Dining Room at the Berkeley Hotel

Re: acid. I usually don't answer to reviews, but : we have 73 covers in this night (including 17 orders from snapper) and the only negative comment came from the previous reviewer (the btw arrived at dinner with dirty jeans and a Hoppy smelling sweat : yes, we remember them.) I personally prepared the dishes he and his wife ordered absolutely and I was sure that I was all and I was sure that I was. we refused to give them their dinners for free, but I suspect that a free meal was what they really wanted. mcclure executive chef the berkeley hotel

Sourness. server was great, but eating was terrible. my wife commanded the garnel and the grisen; I ordered the red snapper with rice. Both dishes had a very bizarre acidic smell and taste to them; almost like sandwich meat that had gone bad. the rice with the snapper saw and tasted like overcrowded rice-a-roni. the gries were completely tasteless, and had a microshaftd, immediately-cooked texture to them, almost as underboiled instant heel flour. Worse is that the waitress informed us after the return that her food manager and chef both thought the dishes were good and would not do anything to us. the combined total number of dishes up to $50, and they were less than a 99 cent worth...read more

Good food. Yesterday I was eating with a friend at the berkeley. we ate a 3-course-prix-fixe menu for the rehearsal of shockoe, but everything we had was also in the main menu. the restaurant was not terribly busy and our server has made a great job. the atmosphere is quite refined (white table cloths, etc.) and most men wore hunting and women in dresses. such clothing is not necessary, but this gives them a feeling for the atmosphere. Some might find it a bit staunch. the restaurant has a room and a room outdoors. it seems as if they were using the front rather than quiet, professional/romantic against and they put larger groups in the back. we started with the bisque, the...read more

Restaurant week? on this place it should be spelled w-e-a-k. the garden salad was limp and thrown together so that no self-appointed rabbit would even see twice. the seafood and grotten were a catastrophe with one of the two medium-sized garnels, which was still the vene sport, while the lonely single scallop had no color and can only be called mehlig. throw them in the stereotypical Smarmy waiter and they have the perfect storm for an absolutely forgotten dining experience. never again.

Reliable. Not enough Richmonders think of this place for dinner as evidenced by the fact that we were one of 3 tables occupied on a Saturday night. My wife and I have been twice and very pleased with the meals both times. New winter menu looks great. Filet with fois gras was delicious and seafood stew was great on a cold night. They appear to be trimming a bit, however. On our last visit, they had a sommelier. Not so any more. The staff seemed a bit inattentive considering how few tables there were. It is a very nice setting and great food. Plus watching the people going in/out of the Tobacco Company bar on the cobblestones is amusing.