Ad Hoc
American restaurant · Yountville ·
Thomas Keller's casual eatery serves family-style American comfort food.
Thomas Keller's casual eatery serves family-style American comfort food.
"If you’ve ever wondered how Thomas Keller cooks at home, Ad Hoc is your best bet. The most casual of Chef Keller’s restaurants, it offers accessible fare served family style in a bright and inviting wood-paneled room. Waits are inevitable without a reservation, but the engaging staff keep things hopping. The dining room feels like a country home, with that iconic blue awning and a sign that reads “for temporary relief from hunger."The food is worth the wait and while dishes may sound simple, the crafting is not—come every other Monday for the outstanding fried chicken. A salad of sautéed red bliss potatoes tossed in Sriracha aïoli is beyond par; and even the humble cheese course dazzles. Generous portions may warrant sharing chocolate mousse for dessert." - Michelin Inspector
"Picture that Sunday night dinner when the family decides to go all out and put together a menu of all their favorite dishes. Well, that’s what’s happening every day at Ad Hoc, but Thomas Keller runs the kitchen. No offense to your brother, mother, or grandfather, but that’s likely to be a reasonable upgrade. The place oozes hospitable happiness and that special juju that makes a restaurant legendary, and always gets us excited to eat here. Every day, there’s only one thing on offer: a set menu of family-style share plates that could be centered around crispy duck confit, baby back ribs, gnudi or (if you’re lucky) fried chicken. There’s always a vegetarian option, you can add on some additional bonus elements (which we suggest you do), and dessert is mandatory. Go hard. Go home. Take a nap." - christina julian, jasmine alexandra
"At this, chef Thomas Keller’s other Yountville restaurant, a four-course, family-style dinner is de rigueur, chef’s opportunity to cook the American comfort food of his childhood. Well, not exactly. His mixed green salad is gussied up with raspberries and pickled red onions, the pork chop with whole grain mustard cream and buttermilk whipped potatoes. And the cheese board comes with a pretzel from Keller’s Bouchon Bakery. Wrap it all up with vanilla panna cotta and the $64 price tag may feel as comforting as the cuisine." - Christina Mueller
"Picture that Sunday night dinner when the family decides to go all out and put together a menu of all their favorite dishes. Well, that’s what’s happening every day at Ad Hoc, but Thomas Keller runs the kitchen. No offense to your brother, mother, or grandfather, but that’s likely to be a reasonable upgrade. The place oozes hospitable happiness and that special juju that makes a restaurant legendary, and always gets us excited to eat here. Every day, there’s only one thing on offer: a set menu of family-style share plates that could be centered around crispy duck confit, baby back ribs, gnudi or (if you’re lucky) fried chicken. There’s always a vegetarian option, you can add on some additional bonus elements (which we suggest you do), and dessert is mandatory. Go hard. Go home. Take a nap. RESERVE A TABLE" - Andrew Steinthal
"A sibling operation used as a distribution point for bucketed fried-chicken offerings when its partner restaurant paused regular service, demonstrating how the bucket format was repurposed to sustain sales and reach diners during pandemic-related closures." - Nicole Adlman