Not as Grand as we thought it’d be.

I picked this place out to celebrate my twin sister and I 31st birthday. Our first birthday outing since lockdowns. We were all so excited to go to a nice dinner and celebrate / catch up with old friends. I made the reservation only a few days before and was super happy they were able to accommodate our large party of 13. They did inform me that if I had any more than 13 people that they would be charging me a food and beverage minimum of $1500 and limiting the menu, which I’m sure we spent close to anyway but I did not want my guests to feel pressure to spend any money of a certain amount, so I had to cap my group and tell others not to come (this was a bummer but very understandable and okay) I was happy to secure a reservation with the number that we had. The view was great, the table was also greatly set up, not crammed. I have never been here before despite growing up in Woodinville and being in the area my whole life. I was super excited for the food. And let me tell you the food was fantastic! We ate everything from the cheeseboard, to raw oysters, to escargo and steaks! We have zero complaints about the food. They also had excellent wine selection.

We had zero complaints the whole time until the end. We were going to have shots post entrees. The server asked how many, I told him let me get a count because there were some sober friends, he came back a few minutes later to get the count and I told him 10 cosmo shots please. And then a few minutes later he came back and said I’m sorry I didn’t realize the bar already closed, I can’t serve you those shots. I’m gonna speculate a little bit and assume the bartender didn’t wanna to craft us such “complicated” shots because I did see him serve a glass of wine to someone eating at the bar just prior. He then asked us how we should split our tab up. And dropped the checks. We didn’t get last call. we also never got offered any type of dessert menu. They knew well before it was a birthday too. Such a let down. It left a very poor feeling amongst my friends. The server even had the audacity to wish me a “happy birthday btw” and I was like “thank you… so you guys don’t sell desserts or anything? because we didn’t even get a menu” and all he could say was sorry and said he could check with his kitchen staff to see if they could get us some desert or something, but for us it was already too late and there’s no way we were gonna put that on the kitchen at close. I work (and many of my guests) in restaurant management and I can also mention no manager table touched which is unusual. Nothing special for the double birthday. 13 people on a Wednesday night, we brought good business in for your venue. We felt pushed out, not something expected at a fine dining place. we were back in our cars 30 minutes after close. We also weren’t the last to leave. We came in at 8pm, did multiple courses, it took awhile to close us out, we didn’t hold up the staff or came in last minute either. Also a simple last call and dessert offer would have prevented the poor experience and review. One Star because honestly just having good service was all that was expected, (4.4 and $$$ on Google leaves one to expect a higher quality experience) this place is not a dive. Service wrapped up poorly and tarnished the memory. We easily spent $150 a person, the attitude of staff at the end felt classist. We were a mixed group and idk why we were snubbed at the end… I’m at a loss. I had such high expectations! The food was chefs kiss. My friends and the sunset made it beautiful. The poor end was enough for half of them to say they’ll never be back.