We love coming to this charming patio restaurant every time we are in Napa valley. Extremely friendly staff, well priced and delicious food -not to mention great cocktails. I had the halibut and my husband had steak frites and both were amazing! We started with the peach appetizer and had a delicious panna cotta for dessert. Our favorite spot in Calistoga!
So, this place is really good. Attentive staff, nice atmosphere....but the food...it's incredible. The shrimp etueffe was as good or better than I ever had. The grilled avocado with bread, amazing, the fresh dressing on the salad, light and full of flavor. Well worth going to!! Also the best sangria I have ever had.
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Fastest service ever! We were in and out in 50 mins and we did not feel rushed at all! We had reservations but arrived about half hour early and they seated us right away. After ordering our food, we had just about made trips to the bathroom before the food showed up!
We ordered the fried chicken and waffles, prosciutto Benedict, avocado toast and the Evangeline burger. Everything was really good!
I would've liked the avocado toast to be a little bigger or come with a side to be more filling. The rye bread it came on was a little bit sweet and matched the greens, avocado and the egg. The egg comes runny Benedict style so if you don't like that, please tell your server to switch it. I should've but I had it any way!
The chicken was crispy and came with gravy to accompany. The prosciutto Benedict was very good with the exception of quite a lot of kale which my friend doesn't like a lot. The burger was delicious but definitely the biggest of the plates. The fries that came with it were delicious, particularly with the rosemary and thyme.
We also got the grapefruit mimosas which were well-made. All in all, a beautiful day to have brunch and we really liked our food. And of course, the service!
My first experience in a creole restaurant, I ended up feeling that I should have asked for some recommendations to have a more authentic experience. Generally, we had a great experience in the patio for dinner. The weather was brilliant. The waiter was very nice and attentious. My cocktail incognito felt amazing with some passion fruit. We had a great mix of flavours with our melon starter. I had a steak but asked for gratin potato instead of fries, which was really tasteful, the fish was also on point. In the end, I had an apple crisp which I thought that I was not going to finish but ended up finishing it as it was quite nice.
Wow! This was such an excellent experience! Some of the best food we've had in Napa in the month we've been here. We had the shrimp etouffee and braised lamb, which was better than the iterations of those dishes we had in New Orleans itself. It was a very cozy patio, which I bet would be fantastic for brunch.
Delicious food, courteous and attentive staff, and a fun space for any size gathering. My steak (frites) was overcooked, and as soon as I let our fabulous waiter know he whisked it away and brought back a new plate within minutes. Overall a wonderful experience. If you're in to absinth, go all in with a pour and ice water drip. We've had our fair share of absinth over the years and this is the first time we had the pleasure of having it mixed in front of us. A moment to remember!
Very nice outdoor seating. We went late for lunch but made in before the kitchen closed.
Food is good. I really like the chilled cauliflower with herb buttermilk dressing.
Evangeline is a classic French Bistro where you will find all the staples: from Chicken & Waffles to French Onion Soup. All of the menus (Brunch, Lunch, Dinner) feature dishes you would definitely expect at a French Bistro restaurant, but I did find the Brunch menu to be a bit lacking when it came to starters and cocktails. Regardless of the small variety, I would highly recommend the Grapefruit Paloma which is a perfect way to quench your thirst in the Calistoga heat. I do have to note that the prices for some of the dishes are not competitive when looking at some other similar restaurants in the surrounding area. The restaurant has a beautiful outdoor area that is perfect for any occasion; just fair warning - there is a good amount of flies and bees around so if you are allergic/scared, then I would definitely recommend sitting inside. This is definitely one of the better restaurants in downtown Calistoga.
The customer service was excellent. I didn't sit down and order, I ordered mine to go. I ordered the salmon. The crispy top on the salmon was delicious and the salmon was not overcooked or dry. The sauce that came with the salmon set it off! The crispy Brussel sprouts were also a nice side dish to compliment the salmon (the Brussel sprouts were enough to share with two people). The salmon itself comes with a salad-- it was very delicious.
The entrees and drinks were really delicious and for that I'm glad I came.
However when it came time for dessert it took 30 minutes to come out while we sat at the table with no drinks or food left, and nobody coming to check on us. When it came out, the apple tarte still had the produce sticker in it. I guess that's how you know it's fresh? Still feels dirty they didn't remove the sticker when (hopefully) washing the apples and it made its way to my table.
The baguette appetizer was also really hard, as well as the butter making it impossible to spread.
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