Tri Valley Bistro — Restaurant in Pleasanton

The saddest thing is to have the side vegetables finished before the main dish. This restaurant should change their name to Bi-Valley Bistro because it only deserves two stars. The Charbroiled Rosemary Chicken was awfully depressing. It first came in a plate far too big for the chicken, vegetables, and the mashed potatoes. The Chicken was covered in pickled artichokes that were clearly design the mask the chicken’s lack of flavor. There is no reason for a dish labeled Charbroiled Rosemary Chicken to have zero char and Rosemary flavor. The chicken utterly bland and dry dry dry. No juice would come out when I squeezed it and it was unpleasant to chew. The roasted vegetables had zero seasoning as well but at least had some moisture content in them. On the other hand, the mashed potatoes were undoubtedly the best part of the meal, yet it wasn’t amazing nor great. Additionally, stay away from their Mahi-Mahi with mango salsa. They took the same approach of attempting to distract their dry, bland protein with a subpar sauce. The Mahi-Mahi was truly dry and did not give to a fork. The servers and staff were nice kind and prompt. Terribly long wait times and the lack of customers seated at this restaurant decides for you whether to dine...

Went to this place for lunch with a friend of mine on Oct 3rd, 2018. Like the environment and the waiters and waitress were polite and courteous, I ordered a salmon as the main dish, and tasted the salmon is not fresh, and confirmed it with my second and third taste just to make sure, before told the waiter that the salmon is not fresh, and I also told them that they can taste it to find out. The waiter took the dish away. To my surprise, a few minutes later, a lady (maybe the manager or the owner?) showed up at my table, auguring that the salmon is fresh, with a rude attitude and use the work "accusing our food is not fresh", I told her that I am not accusing anyone, but simply told the truth about that salmon dish, and they can taste to find out. In the end, they didn't not charge any $$ for that salmon dish, but I cannot say the experience was pleasant, and they certainly need to store their fish better to ensure freshness, I will...

We were a party of four for dinner on a weeknight. We had a reservation and we were seated immediately.

We started with Arancini, an Italian, deep-fried, risotto ball with mozzarella and a little marinara sauce inside. It was okay but we've had much better. I was just happy to see it on the menu. It's kind of hard to find in the U.S. Next, I had a chopped apple salad with mixed greens, walnuts and a vinaigrette dressing. It was very good.

Our mains came next. My wife had a arugula salad with salmon added. She liked the salad and the salmon was prepared just right. I have the ribeye steak with sauteed veggies and sauteed Brussels sprouts. I was disappointed because the steak was pretty tough.

This was followed by coffee and a dessert, Limoncello Cake. It was very good.

All of the above Plus Progressive wine came to $134 including tax and tip.

Our companion couple and their own check and they were very happy with all...