"My wife and I happened to be staying at the adjacent Hyatt Vineyard Creek Inn over the weekend which included Valentine's Day. We were on a California wine country trip of a week's duration, and were enjoying many fine meals in local restaurants. We had decided to stay in that evening (Feb. 14) and eat at the Brasserie. It turns out that they only offered a single prix fixe menu that evening for $60. We should have known better than to take them up on it. There were to be three courses with three choices of starter and main. We also ordered a bottle of a local Cabernet to accompany the meal because we both ordered the beef filet main. The bottle was brought to the table already opened. It was fine, albeit, rather warm, necessitating a request for an ice bucket to cool it down. Our server had some difficulty with that concept. We had two different starters. Each was small and simple. The beef fillet could not be cooked to order. One of us likes medium rare and the other medium well, so neither were happy. It was an OK dish, but not comparable to what we expect to find (and were enjoying) in other restaurants in the region. The dessert was the best part of the meal. The total bill before tip approached $200. We would have been happy with the normal menu and given them a nice review on it. Why did they do something which they were clearly unable to execute? It was a $60 meal in price only."
