Prestons Restaurant + Lounge

Very good food and service. Appetizer serving size insufficient, especially the Calamari. Mains were good portion sizes. Not Saturday night. It seems a bit hidden.

Business trip with my wife. We were tired and hungry after a working day and reservations in our usual restaurant board available for a few hours. We decided to drive to Prestons down at our hotel. Great decision! Wait staff are all wonderful, and the food was spectacular. We were initially a little concerned about the atmosphere, based on day photos, but it turned out that it was very pleasant in the evening. so much loved, we came back to breakfast!

The ravioli should have a butter sauce, but she had a water sauce. The salmon was boiled. The crabs were average. The cocktails were good. There were some good tables, but the host wanted to put us in the worst table until I pointed out that there was a good table, it seems as if they needed help to make the menu. There was a lot of food left on many popular plates.

Our reservation was made at Preston's due to convenience since we were staying in the hotel; however my wife and I were left feeling our experience for a special Christmas Day dinner was underwhelming. The atmosphere was bland with a tiny little Poinsettia sitting on a large table that was pretty much dead with brown leaves on the table; we also felt the lighting was too bright for a dinner atmosphere. I tried to order an alcoholic beverage before dinner and was told I had to order a drink that was on their drink list which was unusual. The garden salad option my wife and I chose was basically a Kale salad with a few cherry tomatoes in eat but the vinaigrette was excellent. My wife had the turkey and I had the ham option and both options was very good however when we asked our server a few simple questions about our dishes, she had to ask the chef and came back with a response that didn't answer our questions which we felt strange since this meal was the only option for dinner and for the server to not know that the turkey had mushrooms stuffed in it was unusual. My wife and I had one of each of the 2 dessert options; the parfait was basically bread cubes with a bit of fruit which was bland and the pear option was basically a muffin. Overall, we did not feel we got good value for the occasion.

Convenient location near coal harbor, off the beaten path. Decent happy hour selections, tasty drinks and food. It appears to be slightly understaffed as we had one server practically serving most, if not all, tables in the main room. So service was a bit slow. Otherwise, still a good option to start your evening shenanigans in the city!