RO Restaurant & Lounge
Lounge · Yountville ·
Caviar tastings, global champagne list, Asian-influenced dishes
Caviar tastings, global champagne list, Asian-influenced dishes
"If you haven’t felt like you’ve indulged enough, head to RO. With a menu by chef Thomas Keller and a list of bubbles spanning the world, RO may not seem like the place to go for happy hour — then again, Napa does happy hour a little differently than most. Head here on Thursday through Sunday, between 4 and 6 p.m., for twelve-dollar glasses of wine, ten-dollar cocktails, and caviar bumps for ten dollars a pop. Add a discounted bar snack to your order, like the black truffle egg salad sandwich, American wagyu tartlet, and traditional blinis. But if you’d like the full RO experience, order off the dinner menu. The hamachi with barbecue tomato oil is best paired with a glass of the Scribe Pinot Noir Rose, and the Hokkaido uni and caviar brioche toast goes well with a bottle of the lush Schramsberg Blanc de Noir." - Lee Musho
"As an expansion of Thomas Keller’s Yountville dynasty, this Asian-influenced restaurant features dishes like pork belly in savory egg custard, black truffle egg salad sandos, and warm butter mochi for dessert." - Justine Jones
"Transformed from Keller’s caviar and Champagne lounge into a full-service restaurant, RO Restaurant and Lounge at 6480 Washington Street features a menu developed by chef de cuisine Jeffery Hayashi, who has woven Asian influences into dishes such as pork belly tossed with savory egg custard and huckleberry and hibiscus shave ice topped with creme fraiche. Where the old lounge offered mostly small, snacky plates, the new restaurant serves full meals including black truffle egg salad sandos, bigeye tuna and king salmon chirashi bowls, and warm butter mochi for dessert; there are still prominent Regiis Ova caviar flourishes—served straight with oysters or atop a dish of barbecued white asparagus—and RO is the latest addition to Keller’s Yountville portfolio alongside the French Laundry, La Calenda, Bouchon Bistro, and Bouchon Bakery." - Justine Jones
"At prolific MICHELIN-star Chef Thomas Keller’s Regiis Ova Bar & Lounge in Yountville, California, live music is a priority." - Jillian Dara
"A Thomas Keller venture in Yountville that evolved from a pop-up into a permanent caviar-and-champagne lounge; the menu focuses almost exclusively on caviar and caviar-accented dishes plus French desserts (macarons, palmiers), backed by an extravagant champagne list featuring houses like Krug, Salon and Egly-Ouriet alongside select high-end whites, reds and rosés, marrying ultra-fancy offerings with a surprisingly approachable vibe." - J’nai Gaither