We weren't told, but i was super happy with what we got. The portion was big enough. No idea why someone commented small portions. We had a lovely dinner. It is super dark driving home. You with the high beam, lower them. Saw 3 deers nearby."

Park Avenue Pub

Park Avenue Pub

650 Park Ave, 14607, Rochester, US, United States

Pubs • Pasta • Salad • American


"Nice atmosphere. A little crammed in though. Bumping into other customers as your sitting there eating. My thoughts on the staff and bar tender are as such. The server. Was amazing very attentive at the right times. And the lady whom i believe to be one of the owners was polite and kind. The bar tender was very good. The drink i got though sadly was a bit off. The olive juice in the martinis was old and tasted off. The food... The appetizer was a perfect combination of smokey and cheesey and the balsamic glaze was a nice finish touch to amplify the notes of the mozzarella and prosciutto. Was thoroughly impressed wirh the dish being a chef myself. This set my sights too high I believe as the main dish was sadly sub par to anything ive ever had. As seen from the pics the presentation was sloppy like really sloppy, not even bordering on the thoughts or look of rustic. I ordered the duck. Now i will give them credit for the portion size, although it was cold and the gravy which i assumed to be an attempt on a demi glaze reduction, was not good at all. The sauce had a skin on it and tasted terrible. Sadly took away from the duck all together and ruined the dish atop the already sad presentation. The vegtables were nice. My friend 's dish was actually very tasty. Chicken Alexander I believe. But then again from the pics you can see the sad sloppy set up as if it was from a buffet. Now being a chef my veiws and taste are different as such. But when im charged 25 dollars for a dish it could be done with a little more finesse. Like i said atmosphere was lovely and relaxed. But could be a very amazing experience if the kitchen stepped up a little more."