Sierra

Atmosphere is great. It‘s an upscale establishment. But the food is average. We ordered the cowboy steak and the Louisiana shrimp . The steak was cooked OK. the shrimp was so salty it actually disguised any other taste. The service is very pleasing and accommodating but she forgot to give us a steak knife for the steak. We had to ask for one 1/2 way through the mail. With the kind of establishment I was expecting more. The highlight of the evening was the appetizer. Tuna sashimi was very good. The wine tasted flat. The place place could do so much better.

Food was good. I also cannot really complain much about the service. And I could admire the decorations. However neither of those were exceptional, meanwhile, their prices were high and overall it feels that for what we got we paid more than we should. First, our waitress missed one (one of just two!) of the appetizers we ordered. I would agree that it was not too critical but still, I do prefer when employers are listening while customers are ordering. Guacamole did not feel like it is really fresh. It was not listed as “made to order”, but from a place which positions itself as an upscale one, I would expect more. One of fish tacos had double tortilla. It’s a little strange and again, it’s all about the attention. I actually would be much less surprised if both would be on double ones. Then, it could be intentional. But only one, seriously?.. It is likely to mean that they either accidentally make one with the double tortilla or they forget to put second tortilla to the other taco. Not the upscale level. Fish tacos were accompanied by Vietnamese brown rice. I would really expect side taco rice to be Mexican rice (the white rice boiled with tomatoes). I cannot really recall wether it was or was not explicitly specified in the menu that tacos are accompanied with the brown rice, but even it was, anyway, honestly, these two do not pair well. $44 Mendoza Malbec we ordered was not bad, but was not as full body as one would expect from Mendoza… We got to a grocery store afterwords and the one we bought there for $13.99 was much better. I would not mind to pay $44 at a restaurant for that one which we got from the store, but the one that we got in the restaurant… the fair restaurant price feels more like $25. We ended up spending a little over $100 per person, and we neither eat or drink too much. So, honestly, overall, only thing that was upscale there were prices. Everything else was on fairly good but was not on the upscale level. I am unlikely to go there another time, unless it’s a last resort.

First time here and was pleasantly surprised at how good this restaurant was. Ambiance was amazing and the food was even better. We ordered the ahi crisp for an app and the ahi was super fresh and all the flavors came together for a perfect small bite. For entrees we got the chili rellanos (highly recommend) and the NY strip tacos (also delicious). We will definitely be coming back again soon.