Susan B.
Yelp
Our party of 4 met during happy hour, my husband, his son and daughter and myself. My husband and I had not been to The Vault before, however his daughter had and wanted us to give this upscale bar and restaurant a try. The restaurant is beautiful and the theme is unmistakable and well executed. We sat in the bar area and ordered from the happy hour menu, the tri tip brochette and the pasta bowl (Mac and cheese). The Mac and cheese portion was huge! It could easily feed 4 adults and had lots of smoky bacon and shaved Parmesan cheese, delicious! The tri tip brochette was served as a cold open faced style sandwich and was very tasty, but the tri tip (which can be a bit tough) could have been sliced thinner. My husband and I order off the regular menu, the pastrami sandwich with onion rings instead of fries. We shared the sandwich and neither of us were disappointed, we requested no Swiss cheese and no peppers as we are pastrami purists. The pastrami was perfectly thinly sliced and had the perfect pairing of pickles and brown mustard. We normally have pastrami served on a rye bread, however the Vault serves there version panini style. Our daughter got the chicken piccata and the portion was again very generous, she took home about half. She had had it before and was equally delighted. About the service, we were in the bar and it was initially very busy. We were greeted right away and my husband's and my drink orders taken, but even after the rest of our party arrived it took quite a while before the bar staff came back to check in with us. I made sure to give him our full order, I didn't know when we'd see him again. Our food came out, and strangely with the food came more attentiveness.
So my feelings are mixed. The food is very good, I would say the value for money is very good. This restaurant wants to be upscale, so the service needs some polish.
There are already lots of photos posted, can't do better that what's already here.