Madera - Menlo Park

Brunch felt like we were back in Tuscany, surrounded by olive pencil cypress trees. The menu was Spanish farm to table caviar. We started with the deviled eggs, they were fresh, fluffy and delicious. (the secret was a bit of sweet potato mixed in) Our hero had a summer omelette with asparagus, spring mushrooms manchengo cheese) I had a cobb salad that was big enough to feed 4 with chicken, hearts of palm, tomatoes, avocado, soft boiled eggs, blue cheese and lardons. The **** Mary Holos Bolos Syrah were perfect! And the wait staff and restaurant manager were warm, attentive and made us feel welcome and at home.

Dined here Thursday night and Sandro was our server. He helped create an incredible experience with our food, drinks and the environment the whole night. It was really busy but he still managed to provide us excellent service. He gave us great recommendations on cocktails. If you want to be taken care of with amazing eats, dine here tonight

Beautiful location and ambience. The food is delicious too. Portions are fairly small but I honestly don't see one person ordering 3 different things and finishing them. We made reservations so would recommend the same. We ordered multiple dishes to share amongst our group of 5. I think we could've eaten more but also like the fact that I did not leave the restaurant super full. Among the appetizers and small bites, we got deviled eggs, oysters and tuna Crudo. I think the tuna was the best of the 3. The yolk of deviled eggs was very creamy and delicious. Oysters on the shell aren't exactly my favorite (I prefer the baked version) but they were pretty good too! From the entrees, we got the chicken, lobster frittata and the salmon. The chicken was simply the best. The sauce was amazing. The cook on the chicken was good too! Definitely recommend. The salmon was good but not as good as the chicken. The frittata was a flop. I love frittatas and I love lobster and this dish was just a fail on both bland, chunky, dry and not much to look at. Do not order this. For dessert, since we couldn't choose, we got the beignets, the poached pears with cheese crumble/cake and the sage ice cream. The sage ice cream was the best of these 3 with the pears a close second. I actually really liked the deconstructed nature of the pears and the cheese. I just loved the ice cream more because I've never had it before and it really tasted of sage with a background of pistachio. Yummy!! The beignets were not like the OG from NOLA. Much bigger and more oily than what we like. So, not something I would recommend. I also got a green drink with a bunch of greens and it was really good. I don't remember the name though. Now, pricing wise, I don't think the food was worth what we paid. It's good food but that deviled egg dish is $23, which is ridiculous. So you are paying for the name of the restaurant, the experience, the food and that Michelin star which comes and goes. I'm glad I came here once to experience their menu but it's not something that is worth a second look especially if it's your purse that's going to be lighter after the meal.

Not a memorable experience. None of the dishes we ordered stood out for us. The prawns dish was dry, had a strong burnt taste, which overpowered any other flavors. The chicken was extremely extremely salty, and we couldn’t eat it. How can a Michelin star not get the salt right? The risotto was good. Service was slow. After handing out the menus, no one came to our table for 15mins. Our server didn’t bother to explain the menu, or tell us anything about the dishes we ordered. Only saving grace was the desert.. it was delish, and the views are great! Probably my least favorite of all Michelin restaurants I’ve been to.

We celebrate one of our friend’s birthday here on Sunday. The menu is more like a brunch which is understandable. 1) The avocado toast was really yummy. 2) bread and butter was so good. 3) cheeseburgers was really yummy and well made. 4) French fries was very disappointing for a upscale restaurant. It was more like those frozen fries at burger places. 5)service is good. 6)view and the outdoor sitting is great. 7)egg Benedict was so bland.