This is our new favorite restaurant in Boise! we are a married couple, long term Boise residents. This our favorite ever server: Ryan! That's saying a lot because we were there to celebrate my husband's 79th birthday. We've been in a lot of restaurants with a lot of servers. Ryan was the most consistently efficient, kind, conversational, well groomed (even a pressed shirt) which seems trivial until you compare it to some other local restaurants. Ryan gave us solutions to questions, recommendations and generally nice but professional discourse. He was outstanding.
We were also impressed by the cleanliness and rich but casual design style. They managed to make it look well crafted and designed without using cost prohibative materials while not showing cost cutting measures. Everything was immaculately styled and cleaned. Ryan said they do deep cleaning once a week and it shows. Extra features like brass hooks under the bar for backpacks, umbrellas, bags and purses showed an extra mile approach to design elements. The bar foot rail appeared to be brass or coated with brass. Linen clean cafe curtains hung unwrinkled between booths. Some seating had faux velvet banquettes with interesting chairs, seating varied but was consistent in each area yet blended across the restaurant, adding visual interest. Huge windows surrounded two sides, beautifully lighting the area and showcasing blooming white flowering trees outside. It was lovely and calming. The bar and seating areas were done in a faux mahogany or walnut traditional casing which looked authentic and beautiful. Liquor shelves showcased sparkling clean bottles of top shelf spirits.
The drinks were superior, no shortcuts there, even though it was happy hour with buy one get one half off. Cadillac Margaritas were fabulous.
The menu was happily different than typical fare. We found ingredients to be extensive and generously utilized. Excellent appetizer, we had the salmon toast with onion, dill, and several other components on delicious bread. My husband had tallow fries with the au jus Porchetta Dip, he loved it. I had the skirt steak, delicious. I was thrilled to find out they don't use seed oils! We had so much food that we brought half of it home for tomorrow! We also had the blueberry topped cheesecake. They were so sweet, they lit a vcandle on it for my husbands birthday. It was very nice and tasted good.
We are an older couple and were very pleased to find this place with more traditional service and decor, while still being modern. Anyone from Idaho would really like it because it isn't corporate with trucked in frozen/reheated processed food. Its owners have several local establishments, including The Wylder, Wyld Child,Certified Kitchen and Bakery, and others. They are local, originally from Arizona.
Ask for Ryan for exceptional service, although to be fair, we went early so he had time to be extra attentive. I'm sure the others are just as good.
We felt relaxed and peaceful being there. Good food, service, drinks, atmosphere, decor. Absolute winner!
we didn't get food photos, we were too busy eating it! read more