Frasinetti Winery — Restaurant in California

Saturday, 1/29/2022 - Went to Frasinetti's Winery & Restaurant for the 1st time. This restaurant is right off Florin Road in Sacramento, CA by the train track. A little hidden gem in the city right in this residential area. They are open Thursday- Saturday from 5pm to 8pm. They only serve clam chowder on Fridays. Upon arrival:

Pros:

1. there were a lot of parking
2. place was beautiful
3. we went into Frasinetti's winery shop by accident. Very cute little shop. I didn't get a chance to browse as we had dinner reservations and we were already 30 minutes late to join our fun crew.
4. restaurant is the building with the Frasinetti's old truck next to it.
5. as you enter the front doors to the restaurant, there's a bar in front of you. Bar is open. Lots of table.
6. we got the room to the left of the bar reserved. There is 2 private bathrooms in that room through a separate door. Very clean private bathrooms.
7. table, chairs, plates, bowls, utensils, cups were all clean. Our servers was very nice and professional. We were a large group, and I'm impress how patient she was with us.
8. server made sure our water cup was filled. Water tasted good. They checked on us several times to see if we needed anything.
9. all the foods were tasty and food presentation was great.
10. drinks were good.
11. tables with 8+ people, there's is a 19% gratuity added to your tab. There's a $4.00 split plate fee as well.
12. the other women's bathroom had 2 stall. It was very clean as well.
13. the restaurant was so cute and clean from what I was able to see.
14. they were so nice, they brought extra small plates and forks for us so that we can do 2 of our birthday cakes.
15. they even provided to-go trays with lids and boxes for us.
16. plates were petty large. We did a lot of food sharing since it was large portions.

Cons:

1. my friend was one of the ones that ordered her steak right when we got there. She was the last to get her plate. Actually, they forgot her order. After everyone got their plates, she had to ask our waitress where her plate was at. She had to remind our waitress what she ordered.
2. one of my friend's drink, I think lemon drop, wasn't strong. Very light, she said.
3. they can only take 2 cards and split it once.

Conclusion: I really like this little hidden spot. May not be hidden for some. But it was for me. Cute restaurant, good food, service good, nice workers. Try this place if you...

Service and ambiance were excellent. Prices were on the high side, but to be expected from a nice restaurant. Unfortunately the food fell short. We had the crab and artichoke appetizer. It was fishy and just over all not good. Followed by minestrone soup. It was not bad, but not what I would expect from a place like this. Next the main course clam linguine and pot roast. I didnt try the pot roast but my wife was disappointed. I had the clam linguine. It tasted like the broth was salt water with chilli, more than a wine, butter, garlic as I anticipated. Usually the best part of the meal when ordering that is dipping the bread in the juice, but not in this case. So unfortunately as much as we liked the establishment and service the food will prevent us...

It was quite beautiful and fun to taste and learn about the history. The lunch was meh, the waiter tended to insert himself into our conversations no matter how inappropriate ( I can say with certainty that there was 'mansplaining' involved), and the wine was really just much too sweet for my preference. The people in the tasting room were nice, but it was a little uncomfortable when they completely disagreed on which order to pour wine in and then tried to discredit the other. Have to say that the church wine, which is apparently what kept them in business legitimately through prohibition, was like SYRUP but quite a doozy at some high level of alcohol. Nice place and people, but not my...