Alejandra D.
Yelp
Celebrated our wedding anniversary here during our Napa weekend. I noted in the reservations that we were celebrating our anniversary. If your love language is 'gift receiving' like me, then you know how important special occasions like this are. And before you judge, it's not the price tag of the 'gift' that is important to me, it's the thought, care, or effort that went into choosing or executing it.
Unfortunately no mention of our anniversary was made by the hostess when we checked-in, so there was a lack of care.
It was kinda odd because the hostess was the same hostess at another restaurant that we dined at the day before. There, she asked us if we were celebrating anything, even though the answer was in the notes. They had a stack of cards and she grabbed one for us.
So at Coles, while we were waiting at the bar to be seated, I went up to her to ask if she also worked at [the other restaurant] and she said yes. I told her we remembered her from the day before:) . I'm sure she sees a lot of people everyday so I didn't expect her to remember.
Since there's no waiting area, we sat at a high top table while we waited for our table to be ready. Even thought we weren't directly at the bar, the bartender asked if we wanted a drink, which I thought was kind.
I think we had the best table in the restaurant b/c we could see everything from our view. :) Along those lines, we saw the tables next to us had celebratory cards that said Happy Anniversary. It was a bit embarrassing for me to ask our server if we would get one of those for ours. He looked confused and I was like, "I mentioned it in the reservation notes what we're celebrating". I know he probably doesn't see that information so it's not his fault. Perhaps the hostess can pay a little more attention to the notes in the reservation so stuff like this doesn't happen.
He was like, oh yeah. I'll get you one.
Well, he kept passing by us every now and then. We now had our drinks and appetizer. A while had passed and I realized that he had forgotten our request.
My husband knows my love language, so he stopped a manager who happened to walk by and let him know that our server had forgotten and if he could bring us one. The manager was very kind and quickly went to get it for us. Just as the manager came to our table w/the card, our server also came to our table to bring something we had ordered. The manager whispered something to him and I was in my mind thinking like, "ooooou".
I don't know what he told him but I don't think it was good.
-Oysters Rockefeller: (4/5). The portion is 4 oysters. Our server recommended we get a 2nd order but I thought this was sufficient for us.
-Humble Honeydew: (3.5/5). I didn't get too much of the honeydew flavor but it was a refreshing cocktail, and a bit tart.
- Hibiscus Margarita (3/5): My husband loves agua de jamaica (hibiscus water) but unfortunately this missed the mark for him.
-Rib eye steak (5/5). The flavor was very good and cooked medium rare as requested. But about half way through, my steak was well done. I let our server know and he was prompt to replace it with a new steak.
-Baked Potato w/bacon and cheese (5/5): The portion was huge and good for 2 adults to share.
-Sauteed Mushrooms (5/5): very good flavor and a nice bite to the mushrooms. If you like a bit of a crunch to your mushrooms, these are for you :)
-Banana Cream Pie (4/5): I think after the card-fiasco earlier, our server was now well aware that we were celebrating our anniversary. He brought our dessert and put a candle and a chocolate plate on our dessert that said happy anniversary. The dessert itself was pretty good and chilled.
It was quite chilly this evening. They also had outdoor seating with heated lamps.
Overall, I would return to have dinner here again.