The Oak Grill — Restaurant in San Luis Obispo

Had a wonderful dinner with the family here. Very nice wine selection to go along with the good starter offerings. Oysters were very nice start, which Max said were from Baja. I have always had PNW, NorCal, or New England varieties. These were delightful! Followed with the brie, which devoured in 3 minutes. Worth the wait. It is suited for two so order more than one for three or more people. My wife had a very well prepared martini and a Cesar's salad was shared. Nice touch with pickled purple onions. Mains were pasta, lamb, and the chefs cut steak. The Lamb was very tender and delicious. The lamb sausage is like a semi spicy kofta. My wife had the steak which was lean and cooked perfectly per her order. The accompanying mushrooms and sauce did not overwhelm the beef, which is how we like it. I didn't get a chance to taste the pasta, but my daughter ate it all. We shared a carafe of Tablas Creek white blend. Don't know what the corkage fee is, probably should inquire since there are wineries all over the place. Finished with coffee and desserts. Coffee was nice and thankfully very hot! Don't know why so many restaurants serve semi hot coffee. Overall nice atmosphere. We dined outside which was helped by the cool summer evening. Inside was gorgeous, with a beautiful bar. We all commented on the modern but comfortable french bistro chairs. Very nice touch. I will return to try the beef bourguignon or octopus. Finally our server Max did a great job pacing the orders and answered all the questions on the menu. There is street parking, but if you know this town, it's good to know the several parking garages nearby. I do reccomend reservations, which we made 45 minutes prior. We were pleasantly surprised by this place, having just arrived in town and picked it...

BEWARE; their menu online is FALSE. They do not offer what they say they do. If I had known this I never would have went because they had extremely limited options.

One of the most expensive and totally disappointingly bland meals I've ever had with watered down drinks and slowwwww service. Their Paloma's while tasty are served in tall glasses and basically straight mixer. We ordered a chicken Caesar and the cioppino. The cioppino boasts on the menu as having a variety of seafood and chorizo, it was mostly pasta noodles which is not a cioppino. Very little seafood, mostly shrimp, and a tiny piece of chorizo. The chicken Caesar was basically the same as a store bought option except it cost $22 but oh wait! I asked to add sardines if they had it and remove the croutons. He said they might and it was never mentioned again til they brought it out with 4 tiny pieces of sardines and croutons I didn't want. Those little fish cost me a whopping $8 added on which was never told to me prior. The salad itself was so unbelievably bland and tasteless. The chicken was even worse, dry chewy and you could tell pre frozen. And NO RED ONIONS even tho it is stated on the menu. NASTY. I never learn my lesson when it comes to hotels. Don't watcha at a hotel restaurant!!!! Especially not this one when there's tons of other options around. Big mistake on my part. Huge...

I really wanted to love Brasserie SLO. It's attached to Hotel Cerro, with the entrance and outdoor seating on the lovely, walkable Garden Street in downtown SLO. We arrived early for our dinner reservation, and we were warmly welcomed by the host and the bartender. The restaurant is beautifully designed inside, open and lively. We had drinks at the bar, and the bartender was fabulous and engaging. There's a great cocktail list. While the wine list was very short, there were good selections. However, once we were seated for dinner, we waited 15 minutes to be acknowledged, and about 25 minutes for our drinks to arrive. Our server was friendly, but we had been there over an hour by the time the first salad was served. Service aside, I had my eye on the fried chicken, but was informed that the chef who makes that dish is out tonight, and the working chef wasn't able to make it correctly, and was recommended to order the roasted chicken, which ended up being overcooked. We also ordered the Cioppino (delicious) and a 16-oz Ribeye (undercooked, gristley). Overall, for the price, the food quality and service were disappointing. We were there on a Friday night, so that could have been part of the problem. Also, note that the menu on the website is not the current menu in...