LaToya Holt

Beautiful restaurant situated in Homewood inside the Valley Hotel Homewood. The seating in front of the bar allows for great street views as you enjoy your food with your guests. Cocktails were great! Bar staff hit a home run with their recommendations. Highly recommended!

+3

Jennie Rountree

This is a nice place to have a casual dinner or just a drink. I had the kale salad with shrimp. There were a lot of great ingredients in the salad, although the kale was tough to eat. The stems were particularly chewy. My husband had the scallops with risotto. Although the scallops were great, the risotto was a little heavy. Our server was very attentive and courteous.

Lisa Steele l Fresh Eggs Daily

What an amazing dining experience. Not your typical "hotel" restaurant. From the cozy atmosphere to the friendly, professional, knowledgeable service to the menu that featured quail, venison, farm raised chicken, etc. this was one of the best meals I've had in awhile. First up was a delicious seasonal cocktail, followed by warm house baked bread and rosemary dipping oil. Then I tried the stuffed quail appetizer. Honesty that could have been a meal in itsef, served over sautéed kale. The skin was crispy, the meat tender and juicy. For my entree I tried the coffee-rubbed venison with cherries. Again perfectly seasoned and cooked to a medium-rare. I couldn't resist the dessert menu. After debating between the cobbler and lemon posset, I chose the posset because it's the first time I've ever seen it on a restaurant menu. From start to finish, the meal was perfection. I would definitely go back.

+15

Shrimp and grits is a hit or miss. Manager passive aggressive, and dismissive of complaint about dish after 2 failed attempts to replace. Still, waitress was great, very warm and polite.

James Rogers

The food was very good, however the service was among the worst I have ever experienced, particularly in such a high priced establishment. On a slow Wednesday night (no wait for a table), I was not able to get a refill on my water even once. Drinks took over 20 minutes to come out, with the staff bordering on rude when someone would ask if their drink was coming. A couple people ordered dessert and after 20 minutes it still hadn't come. We asked our waitress if she could take our picture and she scoffed, said no and simply walked away. While the food was very good, it was expensive and not worth the extremely poor service.

Selly Nu

All in all, we had a pleasant evening meal with friends at this restaurant. The atmosphere was lovely. The food was of good quality and tasty. Personally, I think it was not good value for money. The portion sizes were a bit small. The service, was friendly but a bit inattentive. It was nice to try, but not necessarily a restaurant I'd go back to again.

Deb Sims-Hensley

We were a party of 5, and went on Sunday evening of Valentine's Day weekend. Honestly, we'd been once before the previous year and found it overpriced and mediocre, but this restaurant was the only one we could get a reservation for due to the holiday. Our server was Josh, and at first I thought he was just a bad server (never refilled drinks, took forever to take our order, even telling us to wait when we told him we were ready, etc.). He appeared completely stressed out and overwhelmed. Later, I observed him having to bus his own tables and that he had half the restaurant he was trying to serve. Thus, this is a management/staffing issue and wasn't his fault. For the prices on the menu, it's ridiculous a server would have to bus his or her own tables. Food was a mixed bag. The bacon appetizer was on point. Even with the horrible service, I would return just for this one item. It's not overly-candied and has the perfect amount of heat. As a true bacon lover, it was scrumptious. That said, I would order it at the bar so I could get better service. Oysters were also good, though I didn't have any. We were never offered bread. The seafood salad was well-presented and tasty with a good shrimp portion. The crab, though, consisted of a few microscopic shreds on the top of the lettuce wedge. Entrees: I was hesitant to order the $85 "Valentine's" special ribeye because of our past experience. Plus, it would have to be incredible for $85. It wasn't. It came out in separate pieces, which was weird. I ordered it medium rare. The smaller end piece was well done. The other pieces were rare. I was good with those, as well as the purée under them (I forget what it was, maybe butternut squash?). Risotto was a bit gluey, but tasted decent. I had a mild allergic reaction to something in this dish. My sinuses all clogged up tight and my face got hot. Couldn't breathe out of my nose. I don't have any known food allergies, so this was bizarre. All said, $85 is a prime steakhouse price for something that was far from prime. My daughter ordered the hanger steak medium rare. It came sliced. It was well done except for one piece that was medium well. Garlic fries were good when piping hot. Josh never came back to see how our meal was, so we couldn't say anything. I had to ask the hostess for silverware and steak knives. He was nowhere to be found. We had long run out of our first cocktails (that took 30+ minutes to arrive once seated). We did order another round towards the end of the meal, but had to ask for tea refills for the parents. Filet was "fine" according to my husband. Pork and beans were great according to my father-in-law. That looked like the best meal, by far. Don't remember what my MIL ordered, but she liked it (seafood risotto?). The whole experience took two hours, most of which was spent waiting for Josh to make a rare appearance, so we didn't bother with dessert. I think they only had the two Valentine's menu choices, neither of which sounded tempting. All in all, the hit or miss food and the poor service makes this a spot to go to only if you can't get a resy anywhere else. Again, I'm not blaming the server. He clearly had way too much for one person to do. You'd think a high-end restaurant like this could afford staff, but something is off here. For us to have two mediocre experiences a whole year apart shows this wasn't simply an off night. It's a consistent management/staffing issue with no truly memorable food to offset the rest of the problems, not to mention the high prices. If I ever go back, it will be just to the bar for a cocktail and that lovely bacon. Then we would go somewhere better for our actual meal.

Tameka Canady

I had the 1/2 chicken that came with Mac and cheese and a savory slaw. It was a 10/10. Everything was perfectly seasoned and all items complimented each other. I had the s'mores for dessert 6/10, tastes better at home after putting in the microwave. The waiter was friendly but not as tentative as we'd like and the service was rather slow. I would recommend visiting if you have time to spare.

Lawanza McMillian

I'll give it two stars. I went on January 18thand the waiter was amazing . We left him a $60 tip... The food was alright but the drinks were THE BEST we ever had. But I went today for lunch. The waiter was the bartender and he was rude . He made my husband and I a half a cup of old fashion .. we complained but he didnt fix it yet we were charged full price. Then my Brussel sprouts werent made the same. He got mad so I asked them to make me a poached egg on the side.. he went and got the manager. The manager was rude also . Questioning me about if id really ever been there before. *came off as prejudice* I showed her pictures and the details from the photos which showed i was there on the 18th. Even though they obviously stereotyped me and my husband they failed to realize that we own four Cemeteries and monument companies. They messed up their tip and future customers. But the night shift is AMAZING. I wouldn't recommend the lunch staff or food to anybody. The hospitable staff comes in after 5pm 🖤

Tammy Burgett

Went last night with friends for her birthday dinner. It took 3 hours to be done. I’ve eat at lesser expensive places and had better food and drinks. It didn’t matter which specialty drink you asked for, they were flavorless and tasted like grapefruit, my chicken was tasty but very dry. You don’t get a side, it’s $8 extra, and to make it better, they charged me for everyone’s food and overcharged my friend who split the birthday girl’s dinner cost with me. I based my tip on my total $180. Service was so bad the manager gave us dessert free, which we never asked for. When o noticed the problem, they said to get my friend to Venmo me the difference and a tip couldn’t be reversed. Never again.

Ole Miss

Ordered from the bar menu as it was late and didn't want a huge meal. Spent almost $30 on what I THOUGHT would be parmesan garlic fries and steak skewer with onions, peppers and poblano chili sauce. No sauce on the $18 steak skewer, though it was delicious. The fries were recommended and were nothing more than the egg battered fries, never saw garlic or parmesan.

Kevin Gardner

I really wanted to love this place given how much praise I had heard for it, but aside from being realitively easily accessible with parking and being easy to find, my experience was incredibly lackluster. Let's break it down. The service: Our service was slow between courses and they were not that busy. We waited nearly 25 minutes for our entree and once dessert orders were taken, nearly 20 minutes for those. The server was also not incredibly attentive. My partner has some food come out cold and my food was cooked beyond the requested temperature (usually due to it sitting waiting to be plated or served). The drinks came quick, though. The food: I had the steak frites with fries and the cast iron cherry cobbler. The steak was cooked to well when I requested medium and the meat quality was chewy and gristly. The steak sauce that was their signature sauce or something similar was ok, but it was basically just A1. The fries were cold. The saving grace was the cast iron cherry cobbler - that was very good. The portions also don't even remotely match the price. I am ok with smaller portions but they also weren't filling. The drinks: I had some sort of Southern Maitai and it was good. Not something I'd likely get a second. Overall, we were with a group for a birthday event and this was my first visit. I would like to try again and some of these issues could have been just due to a bad night or bad staff, and maybe I will. But overall it just wasn't a good experience and I left disappointed and dissatisfied.

krista gogan

Got sat and waited at our table for about 15 minutes with no service. Not even water or a greeting or anything. The servers walked past us multiple times. The family that got sat AFTER us was greeted and had waters and the server went over there multiple times. Never said anything at all to us. Eventually just got up and left because that was ridiculous. As we got up the server told us to enjoy our day… I mean thank you but why can you tell us to enjoy our day but can’t greet us or acknowledge us at our table? Super disappointing I’ve been here multiple times for dinner and had great service and amazing food!

Hellonwheels999 (Hellonwheels999)

Disappointing at best. For expensive this place is I will NEVER come back and NEVER recommend it. This is a place to get wasted and leave, not to eat, I ordered chicken tenders for my daughter, she didn’t like it so I tasted it, it tasted like flour batter, no seasoning, not even a dash of SALT! So adults get gourmet food and screw the kids? I was told they “buy in” the tenders…. For meals that reach $50-60 you buy in the cheapest meat to give a kid? For drinks you can either have a glass of water or an alcoholic beverage, no soda, no tea, NOTHING normal to drink. You’ll buy in bland chicken tenders but you can’t buy in a beverage for non alcoholics to drink? So a kids meal, 1 side of potato wedges, a salad and drink was almost $130 because they put the gratuity all on our tab instead of splitting it between the whole table! I would have felt more fulfilled at McDonalds. Expensive Lesson learned. If you’re looking for a nice place to eat, it’s NOT this place!

Heather Jackson

We had a party of 3. Service was very slow, she was sweet so we over looked it. Came in on Sunday morning. The biscuits and gravy was disgusting. It was wet flour and water. Never will be back. Food just wasn’t that good for the price. Not counting we waited over an hour for food. I noticed other people with different waitresses was going to look for them to receive refills.