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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."

Vinny's On Windward

Vinny's On Windward

5355 Windward ParkwayGA 30005, Alpharetta, United States

Full • Seafood • Italian • American


"Sad experience. We went for lunch to celebrate my Dad's 83rd birthday. The food, for most in the group, was subpar. My particular dish was very disappointing at best. I had the chicken scaloppini, and it was a very small portion served luke warm, with more egg than chicken. It seemed like they pounded a 4oz chicken breast then coated it in eggs and fried it. Way too much egg on the chicken. As disappointing as the food was, the service was much worse. Our server was a young man, mid 20s, who didn't seem to want to be there. He was unfriendly and very inattentive. We had to motion for him twice, first when we needed water refills and again after we'd waited for 10 minutes for our check. The restaurant only had 2 other tables with guests, so being busy wasn't the excuse. Instead the young man (boy) was standing behind the bar looking at his phone. I've only been here one other time, but the last time was much better. We were served complimentary bread that was fresh and warm and had olive oil and herbs for dipping. This time, no bread. We had to ask for some when he brought out the food. He returned with a plate of 6 pieces of cold bread and a bowl of some sort of dip which I'm at a loss to describe. It was like ice cold smashed up garlic paste and was terrible! For this, he added a $6 charge to our bill. Really an overall terrible experience. IMO, this young server should not be employed at Vinny's any longer. It is blatantly obvious he is not interested in doing his job sufficiently. We won't be returning here, and I would not recommend this place to other diners."