Restaurants near The Santa Maria Columbus

We stopped in for the first time during restaurant week. The food was so good! I loved the medallions and the brownie. 10/10!

Great atmosphere,service was excellent. At our waiters recommendation we ordered several items: 1-Dirty Tots which were amazing and not at all what we expected. The description on the menu did not do them justice but the waiter did! 2- Baked scallops appetizer is the Coquille St. Jacques at Windward passage with smaller pieces of scallop instead of large chunks, which was fine with me. The cream sauce had a touch more flavor then WPs and the presentation was the same except there was rock salt( I think) which resembled ice on the plate of a piping hot appetizer-intetesting touch! 3- The Rose- reminiscent of a cocktail from M with the large ground ice cube with a rose in the middle. Delicious! My son ordered the Beef Wellington which he devoured. The presentation was lovely. For dessert he had the special which was strawberry chiffon cake-Amazing!! We ordered the seafood tower which was a little disappointing for the amount vs. price but the seafood was fresh and fabulous! Our steaks were great but nothing to write home about necessarily. I am a Jeff Ruby girl and this steak did not sway me to jump ship. The two negatives were we were seated at a table which backed up to a large table where our chairs were back to back. That being said, we did bring an extra person but that could have been easily remedied by switching us to the opposite table that had a 2 person reservation or any number of other open tables. The entire dinner we could feel the frustration of the waiter for that table who had to walk around to reach the other side of the table. My husband felt very cramped and uncomfortable as if he was in the way. As he put it, if I’m eating a $700 dinner, I don’t like to feel like I’m in the way and constantly being leaned over. The last negative was we had to pay $15 for bread. I don’t know why, but that really bothered me. The Parker rolls were good but I feel could have easily been gratis.

We dined at Hank's for the 3rd or 4th time to celebrate our son's retirement since this is one of his favorite restaurants! We could not have been more pleased, since it was just he and his wife and mom & dad! Retiree and wife had the tuna; absolutely excellent, and he and our "bonus" daughter felt it was as good or better than any tuna they've had and we all go to FL for vacations ever since he was 2 years old, so we know "tuna"!! Mom had the lobster! Magnificent! The fries and collard greens that came with it were the best ever. In fact, we both agreed they were the best collard greens we've ever had (and we've lived and vacationed in the South our whole adult lives!). Dad had the mussels; perfectly wonderful in a delicious "light cream" sauce with toasted bread! As good as I've ever had! Appetizers were the oysters casino; excellent, and the scallops crudo. This was a novelty for us and it is a favorite with the son and bonus daughter! Retiree got the peanut butter pie and loved it (but Dad gave it a B instead of an A!), and they brought a small wedge of the key lime pie and Dad gave that an A; tart and limy! Overall, one of life's best dinners! Portions "just right" to generous, service attentive and not intrusive, and even the valet team was pleasant! A new standard for Columbus!

A delicious meal and quality preparation of classics (escargot, coq au vin) with innovative offerings as well. The trout was delicious! Our server was lovely and professional as was all the staff. The ambiance is both energizing and intimate, especially the upstairs tables. A wonderful addition to the downtown culinary landscape.

Despite arriving 3 minutes before the scheduled time and not 15 as usual, they were friendly, the service was spectacular, they kept in mind the reason for my dinner (anniversary with my wife) and the incredibly good food. Would I go again? Of course it's the answer.