I would say overall a lovely restaurant, but I was expecting more from the food. Some dishes were great but others fell short. The servers were very nice.It did take longer than we expected to eat about 90 mins total. That may have been for the on chef in the kitchen.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Somitra Saxena
Good food with fresh ingredients. My salmon Benedict was great. The umami salad and compressed melon salad with was nothing to write home about. The burger was good, but the egg bake was not great.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
L Miller
Offensive service. 45 minutes to get water and drinks. Meals served 15 minutes apart.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
The hostess, Victoria, really made our experience great. We ended up arriving early, skipping the dining room, and eating in the bar because Victoria was so warm and welcoming. We enjoyed the duck wings and savory cheesecake, The food was good, but couple of things were mediocre on the execution (dry short ribs, hard Mille feuille dessert crust). I would still return. Still a good vibe and ambiance.
HenryM
We loved the red pepper soup and the cheeseboard, also our pasta entrees, and the chocolate mousse was a delicious dessert. The ambience in the restaurant is fine, and the hotel is quite stunning. Service was excellent, and we thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Chalkboard.
KarenB
Our party of 4 shared starters of seasonal Radishes with Creme Fraiche & Trout Roe; along with the fresh Onion Dip and homemade potato chips, which one of our party remarked was so good she wants to be buried with it! From there we moved on to the Savory Cheese Cake (which was one of several excellent recommendations that our server, McKenna, advised paired excellently with theirbdelicious fresh baked breads). Parmasean salad was bright and refreshing. Our pasta course included the flavorful Porcini Gigli and Rigatoni. We finished with mothwatering, perfectly prepared short ribs, and halibut; and ended with a delightful Rogue River Blue Cheese and Sauturnes recommended by Chef Anthony Lopiccolo, whose skill at combining the freshest ingredients from the nearby Chalk Hill garden with locally sourced cheeses, meats, fish and produce is a welcome and praiseworthy addition to the noteworthy Healdsburg restaurant scene.
Dave Peck
We thoroughly enjoyed our dinner, and a bottle of sparkling wine. The five courses were outstanding and the warm and relaxing atmosphere complemented the experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Mushroom Pasta
Steve Engle
Came in purely at random and wasn't even particularly hungry. But others in my party were and they picked a winner. Some standouts were the play on French onion dip with house made potato chips. We had a couple pasta dishes (one mushroom, one bolognese) and both were rock stars. The fried chicken is an absolute must. The chicken's fantastic but it's sitting on a bed of heaven: purple cabbage, yogurt and a hot vinegar sauce. All together, they're just music.
The food here was hit-or-miss. Some of us loved our food and some of us didn't. The burger, fries, soup, and French toast were delicious. The bagel, duck Benedict, and the steak sandwich were simply okay. We all agreed that the cocktails were excellent!
My birthday dinner was perfect! There were 4 of us and we got the following items: mushroom pasta, scallop pasta, fried chicken, short-rib, and the kabocha squash. It was the perfect amount of food, so I'd say 1 item person, plus an additional item or 2 to share. Everything was perfectly cooked and absolutely delicious. I'm really picky when it comes to restaurants and I will 100% come back. Again, all of the god was great, but the mushroom pasta is next level umami. Great cocktails and wine as well!
Restaurant has for many years has had a unique, fun menu full of wonderful small tastes plus a few larger dishes and great attentive service. Format gave folks (from 2 to many) a chance to try lots of wonderful tastes, order more stand outs and experience unknown options with little risk. We understand the economic model of restaurants, but the new menu is very traditional - a very limited number of small plate starters with normal large plate options. Food continues to be good, but we miss the old format. As a business owner, I'd revert to old menu and gently adjust prices to accommodate unique model. It may be tough to simply compete with a me-too menu. Old restaurant was always packed. We probably won't be back.
Bastiaan G.
Three stars and those stars are thanks to the kind and polite waitress. Cocktails were good too even if a bit pricey. Other than that, on basis of price and presentation this restaurant is clearly trying to position itself as upscale but just misses even basic points on food. Case in point, 4 prawns that weren't even deveined and had little seasoning for $20. Fairly simple pastas were so salty that we had to send it back. A rigatoni is a pretty basic dish. The carbonara was all cheese and salt (again). Did not finish. Disappointing as I believe the overall setting and ambiance is not bad. Service was pretty good too. But the dishes need to match their price level and increase in quality and inspiration. I'd be happy to adjust my review once there has been a menu refresh.
Byran
We were staying at the hotel on a rainy day and didn't want to step out for dinner, so we decided the dine here. It was just ok. Service was wonderful, the waitress was attentive and helpful. The food was over priced and just not great. We had a greens salad that was just a bunch of inedible kale and tasteless dressing. A pasta dish that was very underdone, the pasta being almost hard and very chewy. Our mains were bland short ribs and fried chicken (the chicken was actually the best dish, while not wonderful it was tender and had flavor). All in all, after drinks the tab was over $300 for two people. At that price one would except pretty decent food. What we got ranged from terrible to ok.
Virgin
Never order bagel with mix of beets and cream cheese and poor smoked salmon cd not taste it it was a mashed disaster grilled cheese sandwich was very good Our server Bernard was thoughtful polite and gracious hes a keeper!
I would say overall a lovely restaurant, but I was expecting more from the food. Some dishes were great but others fell short. The servers were very nice.It did take longer than we expected to eat about 90 mins total. That may have been for the on chef in the kitchen.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Good food with fresh ingredients. My salmon Benedict was great. The umami salad and compressed melon salad with was nothing to write home about. The burger was good, but the egg bake was not great.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Offensive service. 45 minutes to get water and drinks. Meals served 15 minutes apart.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
The hostess, Victoria, really made our experience great. We ended up arriving early, skipping the dining room, and eating in the bar because Victoria was so warm and welcoming. We enjoyed the duck wings and savory cheesecake, The food was good, but couple of things were mediocre on the execution (dry short ribs, hard Mille feuille dessert crust). I would still return. Still a good vibe and ambiance.
We loved the red pepper soup and the cheeseboard, also our pasta entrees, and the chocolate mousse was a delicious dessert. The ambience in the restaurant is fine, and the hotel is quite stunning. Service was excellent, and we thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Chalkboard.
Our party of 4 shared starters of seasonal Radishes with Creme Fraiche & Trout Roe; along with the fresh Onion Dip and homemade potato chips, which one of our party remarked was so good she wants to be buried with it! From there we moved on to the Savory Cheese Cake (which was one of several excellent recommendations that our server, McKenna, advised paired excellently with theirbdelicious fresh baked breads). Parmasean salad was bright and refreshing. Our pasta course included the flavorful Porcini Gigli and Rigatoni. We finished with mothwatering, perfectly prepared short ribs, and halibut; and ended with a delightful Rogue River Blue Cheese and Sauturnes recommended by Chef Anthony Lopiccolo, whose skill at combining the freshest ingredients from the nearby Chalk Hill garden with locally sourced cheeses, meats, fish and produce is a welcome and praiseworthy addition to the noteworthy Healdsburg restaurant scene.
We thoroughly enjoyed our dinner, and a bottle of sparkling wine. The five courses were outstanding and the warm and relaxing atmosphere complemented the experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Mushroom Pasta
Came in purely at random and wasn't even particularly hungry. But others in my party were and they picked a winner. Some standouts were the play on French onion dip with house made potato chips. We had a couple pasta dishes (one mushroom, one bolognese) and both were rock stars. The fried chicken is an absolute must. The chicken's fantastic but it's sitting on a bed of heaven: purple cabbage, yogurt and a hot vinegar sauce. All together, they're just music.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Chicken
Great place. Nice location. Food was very good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crispy Duck Confit, Buttermilk Fried Chicken Thighs
The food here was hit-or-miss. Some of us loved our food and some of us didn't. The burger, fries, soup, and French toast were delicious. The bagel, duck Benedict, and the steak sandwich were simply okay. We all agreed that the cocktails were excellent!
Restaurantji Recommends
My birthday dinner was perfect! There were 4 of us and we got the following items: mushroom pasta, scallop pasta, fried chicken, short-rib, and the kabocha squash. It was the perfect amount of food, so I'd say 1 item person, plus an additional item or 2 to share. Everything was perfectly cooked and absolutely delicious. I'm really picky when it comes to restaurants and I will 100% come back. Again, all of the god was great, but the mushroom pasta is next level umami. Great cocktails and wine as well!
Restaurant has for many years has had a unique, fun menu full of wonderful small tastes plus a few larger dishes and great attentive service. Format gave folks (from 2 to many) a chance to try lots of wonderful tastes, order more stand outs and experience unknown options with little risk. We understand the economic model of restaurants, but the new menu is very traditional - a very limited number of small plate starters with normal large plate options. Food continues to be good, but we miss the old format. As a business owner, I'd revert to old menu and gently adjust prices to accommodate unique model. It may be tough to simply compete with a me-too menu. Old restaurant was always packed. We probably won't be back.
Three stars and those stars are thanks to the kind and polite waitress. Cocktails were good too even if a bit pricey. Other than that, on basis of price and presentation this restaurant is clearly trying to position itself as upscale but just misses even basic points on food. Case in point, 4 prawns that weren't even deveined and had little seasoning for $20. Fairly simple pastas were so salty that we had to send it back. A rigatoni is a pretty basic dish. The carbonara was all cheese and salt (again). Did not finish. Disappointing as I believe the overall setting and ambiance is not bad. Service was pretty good too. But the dishes need to match their price level and increase in quality and inspiration. I'd be happy to adjust my review once there has been a menu refresh.
We were staying at the hotel on a rainy day and didn't want to step out for dinner, so we decided the dine here. It was just ok. Service was wonderful, the waitress was attentive and helpful. The food was over priced and just not great. We had a greens salad that was just a bunch of inedible kale and tasteless dressing. A pasta dish that was very underdone, the pasta being almost hard and very chewy. Our mains were bland short ribs and fried chicken (the chicken was actually the best dish, while not wonderful it was tender and had flavor). All in all, after drinks the tab was over $300 for two people. At that price one would except pretty decent food. What we got ranged from terrible to ok.
Never order bagel with mix of beets and cream cheese and poor smoked salmon cd not taste it it was a mashed disaster grilled cheese sandwich was very good Our server Bernard was thoughtful polite and gracious hes a keeper!