Jason, our server/bartender was amazing. The drinks (No J.K & Old Fashioned) were phenomenal. The onions for bursts were perfectly caramelized. The bacon in the BLT was nicely smoked. The fried tomato was the only sad part of our meal. When you enter the hotel the reading room is great. The restaurant is inviting. Would enjoy visiting this spring when the doors are raised. . read more

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Loved our lunch with a great server, fun music and delicious food. We liked the vibe and such a great setting to people watch. read more

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Stopped in for a break from the sun. The breeze, shade, and service were much appreciated. I only ordered an iced tea and a glass of wine. Yet the location is scenic. The design is casual but elegant. The service was nice. I want to try this location again before we leave. read more

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We had a great dinner at The Exchange tonight. Four of us shared deviled eggs, truffle fries and asparagus as appetizers. All very tasty. Then we had braised short rib, mushroom bolognese, burger and the chopped wedge salad. For dessert, Chocolate birthday cake. I highly recommend the short ribs. The potatoes were great too. Service was friendly and attentive. The place is beautiful with lively atmosphere. Great option for dinner or a power lunch downtown. read more

It was amazing me and my family had a blast. Everyone was very friendly and it was nice and relaxing the food Was really good the seats are sooooooo comfy ( rayan Trahan if you see this you have to come!) read more

The Exchange - We had great seats with plants behind us - Salad Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

The service was very quick, everyone was incredibly nice, and the inside was very cute. This was attached to the Restoration Hotel, with a parking garage out back that was super convenient. For the price, I was a little underwhelmed with the pork chop. It was good but I wasn't blown away, especially with the cabbage and grits. I would've preferred just the pork chop and sides of my choosing. The waitress did recommend subbing for mash potatoes tho, should've listened! read more

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Ordered here off Uber eats as it sounded delightful and light. Definitely light and fresh but left me wanting more. For $30 I'm not so sure what happened other than a bunch of lettuce. The Caesar with trout definitely had essence of trout but no trout in sight. Was already super wilted and lackluster. Super small in size. The flavor was pretty legit though The summer salad was bigger (paid for a larger size) and fresh. Too much dressing and huge clumps of goat cheese. Nice nuts and berries but something that kept getting stuck in my throat- a bit of toughness and spice. Needed protein for sure. Should have skipped the other salad and added protein to the bigger one. I'd like to go back and try brunch. read more

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Excellent people-watching from the outdoor patio, but look out for afternoon showers! Received outstanding service from Heather and Allison! read more

OOOOF. OK, first things first - this restaurant only opened about three weeks ago. So it's possible they are still getting some other kinks worked out. I was here for my birthday dinner. In terms of the physical space, it's definitely a very cool/modern/chic vibe however, there are some issues with the design. First of all, the chairs are too low for the tables, so it was a weird height situation in terms of eating. That wasn't a huge deal, but it was annoying. The bigger issue really is that it's an incredibly loud space. There's no carpet or anything to absorb sound. The restaurant was less than half full, and it was extremely loud and difficult to have a conversation. Our waitress was extremely nice and helpful, but hadn't been well trained on the menu, and was unable to answer our questions. Again, they had just recently opened, but we did notice this as a service issue. The food... Was a mess. Two of us had ordered fish. The trout had no flavor at all, and the fish of the day (flounder) was a weird mishmash of flavors that really didn't go well together. I personally ordered the flounder and left half of it on my plate. It just wasn't tasty at all. Kinda weirdly sweet and sour and the flavors didn't work or mesh. Thumbs down for the fish. Our table also ordered the steak, and a burger. The steak wasn't particularly tender, and the burger was just so-so. Okay, but not exceptional or memorable. The wine was EXPENSIVE. $75 for a bottle that should have cost half that. Zero mocktail options. When I asked the waitress if they were able to make me a NA drink, she said that if I had a recipe with specific ingredients, she could give it to the bartender, but they don't have any particular offerings. Kinda disappointing. So Diet Coke it was. Safe to say, my birthday dinner ended up being a disappointment. I was looking forward to this new restaurant, and I've heard fun things about the rooftop bar, but this isn't it. read more

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Uncle Thom and I ventured out the new Restoration Hotel on Patton Avenue in downtown Asheville to eat lunch at their restaurant called The Exchange. I wish there were 10 stars available for The Exchange!! From the absolutely gorgeous interior decor, the extremely friendly staff and the delicious, craveable food...this place would be deserving of all 10 stars!! To start, we took a few moments to enjoy the well-chosen design aspects throughout the hotel lobby and The Exchange restaurant. Very classy, yet comfortable at the same time. For food, we decided to share two dishes. The Braised Portobello Grilled Cheese with Fries and the Pork Belly Cuban Sandwich with a Spring Salad. Loved the spicy mustard kick on the Cuban sandwich and the pickles helped to cool down that delicious mustard! Now, on to the Braised Portobello Grilled Cheese - IT IS TO DIE FOR!!!! Cannot emphasize enough how fantastic the flavors were on this sandwich. At one point I looked at Thom, he was gazing at the grilled cheese like he wanted to be alone with it at home :) It has Boursin cheese, which is soft and melts beautifully amongst the marinated mushrooms. After we devoured our meal, we headed up the elevator to The Observatory. The bar area was closed but we had a chance to walk out on the rooftop deck. This is a special, special place! read more

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As with the other lower review I will lead with saying they are a new restaurant and I will give them a second shot after a little time has passed to see if these issues are simply because they are so new. When we went they were not overly busy Drinks took a while to come out (ordered a bottle of wine and a beer) apps came out and then two bites in the entrees were served Ambiance is lovely!! Such a beautiful new restaurant big bright windows & super clean and crisp feeling Food: started with the charcuterie board which was the best thing we have, generous portions on it. & lusty monk is a fantastic mustard! I got the cavatelli pasta, for $13 bucks, it was what you payed for...says cream sauce but it was extremely thin more like broth, lacking flavor completely, no lemon notes, shaved radish were just chunks...was pretty meh. My husband had the burger, the fries were awesome & crispy, burger was flavorful but came out medium well when asked for medium rare. The panna cotta was extraordinarily good I just wish it was double the size! Service: was great, friendly and attentive staff and extremely understanding of the situation. read more

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Loved all of it! We sat outside and the server, bartender, drinks and food were amazing! Desserts were to die for! Italian Sausage Flatbread is a MUST - authentic Italian meats. read more

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The entire experience was a 5 star experience. Our server Joey gave expert recommendations on drinks, appetizers and entrees. He was spot on. His service was remarkable! The restaurant is well appointed! Open air dining overlooking a park that had live music. Highly recommend, ask to sit in Joeys section if possible read more

The Exchange - Grilled a pork chop, sautéed purple cabbage, jalapeño grits - Salad Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

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Food was amazing, outside seatingv was lovely and the service by Faith, Ansel and manager Shaun, was exceptional. Shaun gave us a private tour of this exceptionally Beautiful, classy and fun place. Who knew this was a terrific place to take our Grandkids to bowl and play games downstairs! And right smack downtown across from the drum circle park! Cant wait to go back with my family! read more

Cassie / bartender was attentive & awesome - gave samples to help us find the drink we wanted. Highly recommend.

Great dinner. Made reservations how they they weren't super busy on a Sunday night. Pretty decent selection of your American cuisine. Nice atmosphere if you are looking for a something a little fancier. read more

Excellent service! Our server Faith was one of the best servers in Asheville. She was knowledge and so great to our kids! Highly recommend the goat cheese spread or smash burger! She suggested a nightcap on the rooftop bar. Great choice! Jada was a fantastic server as well!!! read more

A reservations was made over a month ago for a small party (25 people) for New Years eve dinner. The service was extremely slow and the food was not great. Over an hour to ORDER the food - then the first table was served 30 minute's after that, but - the remaining guests received their meals sporadically over the next 90 MINUTES with some meals being completed forgot. I can't speak for many of the meals but the Short Ribs were nothing like the picture in YELP (which looked great) - more like mac & cheese with minimal beef and no vegetables to be seen. In fact, I was sure it was just the wrong order and complained but my waitress said it was in fact the Short Ribs and the turnips were in there?? The mushroom and caramelized onion flat bread was also pitiful with a couple mushrooms and even less onion. read more

The Exchange - Short ribs with Turnips - Turns out it was more like Mac & Cheese with some shredded beef - Salad Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

We had an amazing experience at the Exchange. The recommendation that our server Joey gave were spot on. We started with the deviled eggs and Josh's carrots. Next was pork chops braised cabbage and grits, mushroom bolognese and 2 steak frites. All was amazing! The service we received from Joey was top notch! Highly recommend the Exchange and Joey as your server! read more

Superb! 3 of us came in for lunch on a rainy Tuesday afternoon. The environment is lovely, the service was top notch, and the food was delicious. The burger portions were modest, but the portion of fries was so huge I brought home half my burger. The pork belly sandwich was even better than the burgers, and the deviled eggs were fantastic. The bar looked great, I can't wait to go back there when it's nice weather and the doors are open! Great new addition to the downtown scene. read more

Ate here for Aunday brunch and ordered the braised duck sweet potato hash. The "braised" duck is super dry, the dish is under seasoned and the pancetta is overcooked. Ok, but definitely not on point. I am a personal chef with a culinary degree so my standards are high. They missed the mark. My espresso martini however is delightful as is the staff, especially the bartender, Casssidy. Beautiful space too. read more

I really don't post a lot, but I had to make a statement about my experience at the Exchange. My husband and I walked in and sat at at the bar after being told that we would be able to order from the whole menu. By the way, the website indicated that they could accept reservations throughout the whole night (we learned this was erroneous). I kid do not; we watched the bartenders interact with the people sitting on either side of us as we waited for 20 minutes. We did get to observe-- a customer asked a bartender for their coworker's name so she could deliver a compliment- to which she was responded to incredibly rudely. We waited and waited and after being ignored and watching the other customers' experience, we went elsewhere. Avoid. read more

An amazing experience. We went for lunch, ordered drinks, then lunch. We waited a long time, but we weren't pressed for time, so we didn't complain. Finally our food arrived. It was tasty. We enjoyed it and the attention from our server. Then the server came and said our lunch would be free because we had waited so long. We were very pleasantly surprised. Gave our server a nice tip. read more

Great food, wonderful location, and outstanding service courtesy of Joey!! What a fun way to kick off our weekend!!

Very Beautiful Place Love the Outdoor Seating at the Bottom Rooftop Seating is Gorgeous as well at the Top. The Service was amazing and had such amazing Pretty Cocktails. read more

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A find. Fortunately as we've not been all that impressed with the Asheville food scene (too much going on, chaos on a plate at best, overcooked served lukewarm is not unusual). The setting is extremely well done, our compliments to the designers/decorators. Acoustics were tame, at least where we sat in the main dining room. Service was excellent, our lovely server was real and actually knew the menu! We started with the deviled eggs and a flatbread. Followed those with a duck based soup and trout on forbidden rice. All done perfectly. Our compliments to the kitchen. The ingredients, recipes and cooking were all excellent. read more

Great food and ambience. I had the grouper and an old fashioned. Both very good. The french onion soup stole the show for me though, it was fantastic. Amazing service as well read more

Excellent food and excellent service! Drinks and food were great. Will go back next time we are in Asheville.

Burger was good but I don't have enough characters so here's "Let Her Go" by Passenger Well, you only need the light when it's burning low Only miss the sun when it starts to snow Only know you love her when you let her go Only know you've been high when you're feeling low Only hate the road when you're missing home Only know you love her when you let her go And you let her go Staring at the bottom of your glass Hoping one day you'll make a dream last But dreams come slow, and they go so fast You see her when you close your eyes Maybe one day, you'll understand why Everything you touch surely dies But you only need the light when it's burning low Only miss the sun when it starts to snow Only know you love her when you let her go Only know you've been high when you're feeling low Only hate the road when you're missing home Only know you love her when you let her go Staring at the ceiling in the dark Same old empty feeling in your heart 'Cause love comes slow, and it goes so fast Well, you see her when you fall asleep But never to touch and never to keep 'Cause you loved her too much, and you dived too deep Well, you only need the light when it's burning low Only miss the sun when it starts to snow Only know you love her when you let her go Only know you've been high when you're feeling low Only hate the road when you're missing home Only know you love her when you let her go And you let her go Oh, oh, mm, oh And you let her go Oh, oh, uh, uh Well, you let her go 'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low Only miss the sun when it starts to snow Only know you love her when you let her go Only know you've been high when you're feeling low Only hate the road when you're missing home Only know you love her when you let her go 'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low Only miss the sun when it starts to snow Only know you love her when you let her go Only know you've been high when you're feeling low Only hate the road when you're missing home Only know you love her when you let her go And you let her go read more

Food was ok. Service slow, cold coffee 2x and everyone works in slow motion. I would not recommend this spot for breakfast

The food, service, and ambiance is spectacular!!! The truffle fries and deviled eggs are in my opinion the best!

We've tried twice. The first time we tried the rooftop bar and restaurant and were told that the kitchen was open till eight. We got there at 7:30. No one came to take our order for quite a while, and when she finally did it was 10 till eight. We ordered our food and then she came back about 15 minutes later and said 'sorry the kitchen is closed'. We were then told by the general manager who asked to see us when we told the concierge downstairs) that he was really angry because their kitchen was actually open until 9 o'clock upstairs. He tried to give us a comp meal, but my husband refused. He just told them do better. It's four weeks later, and we went back tonight after seeing a play downtown. This time we went to the downstairs (main) restaurant, asked are you sure that you're open?...they said yes we are open until 11! We had arrived at a few minutes before 10. The waiter was extremely nice and helpful, we ordered our food, asked to make sure that what we were ordering was simple enough to make since it was on the later side, and also ordered two drinks. He was so kind and friendly and my husband said to me 'this is the way it supposed to be...I'm glad we came back.' 10 minutes later, a woman came over to our table and said I'm so sorry there has been a miscommunication and the kitchen is...closed. My husband doesn't get mad. Hardly ever. The gal followed us outside because she could tell he was upset and tried to again comp a meal and asked us to please try again. We both said thank you but no. It's a beautiful restaurant. I don't know what the deal is with their kitchen staff. They are leaving their wait staff in the lurch. Hopefully they can find some people that want to actually have a restaurant open that serves food to people. I feel bad for the waiter. read more

DO NOT recommend. I had family in town and decided to check out with them the new rooftop spot. Big mistake! There was a handful of us, so we sat at the spacious lounge area. The server comes in and the first thing they say is "Just so you know, the bartenders don't let us take your drink orders because they want those tips. We can only take your food order". WHAT?!?! You're telling me this can't be handled behind the curtains so the customers can be served? I end of having to take everyone's order on my phone, place it at the bar - not knowing if I have to carry my own drinks at that point. The food order was forgotten and arrived cold. Once we try to close our tab (at the bar, because the servers can't do that for you either..) we're given a tab that buckets all the food and only detailed the drinks. I asked for an itemized bill and the bartender, irritated, tells me to find a calculator. He was arrogant and rude. We had TERRIBLE experience and will never go back. Don't waste your time with this place. read more

I enjoyed the ambience of this restaurant, but the service was terrible and the food was mediocre. The dishes were not cleared from the table, drinks took 45 minutes to an hour to get, water glasses were not refilled and our server was often nowhere to be found. Had I not had the benefit of great company with me, instead of a 3 star, this would have been a 1 star. Even the manager recognized the poor service and checked on our table making up for the poor skills of our server. If you go to this restaurant, stick with the flatbreads, smash burgers, and salads for best value and flavor. read more

Don't sit at the bar if you are typically a bar person. $30 old fashion was made in a metal tin??? Got 2 appetizers and took 20-30 minutes. Waiting for food wasn't an issue but going to close out the bartender didn't even have our drinks in the system or food in after he had already "ran our card to start a tab" (really didn't) and had to grab our card again. When leaving the one bartender says to the other "I think it's time for a shot" (unprofessional infront of guests to say the least) BUT AFTER TERRIBLE SERVICE WAS GIVEN?? Sit at a table is my one suggestion! Working in the service industry as well and knowing what to expect, this disappoints me!! It says I checked off on food service and ambiance but the only thing worth going for is the stupid lights and steak tartare!! read more

We have only been once, but it was part of a large birthday gathering, and we were all very impressed with the presentation, quality, and flavor of everything we ordered. Very accommodating for vegetarian's, and a wonderful place for a special night out. We will be back! Don't miss the game room downstairs or the rooftop bar either! Walk right past Salsas (overpriced tourist trap - blech! ) and eat here instead! read more

Wow. A $79 (market price) for filet mignon that arrived cold, not warm, cold. Back to the kitchen. Came back warm, excessively seasoned. Inedible. We expected better. I'm giving two stars only because the Exchange is new. read more

Our server Joey was excellent! He was personable and made great food and drink suggestions. We had dinner on the patio while a drum circle played in the park across the street. I would highly recommend the restaurant and sitting in Joey's section if you can! read more

We were seated immediately. Our dinner was fantastic! The service was perfect from our seating to dessert. Jack was right on time every time. The food was fantastic. Gorgeous presentation and so delicious. Will definitely be back. read more

Great food (we had brunch), good service, and a pleasant atmosphere. A worthy addition to downtown Asheville.