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    Trokay

    4.5 (372 reviews)
    Ultra High-EndNew American, Modern European
    Closed 5:30 pm - 8:00 PM

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    Moderate noise
    Good for groups

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    Crystal T.

    Wow. A hidden gem in the mountains. We visit Michelin Star restaurants around the world and this place is in the same caliber. Truly creative dishes and amazing wine pairings. We've been at least 4 times and it's a highlight every time we time to come up to Truckee.

    Alex S.

    Such a warm and friendly feel that isn't always felt in high quality restaurants of this type of cuisine. Michelin level preparation, flavor, and presentation.

    NYE 2024 dinner at Trokay
    Dana L.

    I'm sad to write I did not enjoy my NYE dinner at Trokay. This was my 3rd time dining here, and the other 2xs were 5+ stars!! But this last time, was very disappointing. The restaurant was exceptionally busy, likely due to the holiday. I've never seen kids here before, but saw a bunch this time. We had the pre-fixe menu, I got the shrimp (ate 2, gave 1 to my bf) and I had the fish. I ate everything, but the food was just mediocre, my bf and I kept saying that the entire dinner. The service was OK, but not like it has been previously. The waitress was very knowledgeable about the menu, but she was a little bit awkward (but still nice/polite)! We asked for extra bread and jam, and the guy who delivered the extra jam slammed it on our table and then they told us we could buy it if we wanted to-I replied yes I know, we bought some last time. But it was weird, like they didn't want to give us extra bread or jam. I think my desert was the best dish I had this time...and then 20-30 min after dinner, I had the WORSE, most painful stomach cramps I've ever had! I'm thinking it was from my fish dish (or else it was the shrimp?). The pain lasted until the next morning. When you pay $800 for a fine dining meal, you have certain expectations about the food, service, ambience etc. And you don't expect to get sick, so I don't think we will be dining at Trokay anymore. We kept joking at dinner like we felt like we got "TROKAYED" and this was before I got deathly sick!!

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    Mina M.

    Really enjoyed my 4 course dinner at Trokay last night. The service was attentive and friendly. The mini biscuits with pepper jelly were great and I ended up purchasing two jars of the jelly. I overheard the server tell the table next to mine that Trokay used to be a cafe with pastries and jellies but converted to a restaurant, but the jelly is a nod to the old cafe. For the summer 2024 menu, I chose the summer salad, morels, tenderloin, and the peaches. All delicious and lovely presentation. After dessert, a tin of mini cookies was presented. From past menus I've seen on yelp, I may not have enjoyed it as much as I did last night because most of the options appealed to me. Hope to be back as long as the menu options look good (I am not much of an adventurous eater). Lots of desserts were sent out with a candle so it definitely seems to be a place to celebrate special occasions.

    Amogh A.

    Got the 4 course dining menu and the dinner was just incredible! This place follows the general theme of fine-dining new American category restaurants and is amazing. The ambiance is cozy but clean and the staff service was extremely attentive and very informational. It's clear this restaurant cares about its impact on the truckee community and pays mind to its heritage. The food is great! They make some creative but balanced takes on soups, salads, entrees, and desserts. They also give a number of small bites between the courses that were my highlight. Strongly recommend checking out this place and the whole downtown strip!

    Caviar
    Jeffrey C.

    Solid fine dining in the greater Reno-Tahoe area. Four of us got the set menu + caviar (super tasty) + wine, and ended up spending around $200/pp. Service was fine as of summer 2022, we had to nudge them on a few requests but it was during busy summer season. Overall good but not quite Michelin-level execution. The area doesn't have that many options compared to the Bay or even Sac though so as locals it's still on our rotation for special occasions. Def a fun spot to hit for tourists visiting beautiful Lake Tahoe.

    Phil C.

    Highlights: * The finest restaurant in Lake Tahoe, by far * A Michelin quality experience * World Class technique, presentation and taste * A Wow with every bite * $125 to $225+++ per person prix fixe menu and you need to pay in advance just like French Laundry, Per Se, Alinea and other top establishments * You can only get the larger menu by paying in advance but some same day reservations might be available for the smaller menu without prepaying We're serious foodies, we travel more for food than anything else. We travelled to Tahoe to try a little skiing after a culinary and wine visit to Napa and San Francisco and tried to find out what's great in the dining scene here. Bottom line, the culinary scene is lacking in Tahoe, with a few exceptions and Trokay is the exception. Our visit was on January 2. I did not know the pedigree of the owners before dining here, I just read it now and it makes sense. While dining I tried to figure out how did this place which serves world class food wind up in Truckee, which with no disrespect is not Aspen, Vail, Park City or New York. Well, the owners are from New York City, relocating here in 2011. And they're not just ordinary New Yorkers, John is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, the Harvard of Culinary Schools, who went on to work for Daniel Boulud at Daniel, David Bouley and more. His wife Nyna is a cheese expert and culinary creator in her own rite, and their talent shows. There are two prix fixe menus, we had the smaller one $125 at the time, seems to be $115 on the website today. There is another for $225 per person, plus 20% service charges, tax, beverages, etc. If you are a foodie, it's worth it. The wine list had about 100+ bottles plus dessert wines with about eight choices by the glass. It's a global eclectic list. Wine bottle markups average about three times retail, a little pricy. I don't mind paying anything for great food, it's hard work, artistry, spoilage, etc., the meal here is well worth it. But to pop a cork for three times retail, maybe 3-4 times wholesale, that's a little unfair imho, my only complaint. Onto the food. There was not one disappointment. We started with fresh baked breads and amazing chili crunch and preserves to spread on them. Then on to an outstanding cauliflower bisque, a salad of radicchio di Treviso with ricotta and kumquat, followed by delicious lobster lettuce wraps, a duo of Tasmanian ocean trout, Bryan and Katie Flannery's 28 day dry aged NY strip with juniper smoked Hollandaise, cabbage and Bordeliase, wild Alaskan halibut, coconut panna cotta with pomegranate and cardamom. If that sounds good to you, its all even better than it sounds. Servers were professional and knowledgable. The atmosphere is rustic chic casual. If you're on a budget, maybe this is not for you. If you're a serious foodie and have the money to spend, you have to come here.

    Prix Fixe 4-course meal for 2 - our faves were the beet salad and quinoa (center), red snapper shiso leaf (middle left), & biscuits
    Melinda Y.

    Trokay has been around for 8 years. Quite an accomplishment! To celebrate a little getaway, time for some fine dining and molecular gastronomy. Pro-Tip: making a reservation online requires prepayment but calling in does not. The hostess was very accommodating when we had to push our reservations back. When I stepped inside once we got past the warm and gorgeous decor, we were surprised to discover it was like pre-Covid capacity (~50 diners) - making me anxious and nervous. People were unmasked even when they weren't eating. They were happy tho! After some debating, we were hesitant to make a request to be moved outside. Jarrod, our excellent server, was empathetic and helped us. We did have to wait for 30 minutes for the outside seating to become available which we did not mind. We chose to select different courses from prix fixe menu, in order to test all the offerings: 1) Amuse bouche (shared) - gruyere gougere, herb breadsticks, and biscuits with charred onion honey were mind-blowing. They ought to open a bakery! 2) Palette cleanser - celery sphere was fun with interesting texture that bursts gently in your mouth. 3) Sopa/Salad - a) Pozole was nice and fresh. b) Salad of beetroot and sea buckthorn, ricotta and black quinoa was my favorite dish of all. Visibly pleasing like artwork. The quinoa was crispy as if it was popped like popcorn. I scrapped the sea buckthorn sauce which was similar to cranberry in flavor, providing a pop of orange/yellow color and a slight tartness. 4) Entree #1 - a) Duo of Tai Snapper, shiso, and white soy was a novel dish of snapper 2 ways deconstructed - sashimi and sushi rolls with shiso leaves, little cubes of soy and dollops of mayonnaise. It was another favorite of ours. b) Tortellini of English peas, cured egg, sunflower seed pesto was creamy but I wished the pesto had a stronger flavor. 5) Entree #2 - a) Wild Alaskan Halibut, ramp, morel, Parisian gnocchi was the first time I've had morel. Very tasty and great texture but the rest of the dish could use some more flavor. b) Roasted loin of spring lamb, artichoke, fava, sauce Cafe de Paris. There were also sweetbread and falafel. The lamb was tough. It was the only dish I didn't clear out. This course was our least favorite. 6) Dessert - a) Tahitian Vanilla, rhubarb, Medjool dates & b) Pistachio, Vairhona Grand Cru chocolate 7) Cookies - chocolate, macaroon, tamarind jelly cubes, chocolate chip, and oatmeal cookies came with the check. We packed them up to enjoy for another day. We relished the creativity and variety in the food as much as we enjoyed Jarrod's hospitable service. It was an incredible experience from start to finish.

    Menu March 2022
    Carolina B.

    This is a quaint little place that deserves a lot of attention! We went as a group of 2 families with ALL the kids... us adults just wanted a nice dinner, so we dragged our kiddos with us. Suffice it to say, this place is not kid friendly--and it shouldn't be! If I was anyone else, I'd be annoyed with our group! But I digress... the staff was gracious and really exceeded expectations for a delightful dinner. Would love to be back... without kids! Lol

    Chris H.

    This place was amazing! One thing I've always wanted to do was to go venture out to tasting menu restaurants and I'm so glad I found Trokay! The chef was super nice and I enjoyed talking to her between courses! The servers were great as well, I honestly fell in love with the ambiance of this place! Looks secluded and like a true fine dining experience! I can't wait to come back here in the future, eager to see what changes occur in the menu and what else they've brought in!

    Best salad ever!
    Jan M.

    How in the world have I never been here before???? This place was FANTASTiC! While in Truckee this weekend, we decided to do something new for dinner, as we have a habit of going to the same places over and over again. After walking down the street and looking at menus, we decided on Trokay. I will admit, we were quite underdressed for such a nice restaurant, as most of the patrons were slightly dressed up, women in dresses or slacks and men with sports coats or button down shirts. Pretty sure this was where people were headed for special occasions (anniversaries, birthday, etc). I was surprised, since Truckee is so casual. However, even though we were not looking up to par, the hostess and server treated us very well. I think you can easily be in jeans here, but I recommend you go with "classy casual". First, the atmosphere. It was quiet. I love this, I appreciate when you can hear the server and have a nice conversation. The interior was nicely decorated, dimly lit, and for the ladies, please go into the restroom and check out the wallpaper. I kinda need to find a place to put this wallpaper of a lady taming bugs in my house....anyway.....on to the food. The menu had two options - a la carte or a fixed tasting menu. You have to do the same as your dining companion, and I highly recommend the fixed menu. You get a lot of little extras and fun experiences by doing it. We both had the vegetable salad to start and absolutely adored the flavors. For our next course, my partner had the ceviche and I had the soft shell crab. Both were great, but his was bright and fresh flavors, so we preferred his dish. For mains, he had the halibut and I had the corn hushpuppies. I know, sounds weird, right? But they the dish was amazing and I was so excited that they had a vegetarian option. Lastly, we had the chocolate dessert, which was nice, small and fine. But, the food was the real hit, dessert was a nice small ending. Those special things between course, amuse bouche's? They were fantastic. I cannot remember all of them or what they were called, but they made the dinner very special and very fun. They even ended the evening these tiny cookies that you could take home. Nice touch! Go here for an experience, it is on the pricey side, but well worth it.

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    Absolutely outstanding food and service. Michelin should be giving them a star. We went for our 28th wedding anniversary and loved it.

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