Giselle M.
Yelp
After a lot of consideration of restaurants between Santa Rosa, Sebastopol and Bodega Bay, I was excited to try La Bodega with my husband to celebrate his birthday. We're both vegan athletes and fitness professionals so we always seek out the best plant-based options wherever we travel. I was able to make a reservation weeks in advance, and reached out with a couple of questions regarding the menu. Bryan kindly responded to my emails and helped us get set up for our upcoming visit. It's really great and worth noting that you pre-order your meal before you arrive to reduce food waste and help the kitchen plan their day. This also got us more excited about checking out the menu and making our picks! Of course if there are more things you want to order when you're there, it's totally fine.
We pre-ordered the Plant-based Beet Salad (made w/ vegan Mozzarella), the Saffron & Rose Petal Arancini, and the Organic Spaghetti w/ Mushroom Sauce. Just an FYI, their menu is divided into Plant-based (vegan) options and vegetarian options. The standout here was their Arancini! The last time we had Arancini was when we were in Sicily for our honeymoon a few years ago, which is where these rice balls originate from, so we had high expectations.
Our server, Meekk, was awesome! Very friendly, welcoming and attentive. She made our whole experience even better. Ori was friendly as well, but we were very surprised that he sort of threw us into a whole wine tasting thing that we didn't even ask for. We thought he was just trying to be extra helpful and educate us more on choosing a glass of wine to accompany our meal, but by the end of our dinner, we had at least 7-10 glasses in front of us and were "feeling it!" Just be aware if you're not expecting this. We were charged an additional $50 for 2 wine tastings. It was my hubby's birthday, so we just went along with it despite our hesitation (and confusion)!
The best part was the whole dining room singing "Happy Birthday" to my hubby, and Meekk bringing out a little dessert bite with a candle on it. We also had added on a Tiramisu (which by the way is very booze forward!). Thank you to La Bodega staff for an overall unique experience!