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Provisional Restaurant at The Pendry Hotel

Provisional Restaurant at The Pendry Hotel

425 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101, 92101-8612, San Andreas, United States

Hotels • Coffee • American • Californian


"The restaurant week menu featured 3 courses. An opening course that was both great tasting and imaginative. My table shared a wonderful goat cheese and beat salad as well as a lemon ricada dish. Would recommend both dishes to others. The second and main course was less impressive. Wagyu beef was very tender. But the sweet notes from balsamic vinegar and the coffee rub just didn't wow me. It wasn't the best steak I have had by a long shot and it was, with an addition 35$ fee, at substantially larger price then that steak. I will note that it was served with an interesting mushroom variant. but the mushrooms were rather bland alone or with the fairly subtly flavored steak. instead they were a good addition to the other main dish we had. Speaking of witch, the Bolognese was boring. Not bad, it was standard fair tasty Bolognese. Original pasta choice with large flat sections that were perfectly cooked. Not too much, not too little. A good sausage meat sauce and a small crumble of what might have been goat chease on top. It was good, and if it was at a standard restaurant for 20$ I would not turn up my nose at it, though I would not order it again. It was far beneath Provisional's price and quality bracket. This was their opportunity to wow me into coming back and it just wasn't impressive. Although the mushrooms from the Wagyu beef helped considerably. Third course was desert. And it was phenomenal. Both options of a deconstructed Tiramisu and a strawberry semifredo were well worth coming back to. I won't go into to many details but simply say I do recommend either, but with an emphasis on the strawberry. The opener and closer for the meal were spectacular, well worth the price. It was only the main course that felt like they went cheep on it. A sad miss for the restaurant. I would not recommend goin there at the price point given. Not when the restaurants surrounding it are so very good."

About Last Knife

About Last Knife

168 N. Michigan, Chicago, United States

Pubs • American • Ice Cream • Steakhouse


"The food at ALK was outstanding! Our appetizers were wonderful the shrimp tempura was excellent, as was the salad. For the main course, I ordered Beef Wellilngton with a side of mashed potatoes and my husband had two different kinds of sushi. All of these dishes were great! Food is not the issue with this restaurant. The service here did not match the quality of the food, which is unfortunate. We had a 7:30 reservation and arrived at 7:25. There was no table for us so we were seated at a hightop where the manager had been working. Apparently, no wait staff had been assigned to this table because it took 10 15 minutes for a waiter to take our drink order. This happened only after we made inquiries from the welcome desk, which was right next to our table, about who would be serving us. He seemed to be totally oblivious to the fact that no one had taken our order. The most unfortunate part of the evening was that, after clearly placing our order for appitizers to be followed by our main course , all of the food arrived at the table simulaneously. There was, literally, not enough space on the table to place all of the dishes! I asked that the Beef Wellington be returned to the kitchen to be kept warm while I finished my appetizer. When it was brought back to the table the heating lamps had turned the original golden brown pastry shell to a dull gray color which spoiled the impact of the dish. The flavor was, however, excellent and the beef tender and delicious. The main course was followed by an order of cinnamon bread pudding and gelato both of which were wonderful! While the food was outstanding, the quality and level of service was far from acceptable. I would recommend this restaurant for the food with the understanding that you might have some disappointment with the service. One final note, the cocktails here are very expensive about $2 $3 more than we had paid for the same drinks at other restaurants in the area."

The George

The George

411 University St, Seattle, United States Of America

Full • Wine • Steak • American


"Disappointed is an understatement. We selected The Fairmont Olympic as we were looking for a luxury weekend to celebrate two birthdays for a weekend in Seattle. Luxury is what we DID NOT receive. To start, we had called and confirmed valet was available and when we arrived we were told it was not available and we had to go around and over one block to park in another building. The doorman took our bags and held them for us while we went to park. The parking garage is not attached to the hotel and there was issue with getting in as the parking gate machine was not working. The arm was up and we eventually just went up and parked. We then walked back. What confused us was that we witnessed valet parking the rest of the stay.... he must not have felt up to it when we arrived. Check in was smooth but the hotel is under renovations so there was no lobby and no beautiful history to enjoy. Rooms were clean and spacious and our room had no view except some close large buildings which was fine as we were in the city. Beds were ok and pillows were amazing. The people were nice and the building is lovely. We made a reservation for the pool as instructed but are not sure why we needed to as there was no check in or attendant at the pool area and it was full of families and kids. Definitely not what we expected so we left. The kicker for the weekend was the hotel spa, Penelope’s Beauty Bar. We ALL (6 people) reserved spa packages that were not inexpensive and all had negative experiences. I will only speak from my experience. Covid has somewhat affected the experience which I expected. The waiting room is nothing short of disappointing with a few chairs spaced apart in an open central area surrounded by treatment rooms. There was no attendant to check in on the waiting area or to offer water or tea (which is not available for self serve). I was actually never offered water at all following any of my treatments! I had reserved a Swedish massage and had a massage therapist who ended up bruising me with what I can only imagine was a good deep tissue massage. I had to continue to ask for lighter pressure. Definitely not the relaxing experience I expected. Instead I was almost jumping off the table. I know some like that but NOT ME! I then had an infrared light sauna which was a strange luke warm 20 min. sauna pod that you lay in. Kind of confused by that one so can’t complain. Last, I was very excited about my facial! She was very pleasant and I left with my face feeling good but I’m used to completing a skin assessment beforehand and understanding what the plan was. That didn’t happen. It was like she looked at my skin and “whipped something up”. It was different to say the least. After she was done she walked me out to have a seat. No water, no explanation, and left to pull products that she “suggested” I purchase. I finally awkwardly wandered out and down the hall to the cashier. After charging to the room I was told I would have a receipt sent under my door that evening. Nothing. All in all it was not a positive experience and we paid WAY too much for what we actually received. I will be back when the lobby is open to see it and grab a cocktail but will be staying elsewhere. Just my 2 (or much more) cents."

Next Door At Granada

Next Door At Granada

1126 Morro St, San Luis Obispo, United States

Coffee • European • American • North American


"Dearest Granada Inn, Where to begin… Granada Inn San Luis Obispo, quintessential sea side town meets old rustic, yet luxurious 1920s brick and mortar. It’s quant and private atmosphere welcomes every guest graciously to his beautiful rooms, decorated chicly and rusticity. Feathery fluffy white cotton sheets, cooly cozy thick white comforters drape across the bed netting gorgeous hand made red Persian rugs as they lie still on a cold smooth tile. A fire place to warm the room, a shower and sink space covered in elegant polished title that screams Great Gatsby, and even a small but quaint balcony to look over beautiful SLO— if you have the luxury of staying in the Granada Queen— as you sip your mornings brew. The short halls guide you downward and through a leather filled lounge with yet another fire place to enjoy many a cocktail, surrounded by century old brick and wood that nearly transports you to another time. Below this ether is the dinner room, both out side and in, where guest enjoy some of the finest cuisine and drinks San Luis Obispo has to offer. Granada Inn is the full experience, an immersion to another place with rotary phones and simpler times. With an environment so chicly rustic and quaintly cozy, you’d be hard pressed to leave your room. It does beg the question… why stay anywhere else? I hope you all enjoy your stay as much as I have, because just like I, you’ll be coming back for seconds. -Garrett (Actor/Writer)"