The Gathering Table

The Gathering Table reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Glenn

   San Francisco22 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Just plain great, some of the best dishes I’ve had in a very long time. The Cucumber salad was a new style that had endlessly good flavor and texture. Bring one to Napa area …. Hurry
   

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   Avery

   Los Angeles2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Food was exceptional. Salad special was very good Salmon was outstanding Sliders were outstanding. Specialty cocktail was very good. The room was loud, but not a deal breaker. I would go back to try more of that very fun menu.
   

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   Anne VIP

   Los Angeles100 reviews

   3.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   Really want this place to succeed. My third time there - food is very good and creative. One of the best restaurants potentially in Solvang. However I have noticed the last two times I have been there a real decline in service. The staff seems untrained. I was called “dear” repeatedly by my server. Really? Frequently the staff is in the corner near the bar chatting. Part of my dish was left off. I had to flag someone down to tell them. How did it leave the kitchen? This could be an outstanding restaurant if there was a manager that made sure staff was trained and performing on the floor at a high standard.
   

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   Terri

   Central Coast4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 2

   The food and the service was excellent, but my husband couldn’t tolerate the noise level from other patrons. We won’t return until that is resolved. A waitress said they were looking into solutions to cut down the noise bouncing off the ceiling. Otherwise, the spicy rice (noodle) salad with shrimp was very tasty, and the citrus marinated salmon on cashew rice with beets was very delicious!! I was celebrating my birthday, and they wrote Happy Birthday with chocolate on my yummy Almond Joy Panna Cotta dessert. The noise wasn’t a problem for me but for my husband. The service was outstanding and the staff was very friendly.
   

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   Antoni

   Central Coast14 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on May 11, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   One of the slowest service I have ever encountered. Waitress did her best which I feel for her as I have a restaurant myself. Food took a long time to arrive and out of the 8 items we ordered 3 of them were missing sides as they ran out. We will not come back here.
   

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   Shelly

   Orange County1 review

   5.0

   Dined on May 10, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The food was fantastic, and we had such a great time!
   

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   Daniel VIP

   Monterrey24 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on May 8, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excelente servicio y sobre todo deliciosa comida, felicidades
   

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   Zachary

   Los Angeles7 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on May 6, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent food! We started off with the focaccia bread followed by the salmon. The service was great too! I would definitely recommend and go back.
   

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   Steve and Lorry

   Hawaii8 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on May 4, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Great, interesting food: equally unusual cocktails. This was our third time, will soon stop counting :)
   

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    John VIP

    Central Coast133 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on May 3, 2025

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1

    Turned away at 1:41pm despite having a reservation and the staff was rude about it. It’s sad because we previously had a good meal here and decided to drive 45 minutes from Santa Barbara to return for a Sunday brunch but despite Open Table offering a 1:45pm reservation, we arrived to a half-full restaurant with a chained entrance. When we told the hostess that we had driven nearly an hour for the reservation she said “well, that should be changed online since last call is at 1:30pm” like it was our fault that their hours are posted wrong. No compassion, no offer to seat us for a quick order or coffee, just a really crappy attitude like we were the problem. Why offer any reservations and why stay open at all if you’re going to abuse the guests and send them away? Poor management.
    

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