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    The Painted Lady

    4.4 (281 reviews)
    Ultra High-EndNew American
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    Columbia river king salmon - IG @bougiefoodieboi
    Kyle W.

    In my past experiences, American tasting menus are hit or miss - a good number of them just charge a lot because they use fancy ingredients, yet fail to mesh together a creative and delicious masterpiece. For $130/person + $95/wine pairing (which can be shared), excluding tax and tip (no tax in OR phew), this place strikes a good balance between value and quality. It is not the best tasting menu I have had, but I loved their creative take on the various courses. My friends and I went here on August 19, right before their summer vacation, and we booked the reservation a month in advance (highly recommended). It was originally 3 people but a 4th person FOMOed and wanted in, and they happily accommodated and modified our reservation the day of. We celebrated a job promotion, which they graciously congratulated, and this fine detail I did not even put in the reservation - I just mentioned it in passing in a quick phone call when they called me to confirm the reservation a week prior. Attention to details like these make a 5 star experience - in the end, they gave us a peanut butter crunch cake (complimentary) as an additional dessert course, leaving us happy and stuffed for our journey onwards to Portland. For the specific dishes: Canapes - oyster mushroom calamari - lightly fried with the aioli very fragrant Northwest poke - super fresh tuna, with a wasabi flavor that is prominent yet not overpowering the other ingredients Miso custard - a substantial starter, somewhat heavy, with generous amounts of crab meat. Pickled red onion makes a nice contrast with the creamy custard within Columbia River king salmon - cooked medium, wrapped in zucchini for a nice additional texture. Corn puree adds some sweetness to a savory dish Cavatelli pasta - surprisingly small in quantity, with morel mushrooms the looks of truffle. Lamb pancetta paired extremely well with the wine that went along with it (2017 Dundee Hills, OR Pinot Noir from Anderson). This course also had bread with leek powder and butter, fairly standard but delicious Oregon Wagyu New York steak - very tender, way better cut than a standard nice cut from a steakhouse. Cascadia Creamery sleeping beauty - cheese course, makes the wine pairing super worthwhile. Somewhat dessert, or a segue per se. This course is probably named after me because I am about to get a food coma (jk) White chocolate and strawberry bombe - a great "not too sweet" dessert that is very fruity. Outside shell is room temperature and inside is a bit chilled. Nice play on temperature Peanut butter crunch cake (additional course) - a bit on the sweeter side, but I love the unpredictable crunch texture scattered around the cake. Peanut butter taste is more subtle, with a more forward chocolate flavor Mignardises - pineapple ginger gel candy, truffle, caramel, and handmade oreos. This course was a bit weak compared to the other courses (maybe I was too full so I couldn't appreciate it as much) but it felt a little standard and did not strike the awesomeness of the other courses. Service is excellent. Water refills are every course (fairly frequent), and they were patient in explaining each wine despite getting only 1 wine pairing for our table of 4, and the cadence of each course is good and paced according to the party. For example, the solo diner finished 45 minutes before us, while we took 2.5 hrs total and that was okay. They do tack on a 20% gratuity, but I definitely felt they fully deserved this service charge and maybe even more!

    Fried Oyster Mushrooms with other stuff as well. All so good.
    Joe S.

    What a way to experience the wine region in Newberg. If you like eating but hate trying to decide what to order for FOMO, then make a reservation here and leave your brain in the car. The waiter recommended not knowing the menu in advance and I applaud him for that. It became fun to guess based on the silverware presented at each course. Yes, this place is a multi-course extravaganza where you eat what they make. Kinda like being a child, but instead of beef-a-roni, dry pot roast, and canned peas, it's elegant food porn bliss that tastes even better than it looks. The menu changes regularly and they only keep their soup on the menu all the time, so I won't do a disservice and review each dish. But I will say we absolutely loved every course. You can get a wine pairing (we only did 1 and shared) as well and they explain each wine and where it comes from. If you want to feel like you're royalty, then definitely add The Painted Lady to your list of places to indulge. The food and experience here was worth every penny.

    Bernadette B.

    Service was fantastic at this 26 seat restaurant. The Sommelier Ryan was super knowledgeable about the local wines served as the pairings and I gave him "dealers choice" on the wine with the Petit Fours at the end. He chose a delicious Spanish Sherry. Outstanding meal of you're ever in the area!

    Table setting -- silverware was placed awkwardly, haphazardly, and without flourish between courses
    Taylor B.

    Date: 3/24/23 * Food: 3/5 * Ambiance: 2/5 * Service: 4/5 * Management: 4/5 TL;DR: It's Guy Savoy, but if Guy Savoy was in Oregon. In other words, ostentatious but without the stars needed to successfully pull off such pretense. What purports to be fine dining of an elite class instead comes across as a decently disguised chain restaurant eternally hoping to sell itself to the masses as something more. I went to Newberg to eat at this restaurant. After all, it has four Forbes stars and four AAA diamonds. Their Instagram is impeccable, their menu inspired. I mounted the Victorian house's wobbly stairs that evening with knees equally wobbly from the thrill that comes before engaging in a truly magnificent dining experience. When I walked back down those same stairs almost three hours later, the only thing wobbling was my gut. I will say this: The food is pretty. But not as pretty as one might believe based solely upon the restaurant's Instagram content; any aesthetic value it has results from a vain attempt to "paint" with ingredients. Each "composed" dish is so artistically deconstructed that it has to be subsequently re-composed, bite by bite, by the diner if there is to be any hope of its flavor attaining the chef's original intent. Several courses were borderline flavorless; a verdant green swoosh across the plate of my seafood course made me question whether my taste buds were operating it was so bland. The bread, while warm, somehow seemed stale. And anything crispy (of which there was a fair amount; nearly half of the courses included a fried element) tasted...well...like fryer oil. Credit must go where it is due, however. The coconut cake and pineapple sorbet dessert was yummy, as was a certain parsnip puree. The miso custard was creative, as were the rest of the courses...but what they boasted in originality, they gravely lacked in seasoning. Salt, sweetness, spice, and sourness were noticeably absent in every course, making for a one-note dining experience. The mignardises were just gross. My biggest "beef", so to speak, was with the so-called wagyu, which, as we overheard our waiter explaining to another table, was not wagyu at all but a locally raised knockoff variety. While we appreciated the waiter's honesty, we couldn't help but feel as if The Painted Lady was attempting a culinary sleight of hand, marketing perfectly delicious local beef as coveted Japanese wagyu. Should it have simply been listed as premium locally raised beef, it would have been celebrated rather than scorned. A quick note on ambiance: If you're going to call yourself fine dining, then please, for the love of brie, put a cloth on your table! I can forgive unnecessarily large and awkward-looking chargers, but the clatter of silverware against a naked table between courses is a far greater sin. Don't get me started on the visually disruptive placement of speakers and heat vents amid awkward attempts at decor or the haphazardly folded napkin squares. The electro/country music blend was also a head-scratcher. The management gave us an extra dessert in honor of our honeymoon (never mind that it was made with chocolate so bitter and peanut butter so oily it turned both of our stomachs) as well as copy of the evening's menu with a special message from the chef as a keepsake. However, the service was sporadic at best---our waiter was with us for several courses, then disappeared and was replaced before returning toward the end of the evening. While generally pleasant, our waiter was also disappointingly condescending when we asked for two nonalcoholic, uncarbonated drinks. He promised us that he would whip up two "fruity drinks", as if we were toddlers in search of sippy cups. The drinks he came up with (do they have a bartender, or is the waitstaff just expected to mix drinks?) tasted like canned juice with a bit of egg white whipped in. It was sour, funky, and overall disappointing. Just like the rest of the night.

    Potato Gnocchi with truffle
    Yasaman E.

    We came here on a Saturday night for a 7 course tasting. The restaurant itself is beautiful with nice ambience although other guests were quite loud and made for less of an intimate seating for some diners (about 6-7 tables total) but their service was stellar. I wish we had been more impressed with the tasting menu since we had been wanting to come here for quite some time. There were a few dishes that stood out such as the truffle gnocchi but otherwise unfortunately everything was mediocre (not what is expected from a fine dining restaurant) but the price point is quite low for a typical fine dining 7 course meal (115 a head). If you're looking for a local tasting menu I would recommend Le pigeon (higher price point but beautifully and with every note to detail it is chef curated) For example: one of our courses was a very simple salmon, for another course (the main) my tuna steak was far too over cooked and dry, and another course was a cheese tasting (4 slices of cheese with some garnish)

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    Alan C.

    My wife and I are from the Bay Area so we are blessed with some solid dining choices back home and we didn't know what to expect as we traveled in the Willamette area mainly hitting wineries and small family run producers. The Painted Lady was highly rated and seemingly like a "special occasion" dining locale so we opted for a Saturday night reservation and we were nicely surprised and happy we chose to have dinner here. They do a fixed 8-course for $115+ / each and it was a wide range of cooking styles and foods. They started with some nice amuse bouche including a salmon mouse and some other lovely canapés, then we had a curried squash w pressed persimmon which was nicely done, the Asian style Dashi rich soup dish was next and one of the highlights, next was a slow roasted salmon w a nice mustard seed dollop on the top was followed by a chestnut and cheese tortellini dish was next - which I hoped it had more chestnut flavor... Next we had a Buffalo NY cut steak - which was nicely roasted but one slice of mine was a little tough to cut and chew...sadly. This was followed by a small sheep's milk cheese plate and a cinnamon space cake which was dry and kinda meh. Last we had a dish of interesting candies and a hazelnut cake which was great overall. The wine list was quite pricey and they charge $35 corkage, and the tasting menu pairing was $90 so we opted for a few glasses of their wine-by-the-glass which was surprisingly limited in options. They clearly want to have guests do the pairing (bringing each meal to over $200/each) or sell one of their many greater than $150/bottle options,...most upwards to $250+ - $4,000 ! The wine list was a bit highly marked up which was surprising and disappointing.... Overall a tasty meal, lighter than our meal at Joel Palmer's the night before and in general solid service and nice treatment ! Worth seeking out. Perhaps bring your own special bottle if the math works out !

    mignardises
    Stacie H.

    The Painted Lady exceeded my expectations. The chef was able to accommodate a severe allergy in my party - be sure to note this upfront and you may get a couple of calls to discuss the issue prior to your visit. The restaurant itself is cozy but it wasn't cramped and only had five tables on the ground floor (at least when I visited). We dressed casually but most groups were more formal and the waitstaff all donned black suits. We appreciated the nice presentation of dishes and the informative service. Overall impressed with the caliber of dining here!

    Greg T.

    My wife and I went to The Painted Lady for our wedding anniversary while in town doing some wine tastings in the area. This restaurant came highly recommended from some friends that know the area better than we do. The service and ambiance made for a very enjoyable experience. Our server was fantastic and checked in often to ensure we had everything we needed. We did the seasonal tasting menu, catered to our pescatarian diets. To be honest, this dinner came at the end of a long day of wine tasting so I don't remember each individual course. I do remember having a great time and have the pictures of the food to prove it. I would definitely recommend this restaurant and the tasting menu experience. It is not inexpensive but seems to be on par with other tasting menus I have done in the area.

    N H.

    Immaculate service! Wine pairings explained food presentation beautiful as well as Tadte highly recommend

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    Exceptional food, wine, and service. We always have a wonderful evening when we visit!

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    Great food great folks. The place has been killer on every single trip. Kudos for Consistency and quality.

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