Anorah Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in City of Geneva

Finally made it to Anorah on Friday night and it was excellent. Beautiful space, awesome staff, DELICIOUS food and fun curated drink menu. Don’t sleep on the bao buns, tuna tartare, or caesar salad - even standards like this have a fresh twist and everything we ordered had such balanced, nuanced complexity and new surprising touches. The chicken adobo was my favorite entree, and the ribeye on the steak kebab was cooked to perfection. They have a rotating seasonal menu so some of these options may not still be available when you go, but go! You really can’t go wrong. If they still have the High Tea in Barbados cocktail it came in a beautiful vintage tea cup and saucer and was a fun way to wrap up the meal with their fresh and light panacotta. When Red Dove closed there was a huge void left open in the Geneva restaurant scene and Anorah is honoring that legacy - I’m so happy to have Anorah in town and excited to watch them grow!! And eat as much off their menu as I possibly can. :) easy weeknight dinner spot and also great for date night on the weekend before heading over to Linden for some outdoor music and drinks. Thanks Anorah for making my birthday a...

We were greeted in a friendly, professional manner right away, and promptly seated. Within minutes we had a warm welcome and menus, with descriptions of specials and the menu. We ordered two cocktails, which were expertly crafted and delicious (martini and Negroni).

We had the Chicken Adobo and Steak Kabobs, with the calamari appetizer. The appetizer was zesty and crunchy, and the house aioli was excellent. The Chicken Adobo might as well have been made by a Filipino grandmother who made it her entire life. Deliciously zesty, complex, and sweet/spicy. The steak was from a local farm and cooked brilliantly. I got it medium rare and it was tender and lightly spiced with the perfect springtime salad.

The wine list is also terrific. We enjoyed Ann Pichon Grenache 2021, which was dense, heavy and bold. We enjoyed it. It is a nice list overall, and easy to pick a good wine, because they made it simple.

All in a terrific place and would...

I was shocked first by the prices… it just seems like they know they have a captive audience and they can charge whatever they want, but then the food came.

The quality is average, but the amount of food you get for the prices… 🙄

Calamari and rock shrimp $18. Impossibly small plate of food for that price.

I ordered the chicken paprikash. $39. First the potatoes they consider as “au gratin” are layers of potatoes deep fried. the oil was no way near hot enough (also, who fries potatoes au gratin?), and the potatoes absorbed it all, and created layers of oil. Then the chicken… I’m convinced they served me ripped up pieces of a Wegmans rotisserie chicken and slapped some sauce on there. For $39, the meal better be exceptional.

My friend ordered the bolognese. While the flavor was ok, there was not enough meat sauce to coat the (overcooked) pasta. Also overpriced.

My martini was over-vermouthed.

I can safely say I would...