We showed up without a reservation and told it would be a 30 minute wait, but looking at the menu we thought it worth the wait. Surprised that we got in less than 15 minutes later. The food was amazing. The staff, Naomi, was very attentive and got our orders as we wanted. The ambience was cool, a bit on the loud side. But considering how popular this place appears to be , it's understandable. Will definitely return. read more

Shine - My trio salad with the chicken substituted with tuna. Appreciate the modification. - New American Near Me - Hendersonville, North Carolina

We came here to celebrate a friend and left feeling pretty disappointed. The interior was nice, and our waitress was friendly, but she didn't check on us as often as we would have liked. Our water and drinks were empty multiple times. Unfortunately, the food was underwhelming and extremely overpriced, especially for Hendersonville. I ordered the banh mi and wouldn't recommend it. The small sandwich was overwhelmed with mayo and lacked the traditional Vietnamese flavors I was expecting. To make matters worse, it was $18 and didn't even come with a side which felt unreasonable. For that price, I would much rather dine at Postero across the street. The restaurant asked if we were celebrating anything, and we mentioned a major accomplishment for our friend. While the waitress acknowledged it several times which was kind it was disappointing to learn that there was no complimentary dessert or gesture. At that point, repeatedly bringing it up felt unnecessary. Given the high reviews, I expected a much better experience. Unfortunately, I don't see myself returning. read more

Shine - Bahn Mi (don't recommend) - New American Near Me - Hendersonville, North Carolina

Food was considered excellent by all members of our group. Service was also exceptional. Surroundings were pleasant. Only 3 stars because we charged for using a credit card. Yes, the menus discloses this ,as one would expect, in very small print. Cannot overcome. No more. Too bad. read more

Well we love the Ribeyes here and the butter sauce. OMG , but today we arrived at 4:30, lunch menu only. So we slowwwww rolled the shit out of it. I understand but man $22.50 For a ribeye sandwich , no sides included, for Hendo, oh hell no. We are waiting until 5pm, to over pay for that ribeye. We love this place so warm and welcoming. read more

Shine - Ribeye with amazing mashed taters - New American Near Me - Hendersonville, North Carolina

So, I'm on a ladypants trip with my besty and we're in Hendersonville, NC. First off-the town looks like it inspired at Least 4 hallmark movies. But I digress. We're hungry. We stop into SHINE. This place was exactly what we needed. Mellow vibes, and relaxing atmosphere. Our waitress, Angela, was funny and a wealth of information. We couldn't figure out what we wanted, but after ordering realized that there was probably not a bad choice on the menu. I had the turkey Cobb salad, and a glass of wine, my galpal had the grilled chicken sandwich with coleslaw. Everything was delicious, the salad was hefty and filling and I wish we'd saved room for desserts. read more

Shine - Hydration is key. - New American Near Me - Hendersonville, North Carolina

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Let's start this off with a discussion about hours. They open at 3...but not the rooftop. That's not open until 4. Also, the menu from 3-5 is small plates, not full menu. Dinner starts at 5... Could you be more confusing?! We ordered some drink on the roof at 4 and went down for dinner, only to be told that we had to wait another 20 minutes to order... We went for the short ribs and the cacio e Pepe. The pasta was overly spiced. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good amount of pepper, and we know what we signed up for by ordering Cacio e PEPE...but this was too far. Luckily the server compted the pasta, no foul no harm. Overall, I would come back for a rooftop drink and snack, that's about it. But be mindful of the time!! You will get turned around if you are early. The rooftop does have a nice view and shaded patio. read more

Shine - Cacio e pepe and Short Rib - New American Near Me - Hendersonville, North Carolina

I always look forward to visiting Shine, it's truly one of my favorite local spots. I especially love sitting at the bar where the laid-back, inviting vibe instantly puts you at ease. The bartenders are fantastic, and as someone who's worked in the service industry, I really appreciate the team's seamless coordination. There's never a shortage of friendly, attentive help when you need it. On my most recent visit, Joel, the bar manager, went above and beyond to accommodate my request for a mocktail. He crafted one of the tastiest mojito mocktails I've ever had, refreshing, perfectly balanced, and honestly worthy of a permanent spot on the menu! Dinner was wonderful from start to finish. We began with the escargot, and I loved that we were thoughtfully asked if we'd like bread to go with it (yes, please every time!). For mains, we enjoyed the steak frites, cooked to perfection, served with crispy fries and a delicious aioli, along with the goat cheese salad that featured stone fruit and a bright, flavorful vinaigrette. We couldn't resist taking dessert home, the chocolate peanut butter cake always a favorite and just as amazing as I remembered. Shine on, Shine. Shine on. I can't wait for my next visit! read more

Shine - Mojito mocktail deliciousness - New American Near Me - Hendersonville, North Carolina

Pedestrian fare..and we chose downstairs because it was supposed to be quieter, however the speaker music was blarblaring and the room looked like a bare basement. Mussels and salad were good, bbut the corned beef and the hushpuppies were awful. Hushpuppies so burnt we sent them back. read more

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Great food. Excellent waiter. Beautiful Presentation! Matt is excellent ask for him and he will take great care of you . read more

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Always a tried and true!!! FOOD always on point. Drinks too. DONT MISS out on literally anything from their pastry chef---- creme brulee- to die for!!! read more

This will be short. Went this past Friday night. We have been several times and enjoy this restaurant for its menu and quality of food. What I fail to understand is how the owners of the restaurant don't seem to care about the ambient sound that is just flat loud. Having a conversation in a booth even requires guests to lean over to talk. This can be fixed IF the owners wanted. I'm not looking for a library, just conversational level ambiance. Ever hear of Sounddown in restaurants? Like I stated, your restaurant is great. Make it greater! read more

Amazing food amazing service. Tony the bartender is the best!!!! First time here we are thinking about moving here and this is the place to be so impressed!!! read more

I'm writing this after giving Shine multiple chances, which makes this review especially disappointing. Unfortunately, the issues here are consistent - not isolated incidents. Parking is difficult, the dining room is freezing, and it's extremely loud. Service has been mediocre to poor every time we've visited, but today was the final straw. I ordered the short ribs, a dish I've had before. While the meat itself is fine, the sides - gorgonzola potato purée and broccolini - are not to my taste. I simply asked if I could substitute fries or mashed potatoes and was completely fine paying extra. The waitress responded curtly and said she would "try." Shortly after, a man came to the table and told me that due to "presentation," they could not remove or substitute the purée or broccolini. I explained I had tried the sides before, didn't like them, and didn't care about presentation. He flatly refused. This has happened before. On a previous visit, I ordered the tournedos (ends of beef tenderloin) medium well and was told the kitchen would only prepare it medium rare. I do not eat rare meat. This has nothing to do with cost - we can easily pay for our food. This is about rigid policies, dismissive attitudes, and poor customer service. Shine is not a Michelin-starred restaurant with a fixed tasting menu, yet it treats reasonable requests as unacceptable. We left today without ordering. Lastly, the one-star reviews about the crème brûlée are accurate: it's served in an overly thick cup with a sugar topping so thin it barely qualifies as "brûlée". Before going, read the one-star reviews. They mirror our experience. Save your time and money. There are far better restaurants that actually value their customers. read more

I was at Shine the day it opened and just loved the place and was so happy Hendersonville had such a a beautiful restaurant and I enjoyed the food and service regularly thereafter. Fast forward to March 6, my most recent visit , and I am sorry to say I won't be going back. 1. As many have mentioned the music is so loud you can't carry on a conversation. It's like going to a place that has live background music, but the musician thinks he's Mick Jagger at the Superbowl. It is too loud and not good. 2. The prices have skyrocketed. A small grouper sandwich with fries is $26. Then they ding you for using a debit car, and $3.5 for topping. 3. The quality is not there. There used to be a delicious tuna poke on the menu. But how it is made seems to change on a regular basis, one time it had so much pepper you couldn't eat it, now it is less tuna and overwhelming ginger. The price is 18 dollars for about an ounce of tuna and a pound of ginger and cabbage. $18 for a second tier Chardonnay. I suppose the place can stay in business with tourist traffic, but I won't go back. read more

What a neat spot. We went here on our staycation. Ordered the chopped bleu cheese salad and the french dip. Service was outstanding, our waitress was so sweet and attentive. Make sure to get the baguette with the tasty butters! read more

Shine - French dip - New American Near Me - Hendersonville, North Carolina

Shine is one of the best restaurants on Main Street! Really good quality food and friendly staff.

I went here multiple nights and always had a good time! I took a few buddies and we enjoyed the atmosphere. Our server was awesome and was very insightful. The food was absolutely incredible, everyone was extremely pleased. Highly recommended the King Cap Steak and a couple old fashions. The steak was cooked to perfection. ‍ read more

Shine - King Cap Steak - New American Near Me - Hendersonville, North Carolina

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I came to correct a statement shown here on Yelp. While the food, ambience and service is great, this is NOT, definitely NOT low cost. Worth a try if you have some $$$. read more

Good food and friendly service! We split a Reuben sandwich - very generous portions, making it very shareable. Had a Guinness with it. Excellent as always. Side was fries - also excellent. Atmosphere was good, lot of good energy. read more

We decided to try this place for a somewhat fancy date night. They have amazing service, and our server was knowledgeable about the menu and drinks. It's an approachable high quality restaurant, which we really appreciated. They have sandwiches and salads at a $12-20 price point and more expensive entree items, as well. We shared the lobster hush puppies appetizer. They were very delicious! I didn't think they needed the remoulade although it was good. I ordered the shrimp tortellini, and my husband had the pork tenderloin. I also tried the Zinfandel on the menu, and he had a Blake's hard cider. The drink selection is vast and pretty unique. read more

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A favorite in Hendersonville. Warm atmosphere with friendly, capable staff. The menu is well chosen, if not large, the presentation is professional and the food is delicious. Worth a visit. read more

Great dinner spot in a small town. The seating after a certain time is very odd, as they no longer allow a wait list, which I found very confusing. But after driving all day from Orlando, I was willing to wait for a good meal. Pretzels- One of the fluffiest, softest Pretzels I've ever had. The texture was perfect, and so was the flavor. The included cheese had a little punch of beer, which I found lovely. Steak Sandwich - This overall lacked depth of flavor; however, it was cooked well, the meat was tender, and the flavor was good. House made Ginger Beer- This was a real surprise, this had real depth of flavor and was very refreshing. read more

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We had reservations and were seated promptly. Service was mediocre but the food was tasty and our group of 6 had a great brunch. read more

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Had the sea bass and the sauce was AMAZING! Half chicken was very yummy. Mushroom appetizer was well portioned for two.

Not impressed at all. Salad lettuce was not Fresh Cut, probably from a Bag or Box. Kid's Mini Corn Dogs were from the FREEZER The Shrimp Po Boy had less Shredded Lettuce on it than a Chinese Egg Roll has inside it. Their only saving grace were the French Fries. A lot of HYPE but little FOLLOW THROUGH....STAY AWAY read more

Shine - My girls - New American Near Me - Hendersonville, North Carolina

I wanted to order the Duck Confit sandwich with gluten free bread (might I add which cost 3 extra dollars here!) and my waitress informed me that was one of the sandwiches they cannot make gluten free. I have a lot of food intolerances so it was difficult for me to find another option without certain spices, fruits, vegetables, etc since all of the entrees are very specialized without options to substitutes. My boyfriend got a burger so I decided I would aswell, but with a gluten free option. The waitress comes out with a patty on 2 pieces of toast with cheese (the "toppings" aka normal burger toppings cost 3 extra dollars each). I kid you not I thought it was a terrible prank, but nonetheless, this entree alone cost $20 dollars, and would have cost 3 dollars extra for each topping I added!!! Who charges 3 dollars for lettuce and tomatoes seperately? Also, our dinner was $90, and not worth it at all. My boyfriend and I were both very disappointed and will not be back. They may have "gluten free" options, but putting a burger on toast when I thought it would be a bun, then charging an absurd amount for the quality is crazy work. I was very disappointed. Do not recommend. My boyfriend also was disappointed in the quality of his meal (he said cookout is better for less!), and the highlight was his ginger ale... read more

Food and service are always outstanding. We have been several times and recommend it to all of our friends. The atmosphere is neat and they have a ton of seating so you usually never have to wait for a table. read more

Great food good service one of the best restaurants in Hendersonville always good food good service

People kept saying while you're here go to Shine so we did LOL It was kinda Shiny lol - our food was good but not overwhelmingly so - Angela our waitress hyped up the hollandaise sauce and well it didn't that much for us however we did really like our stuffed mushrooms otherwise. My pork dish was good with the veggies actually being the star and my hubby's steak dish had show stolen by the garlic Mayo fries - yummm Most of the dessert options had nuts or were made with almond flour so me having a nut allergy eliminated all the ones I was interested in. The restaurant offers a cocktail roof lounge and plenty of bar seating for TV views and the staff was SUPER nice. We shall return! read more

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The food is inventive and delicious. We had the Duck and the Bulgogi (Korean BBQ). Thanks to our wonderful server, Scott for the explanations and recomendations. Be sure you share the Duck Fat Fries. Cocktails were good, the atmosphere is good, the service is fabulous. Go there! read more

We were in Hendersonville for my birthday and we were looking for dinner spot. We saw some food photo of tuna and chose this place. Everything was amazing. Service,food, and drinks. So excited to find escargot too. Both items were appetizers but it was plenty of food. Bartender even made our suggested drink of whiskey, coffee liqueur, and orange bitters (revolver). read more

Shine - Escargot - New American Near Me - Hendersonville, North Carolina

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I had the ribeye sandwich and my husband ordered the cheeseburger. We sat at the bar and had great service! Food was great and the drinks were not skimped on! We will definitely be back! read more

Food was excellent and lots of selection on choice of food , drinks and appetizers! Service was good and ambience was fun.

We showed up on a Friday night without reservations. The young lady was able sear is downstairs which is open on Friday and Saturday nights. The bartender did a great job explaining the menu and keeping my wife's glass full. The food was awesome; my wife commented it was "the best filet she had ever had." She is a Steak and Tater girl so that's saying a lot. I had the Thai Curry Beef & Scallops which was amazing. I do recommend reservations. We definitely got lucky. read more

Shine - Thai Curry Beef & Scallops Awesome!! - New American Near Me - Hendersonville, North Carolina

My compliments to the chefs. Probably the best food I've had in the area. This coming from a 35 year veteran chef. I will definitely come back soon. You guys did a great job throughout my entire experience. I don't eat out often because there not much great food in the market these days, but you stand out. Thanks so much and see you soon. read more

We love this place. We love our shrimp and grits and this chef has the potential to serve some of the very best ...except the gravy is so extremely salty that it was overpowering. (Chapped our lips and gave us sausage fingers later that evening. ) We should have sent it back , but really hate to do that. When we commented ,we were told that is repeatedly given as feedback to the chef. He needs to know that addressing the salt content is important for health and excellence of the dish. read more

We really enjoyed our dinner here. We sat in the downstairs area which is good if you want to sit in a quieter place. There is also a bar down there. I had a French martini which was very well made. I enjoyed it very much. For dinner I ordered the big ass bowl of mussels. Yes, that's the name. I must say it was the largest bowl of mussels I ever got. I had hoped someone would help me but no takers! I did my best to conquer this bowl on my own but it defeated me. The mussels were great with really good broth. Everyone enjoyed their meals. Service was great. I would come here again. read more

Shine - Big ass bowls of mussels - New American Near Me - Hendersonville, North Carolina

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Food: excellent and creative. We had panko shrimp with chipotle sauce and pretzels with beer cheese for appetizers. The shrimp were crispy breaded perfection and the beer cheese that came with the pretzels was so yummy I could have eaten it with a spoon. We had salads for entrees. I had an heirloom tomato/fresh mozzarella salad and my friend had a Bleu cheese salad. Both had some interesting element added to the balsamic dressing. I think the menu said it was sorghum. Just a touch, but it was delicious! Service: our waitress helped us with our selections for a 'light' dinner. Her recommendations were spot on and she kept our water glasses filled. Ambiance: a cool converted warehouse aesthetic. It's a little loud, they need some acoustic tiles on the ceiling and just FYI, frosted glass doors on the stalls in the ladies room are a bad idea. They may look cool when empty, but no one wants to see women sitting on toilets when they walk in to a full house. read more

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Their Ruben is the best I've ever had, and the staff is lovely. Our family always looks forward to eating here.

Great food and menu; friendly staff. Loved the crab cakes. Try the desserts for sure.