The Golden Pineapple — Restaurant in Asheville

It’s miracle time at the Golden pineapple! We are here with some frequency as I host a weekly radio show down the street on 103.3 FM. The cocktails are usually creative and well balanced, but when Christmas rolls around and they are part of the miracle pop-up, it’s another level entirely!

Fun but kitschy decorations, Santa hats on every seat, a wide variety of mugs for a wide variety of creative cocktails, including Stegosaurus mugs and unicorn mugs and Santa pants, all festooned with fun garnishes, such as a peppermint umbrella or mint with powdered sugar on it to look like snow.

The pop-up Christmas drinks are a little sweeter than their normal offerings, but you can certainly find a few tart or dry, such as the old-fashioned, which is on the much drier side. This is great fun every year. And the photos you will see posted with this review include this year, and then you’ll also see me sipping from a Krampus mug, which was last year. Sadly, there are no Krampus mugs this year. Hopefully the miracle pop up people will understand the importance of adding Krampus into future pop-ups. I’ll be looking for Krampus next year. In the meantime, I’m enjoying some of this year’s offerings, including a new favorite… a drink with an actual snowball in it. I asked the bartender about them and yes, they are all made in house. And shaped there. It was the most fun old-fashioned I have ever had.

Pro tips: it gets fairly busy later in the week, so try to come out potentially on a Sunday. Also, please note the days they are closed. Soak up all that alcohol with something from their food menu. I really love their wings, but keep in mind that the spiced wings have the peppercorn that makes your mouth tingle. Which I actually really love.

We will be back a few times this season while the...

Went here last weekend and wanted to like it a little more but would certainly be open to trying again. The space was quite cozy and we had a high top in the front. The service started pretty strong but dwindled a little bit as the night went on. I ordered a Manhattan asked about the well. When the server came back to let me know and I asked for one up and he never provided any more details such as price or type. I had to follow up and ask him.

I ordered the chicken salad sandwich and it was so spicy that I drank the entire carafe of water. It was never refilled. While I know I’m kind of weak, it would’ve been nice to have a little warning that it has some kick. Maybe it was just a one off? I honestly could not finish the second half and I own ate the first because I was hungry. If I knew it had that spice I probably would’ve opted for a different sandwich because it was not an enjoyable experience. I did like the salad that was served with a sandwich although it was kind of strange that it was covered in Panko and very crunchy.

For two drinks and a sandwich, I don’t feel like $60 was worth it- this was not a fine dining experience or memorable. It was...

My wife has been here Half a dozen times. She was really excited to bring me. However, my experience is less than subpar. And you can thank it mostly to Jill. I don’t know where to begin. So I’ll say this. The food was excellent! I mean really good. A little pricy for what you get. But I’d say it was worth it. The cocktails, also very yummy. But the whole experience was ruined by our bartender (we sat at the bar for an experience, and an experience is what we got). So rude, this girl. If I were the owner, I’d think twice on who I let represent my business. Very little attention was given (the only time we would get ‘attention’ is when we flagged her down, no body wants to do that! But when you have to wait 15+ mins after you’re empty and want another... a guy gets desperate) and when she did ask what we want she would just walk away without a response. I’m not going to get Into our conversation when I asked for the check, but let’s just say this... you would never EVER want someone like that serving you or one of your customers, EVER. Sad, really sad. Needless to say, you guys lost us as a customer....