The Restaurant at Zero George
New American restaurant · Charleston
Left Side, 0 George St, Charleston, SC 29401
Highlights
Seasonal New American cuisine & craft cocktails with playful tasting menus
Seasonal New American cuisine & craft cocktails with playful tasting menus
"A modernist dining experience that draws seasoned diners as well as a pre-theater crowd (the Galliard is down the street) to the compound of the Zero George Hotel. The restaurant offers one multi-course tasting menu with choice of classic or elevated wine pairings. Let go of the reins and allow Chef Petrillo to direct the experience. He'll weave a story with hyper-local ingredients interpreted and plated in ways that delight, surprise, and make one think of the very nature of a thing, something the best tasting menus strive to accomplish. Since the courses are determined by the chef and not the diner, timing and pacing are on point, and servers are there to be your guides through the experience. They are knowledgeable, and able to answer questions about the ingredients or the wine in a way that is informed but unpretentious." - Stephanie Burt
"Zero Restaurant keeps its tasting menu playful with trompe l’oeil snacks to start the meal — for example, the potted plate brought to the table is actually a perfect radish buried in a rich quinoa butter meant to look like dirt. What follows is around six dishes that are just as thoughtful, like a recent plate of tilefish with English peas, green garlic, and “spring things.” Sit on the patio if the weather is nice, and allow the Zero team to take care of you. $145 to start, with options to add on caviar, truffles, wine pairings, and wagyu." - Erin Perkins
"At this acclaimed eatery, diners can find a six-course tasting menu from chef Vinson Petrillo. The $395 price tag includes caviar, truffles, wagyu, and a glass of Krug." - Erin Perkins
"Boutique hotel Zero George is known for the epicurean wizardry of its executive chef, Vinson Petrillo. But while many come for the tasting menu at the hotel’s ground floor restaurant, The Caviar Bar is something separate and exclusive. By reservation only, you’ll walk through wrought-iron gates into the garden courtyard, up the steps of the beautifully restored 1804 house, to an open piazza, where you are led to your marble-topped table. Flickering votives, ornate banisters, birdsong, palm trees and maples, all set the scene, while soft jazz crooners set the mood. This is an impress-your-mate, impress-your-date spot for sure: cozy, posh, romantic, refined. With only two seatings per evening, you share the veranda with a handful of other well-dressed couples, some of them guests of the hotel, maybe even the devoted local couple who comes weekly. It’s not really intended for the pre-theater crowd (even though the Gaillard Auditorium is a block away) because you really shouldn’t rush the experience to make a show on-time" - Allston McCrady
"Boutique hotel Zero George is known for the epicurean wizardry of its executive chef, Vinson Petrillo. But while many come for the tasting menu at the hotel’s ground floor restaurant, The Caviar Bar is something separate and exclusive. By reservation only, you’ll walk through wrought-iron gates into the garden courtyard, up the steps of the beautifully restored 1804 house, to an open piazza, where you are led to your marble-topped table. Flickering votives, ornate banisters, birdsong, palm trees and maples, all set the scene, while soft jazz crooners set the mood. This is an impress-your-mate, impress-your-date spot for sure: cozy, posh, romantic, refined. With only two seatings per evening, you share the veranda with a handful of other well-dressed couples, some of them guests of the hotel, maybe even the devoted local couple who comes weekly. It’s not really intended for the pre-theater crowd (even though the Gaillard Auditorium is a block away) because you really shouldn’t rush the experience to make a show on-time" - Allston McCrady
