The Grill At Quail Corners — Restaurant in Reno

More so 3.5 stars, but I tend to round up. Its been some years since I have been here until recently I did a take out order online. I showed up and they hadn't seen the online order, so they apologized, they were jam packed at 8 pm and so they generously gave me a free drink at the bar while I waited. We got the Sicilian pizza and the scallops and risotto that night, and both were very tasty especially for being take out orders. I decided I need to start adding this place our rounds, and resigned up for the reward program.

Last night we decided to go out again, instead of take out, sit down in the restaurant, the patio is still very nice, especially when the evening is winding down and you have twinkle lights and less heat!

They were again, slammed, for a tuesday night seemed like a good sign. As another reviewer stated, they had a very large party, and also, it looked like a couple other smaller parties of 5-8. And like every place in town, I am sure they are slightly understaffed. It didn't really bother us because we weren't in a hurry, even though it took time to get drink orders and refills at times, but outside of that, there was some execution errors in the food that always sucks when you feel like you're at a place that shouldn't have those.

We started with the $14 1 lb of steamer clams (I really wanted to split the louie louie louie salad with my husband but he didn't want to), so steamer clams, one of my favorite appetizers when done right. The broth was plentiful, and made with wine but it didn't come through for me, that tang you expect. Lots of onions some garlic and parsley, and a perfect amount of spice from red pepper flakes. Also, it wasn't salty, which can happen with these. The clams unfortunately had lots of sand, I would say 50% of them had sand in them. Farmed clams have less sand than wild caught, and its not hard to throw them in tap water and corn meal before hand for a few to try to purge them more.

I got the $25 sole dinner entrée, with lemon beurre blanc, linguine and veggies and my husband got the $22 lamb lollipops under the "artisan" section. He miscalculated that because I think he thought he was getting chops, not lollipops, so he had some disappointment when the plate came regarding size expectations. But more so, the lollipops were very heavily charred, too much to where the charcoal flavor is overpowering, and then they were very well done. His plate was warm too, so I think they finished his and then it sat a bit while mine got done. The sole was really good, a lovely tart and creamy sauce, flakey and moist fish, and linguine that for me was done right, others might say it was too much, but linguine being a thicker noodle, I like it more done than al dente.

So while we had some hits, we also had some wins, and I'm not writing it off, I think we will continue to explore the menu, and utilize specials they offer. It always feels good supporting local and they have good service to me, even when they are busy. The rewards program is also a great...

UPDATE: I was just here for a quick lunch and they had a Patty Melt on special that day. Tho it wasn't made with rye bread as is a "REAL" patty melt, they did do well with sourdough bread. Served with fries for me. I will say this place does cater to the "well heeled" of Reno as the prices are no bargain. $17 for a Patty Melt. I guess the prices do keep the riff raff out.

Casual elegance is what I'd characterize The Grill at Quail Corners. There is a full bar as well as a great Happy Hour. The full menu is quite extensive and starts at Lunch at 11am thru Happy hour 4-6pm and dinner till closing.

We started with the happy hour available only at the bar or lounge high-top tables. I had the fried Calamari for just $6.00 and it was just about the best fried calamari dish I ever had! The scampi for $8.00 was very tasty and I could of just drank the sauce! Next were the steamed clams. The sauce was not as buttery as last time, but had more of an herbs flavor. I just love the house made bread served with unsalted butter. The happy hour wine was very good for the price, I had 4! Good thing I wasn't driving.

The service was very professional and friendly, even through a mask! I'll look forward to coming here again real soon!

We just got back from another visit. This time we went for the small plates of the NY steak served over duck fat fries topped with an Argentinian Chimichurri sauce. ($16) It looked like pesto, but didn't taste anything like that. It was one of the most delicious things I've had here, order this! Also, we had the seared ahi, not wroth the $16 price, but tasty still. I think we got short changed on the ahi, everybody else got 8-9 pieces,...

We decided to go here for my birthday. We made a reservation for 12 people at 6pm. We ordered around 6:40 and didn't receive our food until 7:40. Our waitress was clearly given too many tables and we barely saw her. Given that they knew a large party was coming they should have planned better and made walk-ins wait instead of overloading her.

She forgot to take my drink order when she got everyone elses and we didn't see her until we ordered. She then forgot to bring my drink until my sister tracked her down and asked for it.

I got the mushroom ravioli, which had obviously been sitting under a heat lamp for a while. It tasted good but $16 for 4 pieces of ravioli is ridiculous. The "crostini" that came with it was literally just a piece of toasted bread, it didn't even have any butter on it. My brother and mom's steaks were very undercooked, as you can see from the pictures. My husband's steak frites was bland and chewy.

They, bizarrely, don't have a kids menu so we had to order an entire pizza for our 4 year old. We've been to places that are much nicer than this that have kids menus.

I'm not sure if their a/c was on the fritz or what but the restaurant was hot and humid. It was unpleasant, especially since drink refills were non existent.

So overall, the food is mediocre and this place isn't family or large party friendly. We...