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Old House Restaurant Restaurant Review

Eldorado Hotel
309 W. San Francisco St. Send to Phone
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-988-4455 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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An impeccable dining experience from start to finish. Old House Restaurant is one of our 2012 | Top 10 Santa Fe Romantic Restaurants | Top 10 Santa Fe Food Rating Restaurants |

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Dining room at Old House Restaurant, Santa Fe, NMThere is nothing old about this restaurant other than the name. In fact, the food is some of the most exciting in Santa Fe, a city known for exciting restaurants. The service is professional in this Native American-inspired dining room, where servers move with choreographed precision. The menu changes frequently, and with the seasons. The diver sea scallops and foie gras combination explodes with intense flavors. The pan-seared Muscovy duck breast is a perennial favorite, though it only appears on the menu during cooler months. Start out with the Dungeness crab cake, a moist pillow of seaworthy crab accented with a mixture of portobello mushrooms and peppers. Finish with the molten chocolate cake. The Old House's wine list is impressive, but if you don't want to commit to a bottle, the bar offers nearly two dozen selections by the glass.

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Old House - A Far From Impeccable Experience
by GreenAcresWV on 02/24/2011
 
The food was fabulous, the service was mediocre.

Our party of 3 arrived on a Friday evening about 8:00; no reservations, but no problem, the restaurant was not crowded. We were promptly seated.

After several minutes, a bus person offered us water, but we had not seen our server. There was a large group in the next room.

We waited.

Finally, our server, Jesus, approached the table, asking if we'd like something from the bar. I asked for a vodka and soda... rail vodka. When my drink arrived, it was VERY GOOD-TASTING vodka, and I was pleased. Later, I learned it was so good that it cost $10. (Am I whining? Isn't $10 a little high for rail? Or have I just been away from the Big City too long?)

Ok, we get our beverages and order. And we wait. And wait. No Jesus. No basket of bread or munchies. Nothin'.

At last, my meal, the seared tuna, and one friend's meal, the Scottish Salmon, arrive, followed a few minutes later by the third item, the Seafood Trio. We also ordered the mac and cheese and grilled asparagus.

Beyond midway through the meal, Jesus reappeared, asking if we needed anything. At that point we asked for the bread basket, just on principal.

Yes, two of us ordered Appetizers as Entrees, but that was what we thought looked good. I was pleased with my tuna; my companion who ordered the Trio loved the crab cake, but felt he'd had better lobster bisque and the scallops were just o.k.; my other companion thought the salmon was very good, but not extraordinary. We all loved the lavender rice cake that accompanied the salmon. The asparagus was perfect. The mac and cheese was, well, mac and cheese.

The environment was beautiful. The food was, overall, very good. But the poor service was such a disappointment, I think it colored our whole perception. I might come back again the next time in Santa Fe. Might not.
 
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