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    Library Tavern

    3.7 (3 reviews)
    Closed • 10:00 am - 1:00 AM (Next day)

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    The LIBRARY TAVERN has awesome drinks, cold beer, and great music! It's a good spot for people watchers, because everyone is welcome there!!

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    TMACS - Apricot Cheesecake

    TMACS

    4.0(468 reviews)
    37.7 mi
    •$$$

    This review is long overdue. TMACS is one of our absolute favorite restaurants in the area. Every…read moretime we visit, we make a point to stop here for dinner or even just cocktails. They also catered our wedding in September of last year, and everything was phenomenal. We worked with Myra to plan out our menu, and we loved every item on it, and our guests did too. Everything was executed perfectly. Myra's team did an amazing job serving as well, always making sure we had everything we needed. Overall, we are so glad TMACS was available to cater. As foodies, their meal was better than what we could have dreamed of for our special day. Thank you to Myra and the team!

    I was in Walla Walla for business yesterday…read more I sell water stuff. There was already water in Walla Walla when I got there but thats not really how the business works. Had a very big day. Met with several people. Shook a lot of hands. Looked at some things. One guy had a map. By about 6pm I had done basically everything a businessman can legally do in one day so I decided to get dinner. Went to TMACS. Sat at the bar because I was by myself and sitting at a table by yourself makes it look like someone is coming. Nobody was coming. The lady gave me the menu. I told her I wasnt very hungry. She recommended the octopus. I said lets do it. I have always respected the octopus because it has 8 arms and still doesnt have a job. Octopus came out. Very good. Charred on the outside. Tender inside. Had some sauce and other things around it. I ate all of those too. At this point I was no longer hungry which had been the original goal. Then she asked what I wanted for dinner. This caught me off guard because I thought the octopus had counted. She recommended the bolognese. I said lets do that too. This is one thing I like about restaurants. You can just keep ordering. Bolognese came out and immediately became a serious situation. Big wide pasta. Rich meat sauce. Parmesan. Everything stuck to everything correctly. I dont know who invented bolognese but they understood that sometimes spaghetti needs more stuff on it. Very good. Halfway through dinner a glass broke. Everybody heard it. For about 2 seconds the entire restaurant became about the glass. Then it wasnt anymore. Incredible recovery. I talked to the staff quite a bit because I was at the bar and thats where they keep the staff. Very friendly people. One of the waitresses told me she had never been outside Walla Walla. I had just driven there from Bend Oregon. Between the two of us we had been to at least 2 places. I told her Bend is nice. She said Walla Walla is nice. We made a lot of progress. Then they started talking about the goat milk cheesecake. I reminded them I wasnt hungry. This information had not helped me earlier and did not help me now. Ordered the goat milk cheesecake. Very good cheesecake. I dont normally know what animal the milk came from when I eat cheesecake so it was nice having that information upfront. Goat did a great job. At this point I had eaten octopus, cow and goat in about 90 minutes. Basically toured the farm. Then I learned the restaurant was originally T. Maccarone's because the founder's actual last name is Maccarone. This guy was born with the last name Maccarone and opened a restaurant with pasta. Sometimes life tells you what to do. If his last name had been Hamburger this could have been a completely different place. Eventually they changed the name to TMACS which is much faster to say. Smart. I paid the bill. Everyone said goodbye. I walked back to my hotel extremely full even though I had entered the restaurant not hungry. That is a 100% increase in hunger elimination. I dont give investment advice but these are strong numbers. Excellent octopus. Excellent bolognese. Excellent goat cheesecake. Excellent staff. Glass situation resolved. Would recommend TMACS to anyone who is in Walla Walla and needs food. If you are not in Walla Walla you will need to get here first. 5 stars.

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    Riva Riverside Italian Dining

    Riva Riverside Italian Dining

    4.4(9 reviews)
    8.0 mi
    •$$$

    Out of towner here.‍ We came to the tri-cities for our…read morewedding anniversary weekend. We wanted an upscale, nice restaurant to celebrate our anniversary and landed on this Italian restaurant from a local friend's recommendation. I called ahead and made reservations. If you do this, beware it's AI taking down your request. So, I called the phone # listed online. It took me to the Lodge (hotel) where this restaurant is located and I was then transferred to the restaurant. I let the worker know it's my anniversary we are celebrating so I wanted it to be extra special and if I could have the best window seat for our dinner. She said she made note of it. Perfect! (So I thought). We arrived a few minutes early on a glorious beautiful day. As we checked in, the manager (I assume) was helping the nightly music act with her equipment, so she was preoccupied. (Nothing wrong with that!). The concierge was going to put us in a booth. I piped up and told her about my reservation. She then took us to the window "area" mind you, there was a window seat open, but she sat the menus at the table with our backs to the river view. ‍ The manager overheard me grumbling to my husband, offered us the window seat, but at that point I was already seated and reading the menu. We stayed where we were originally seated. The music was just outside the door, kind of loud to have an intimate conversation, but that was ok b/c the musician was good. Our server, Lacey was really nice, attentive & informative. The food was delicious! Look at my pictures, they do reek of deliciousness. Because it was our anniversary we splurged and had an appetizer and dessert. Appetizer: Frito Misto, basically like tempura. Fried calamari, zucchini, red peppers, onions with a delicious dipping sauce. Was not disappointed. Dinner: I had the spaghetti carbonara, which I've never had, the egg yolk was fun to mix into the dish and create this rich, delicious flavor with the bacon. Just spectacular. Hubs had the Ricotta gnocchi and loved it. He said it would have been even better if they had a little bit more sauce from what seemed to be braised pork. He dipped some of his gnocchi in my carbonara sauce and that seemed to satisfy him even more. Dessert: the manager offered us some bubbly at the start of our dinner, but Hubs had already ordered an Old Fashion, which also did not disappoint. I opted for no booze and she offered dessert instead, which we took her up on. We shared the cannoli. I love chocolate, hubs loves fruit, so it was a match made in heaven-- just like us. It was the perfect ending to the evening. I would typical dock a star for the mishap at the beginning of our meal, but the girl was "new" and I'm sure her manager had a teaching moment with her. The service and food all but made up for the mishap.

    Had reservations for a party of 10. Everyone ordered drinks before dinner and it took approximately…read more30 minutes before everyone was served their drink and a couple of times people had to remind them that they still hadn't gotten their drink. Then food was ordered. The server went around the table, but again had to be reminded that she did not take orders from everyone. About 30 minutes after the order was placed some salads came out, but not all of them. Then entrées started to arrive again for some people, but not all. The last three individuals to get their food were served around an hour and 15 minutes after the order was placed. I ordered the chop salad and the bruschetta appetizer. The chop salad had very little salami or cheese as described on the menu. The bruschetta was actually bread slices, not toasted, with a soft cheese spread and raw mushrooms. It was not very appetizing. My husband ordered the pasta carbonara and both of us, after one bite, described it as incredibly salty. We are huge carbonara fans and have ordered it at restaurants and made it at home many times. He picked out the guanciale and left about a third of the pasta because the salt level was off the chart! If we had not waited so long for our food already and been just the two of us, we would definitely have sent the pasta back. Much better restaurants in the area. Hopefully they get their act together because the location is awesome.

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    Patio view- beautiful and peaceful evening!

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    Plateau

    4.0(55 reviews)
    44.9 mi
    •$$$

    Another outstanding dinner! We had "Pattie" as our server…read morethis time and seriously you could not ask for anyone better. Great smile, easy to laugh very attentive but not overbearing. She (Yes Pattie) made me their speciality "Dirty Martini" to start and she actually muddled the olives! It was fantastic... I had the Ribeye partner had a Filet. Both cooked to perfection and seasoned just right. Outstanding job. Rest of the meal was good but nothing stood out like the ones mentioned. One BIG tip: Use your Players card to get a break!

    THIS PLACE REALLY FELL OFF. We used to love coming here,…read morethe food, the atmosphere, the service. Unfortunate that last night's visit left such a dry taste in our mouth...literally. From the moment we arrived. If you've ever been here you know that its in the back of the casino and you have to either take the staircase or elevator to it. You also need reservations, so no one is simply stumbling accidentally into this restaurant. When we arrived we weren't greeted with a "welcome in, how are we this evening"...instead we got a rude... "Can WE help you???!!" As if we were lost or in the wrong place. With the kind of tone you would speak if someone was somewhere they shouldn't be. Not a big deal but did start off the evening with a questionable start. Several other little things we noticed, but ultimately the biggest was the service and quality of food. Our entrees took about 50min to arrive. Meanwhile the table next to us (different waitress) had come in about 15 min AFTER us. Received their appetizer, their entrees, and had finished and paid all before we received our entree. Then to finally get it and my chicken was dry as dry can be. Cold and hard! Couldn't even swallow it, chew it or choke it down with my beverage. My entire entree was left on my plate and our waitress was obviously oblivious or more intentional with her not wanting to call attention to the fact I had left it all and it was inedible. I dont like complaining about food and never have I sent anything back. But I wish I had. I expected at least a "how is everything tasting".... but I believe she could tell based on the looks how over cooked it was and still chose to ignore. But did ask if I wanted a box. To which I politely declined. Overall way too long for 2 entrees when other tables had appetizer and desserts while we sat ignored. No refills even offered and terribly overdone cold food. Fine dining tho right? More like yeah right. Poor And to think just a couple years ago I gave them a 5 star raving review. Plateau management plase get better cooks and please recognize poor service and dining experience... and actually maybe start by the role and tone you set. I noticed the lead visiting certain tables to ask about dinner and introduce... however other tables completely skipped and ignored. Felt favored. Maybe its a profile thing? We dont exactly fit the demographic of the area. Thats sad to say and the first time in my life I've ever said that. But clearly certain folks were worth the service and others not so much. Its a small quiet restaurant..so you picking and chosing was a terribly blatant display. And I hope you recognize my review and recognize where my husband and I sat last night and can discuss or perhaps look at it from our perspective and see what could have been done better and do better next time. Although hopefully to others as we wont be returning. Im sure it doesnt bother you any...and thats fine. But if you have any sort of desire to lead and improve please take my review into consideration. I left a 5 star only 3 years ago....this should truly be 1 star, but the waitress was cordial enough.

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    Banquet private room is the best!

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