Foodshed Take Away — Restaurant in Napa

I'd read many excellent ratings about Foodshed here on Google and didn't think the company could possibly live up to those ratings--but I was wrong! Not only is the food tasty and prepared with the finest ingredients, but each food item is unique in its category and not just the usual hum-drum version you can get anywhere else. It's a bit more expensive than a regular takeout place, but it's hands-down the best food you can get outside of dining at one of Napa's high-priced "name" restaurants. I was truly pleased with the quality of each item and felt as if I had just eaten a truly well-prepared, healthy meal instead of just a bunch of unhealthy calories. Not only do they have glass cases displaying beautiful salads and deserts, but they have a refrigerated section with specially prepared family-style meals to go and unique bottled drinks, too. And the pizza by the slice is uniquely scrumptious as well. However, it does really seem as if they have a few too many employees. Today, I was standing at the salad case--and was the only person there to order. An older woman was at the register just standing there doing nothing and never turned around. Instead, she eventually picked up her water bottle, walked across the aisle to the flavored water, put the mouth of her bottle right up to the spigot, filled her bottle, turned around, saw me, and headed my way. Did she wait on me? No. Instead she passed right beside two other women in the same area who had their backs to me, said nothing to them about a customer waiting, and as she started to pass right front of me said, as I tried to get her to wait on me, "someone will be with you," and just sashayed right by me on her way to the food prep area without another word but with a glaring eye. Meanwhile, the other employee stood still doing nothing with her back to me, and a second employee was cutting up a pan of brownies in the slowest mode humanly possible, stopping to rest between cuts, and staring off into space. When a second woman started to pass in front of me, I said, "Aren't you going to wait on me?" Low and behold. No, she was not, said nothing, and breezed right by me. So, I've deleted my comment made earlier this morning about awarding ten stars for the food and will not be back, as I've witnessed the same lackadaisical behavior the last few times I stopped to order. Good food without good service is...

We've had foodshed on a number of occasions as our friends are huge fans. We recently received a gift card a decided to try it out. The premade dinners were all outstanding, as were the salads. Word to the wise, they deliver, but need a least two hours advance notice if you want them to cook the food for you. It's quicker to just order the food and bake it in your own oven. The restaurant is closed to the highway, but tucked on a side street that makes it easy to miss. It really feels like a community restaurant, in all the good ways. They also have a wine lounge area that looked very nice as well as a single serving area. Back to the food, we tried a duck rissotto that was out of this world as well as a cannelloni that was stuffed full of meat and a stuffed chicken. The instructions were very clearly written and easy to follow. All had amazing flavor. I typically don't like chicken, but this one was exceptionally juicy and the sauce was perfect. We tried their beet salad, arugula salad and roasted corn succotash. All were exactly what we were expecting with great flavor and perfect portion sizes. The only negative was the pizzas. We purchased a potato pizza and buratta pizza. Both we completely bland and very underwhelming. The potato pizza was boiled potatoes on a pizza crust that tasted exactly like boiled potatoes. No seasoning or other flavors. Also nothing to give it different textures or mouth feel. We might as well have boiled our own potatoes and at them raw. The buratta was only slightly better, due to the generous amount of cheese they give you. They make sure to tell you to cook the pizza first, then add the buratta cheese once it is done cooking. Very important to know for those that are unfamiliar with this type of cheese. We found the sauce to be very light and forgettable. It said it had basil, but we were disappointed to find it was dried basil very lightly sprinkled on top of the sauce. Not even enough to taste it once the cheese was added. Again, no seasoning or added ingredients to help with this pizza. It tastes like we were eating straight cheese. Typically I'm a minimalist with pizza, but these pizzas go too far in this direction and leave you wondering what their thought process was. Disappointing considering how much we love all their other offerings. I would recommend this place to anyone, just don't...

I typically like this place well enough. It is consistent.

I made the mistake of ordering through DoorDash out of convenience and they sent the order with items missing. Plus instead of the typical flatbread, they sent a version covered in some green paste that we did not expect or ask for.

They didn’t even notify me first about the missing item. They just sent out the order.

So what now, one of us doesn’t eat!?

I called to find out why and their response was very unenthusiastic and paired a very tepid apology. I even told them I’m a regular there.

They also informed me that they haven’t had that item in a long time like it was my fault for ordering it. Ummm… is that really what a customer wants to hear?

At the least I expected them to offer to do something like making up the missing item next time I was in or something, but NOTHING, just an “oh well” attitude.

If you cannot provide delivery services well, then don’t do...