John Raymond Dobbs
Google
Heard great things and as a Yountville resident I was excited to experience APL! Unfortunately the service needs a lot to work. Arrived at 6:24pm for a 6:30 reservation. Was told by the hostess that I was early and needed to wait in the lounge so I could “ be seated closer to my reservation time.... “ So we waited in the lounge until they were ready to seat us.
To start we ordered the radishes, “artisanal“ bread and crab cakes. They never served us the crab cakes, not sure why. Radishes were awesome. Bread was exactly the same pain d’epi you get at Bouchon Bakery...not what I was looking for and probably not a great idea to serve the same exact type of bread from
Bouchon Bakery! Half way through the appetizers the servers took our appetizers and plates away as we were still enjoying everything, not asking if we were done, just randomly taking everything away very quickly. They provided us with large hot dinner plates immediately seeming as if our entrees were coming right out. However it was a good 20 min until our entrees arrived. Not sure what the rush was to remove our apps so quickly. For dinner we all shared the short ribs, rib eye, escarole and fries. The steak knives they provided could barely cut the rib eye. The rib eye was very good, but the knives were extremely dull and provided a poor experience at a steak house. There was never any feedback from staff during our meal. The food was good but not exceptional. I’m sure the experience would be better if the service was better.
Was overly disappointed in the hostess telling us we had to wait to be seated closer to our reservation time when our table was set and ready. Mr. Lang - what time do you want your guests to arrive in order to be seated at a reserved table? It’s ok to ask us to wait until our table is ready, not tell us to wait until we are closer to our reservation time, arriving 6 minutes early. How much closer did we need to be to get seated?