The Pine Room

A lovely evening spent at The Pine Room.
Cozy atmosphere complete with a piano player.
Food was delicious, with a shout-out to Aaron for helping to make our evening special!

First time here and I’m local, placed a take out order of the fried chicken and had a peerless manhattan at bar while I waited…extra cherries.
Service was attentive and cordial.
Ended up diving head first into the meal in my car while I remained parked…it was that good, haha.
Will be back soon…

Not for special occasions. Our first visit here was for our anniversary last year.
The ambiance was lovely, the food was great, and we decided The Pine Room would be our spot for special occasions moving forward. Before our first visit, we called in to let the hostess know that one of us had a specific dietary need.
The person who answered the phone told us to just put this information in the reservation online so we did.
It was never addressed by the hostess upon arrival, but that was fine - we just let our waiter know. We came a second time a few months back and brought some friends.
The food was considerably worse than the first time we came (cold upon arrival and dietary needs ignored) but just thought it was an off night, we hadn't written The Pine Room off yet. Our visit tonight was really quite poor.
We again called ahead to let the staff know about the dietary need, and that we would be celebrating my husband's birthday.
We were again told to put this information in the reservation online.
Upon arrival, neither my husband's birthday or the dietary need were addressed.
Our waiter did not spend any time with us and rushed us in to ordering as quickly as possible, never allowing me to let her know of the birthday and how exited we were to be spending it at The Pine Room.
We were at the table in the corner behind the bar and it seemed like it was an inconvenience for her to wait on us because she had to walk around the bar and the patrons sitting there each time.
We did the best we could ordering with the dietary need and hoped for the best. The food was really just okay.
The pasta came out cold and the vegetables were not seasoned, and my husband was brought the wrong drink and the waiter who brought it was gone before we could correct them. We overheard the birthday song being played for another customer across the restaurant.
I guess their waiter had more time to talk to the table.
I got up to say something to the hostess about my husband's birthday, but at this point he didn't want me to make a fuss. At the end of the evening, we were rushed out quickly and my credit card was left behind.
The staff did call to inform us which is very appreciated. We truly look for the best in every experience and would love to try The Pine Room again someday.
But I think we will look for a different restaurant for special occasions moving forward.