Jason W.
Yelp
We had called in for reservations, and the staff was nice and accommodating to our requests. They had called back to confirm our reservation, which was a nice surprise since it's usually the customer who calls back.
The restaurant is based out of an old home with both indoor and outdoor seating. Above the restaurant is a hotel. The outdoor seating is next to a beautiful swimming pool converted into a fountain. Since it is an older building, the A/C is weaker. With Sonoma's weather, outside seating would probably be preferable. This time, we had a 6-person table on the deck overlooking the pool. The overall vibe is romantic and good for semi-formal parties.
I will only be going over the antipasti and the main course (secondi). We ordered a dozen oysters, hand pulled mozzarella, and the fried calamari. All 3 of them were fairly standard. The only thing that stood out to me is that the server didn't say where or what the oysters were. Normally, other restaurants would say where they came from or what type of oysters. So we had mystery oysters. The calamari were alright. The red sauce definitely was more overpowering than the white sauce. I think the issue is the batter that they used as there was a consistency issue.
To summarize, the mystery oysters were good, calamari was edible, and the mozzarella was chunky.
For the main, I had ordered the gnocchi but had a few pieces of other dishes.
The short ribs were really good, soft, and had beef flavor. The gnocchi was also really good, both full of flavor and unique. I definitely preferred the short ribs over the gnocchi. As for the best presentation, it has to go the sea bass, but it was also the worst dish on the menu: overcooked and tough, but edible.
Note:
(The server notified that they had a new team of chefs, so the menu had changed. I had come for the squid ink, but that was taken off the menu. Unfortunately the best dish of the restaurant was taken off the menu.)