St. Amand Kitchen & Cocktails

"Have you ever been to a dive bar that you love? Have you ever been fine dining and loved it? Marry both options, and you'll find this place! Amazing drink specials add literally, homemade foods, severely attractive servers, and you have it all! I strongly recommend reservations unless you want to belly up to the bar. They absolutely will find space for you!"

"Sunday afternoon early dinner, first time here and wasn't expecting a sports bar. Don't get me wrong, I love a good sports bar but we were looking for a nice dinner with friends. We got a Hightower table easy enough, but it was very loud with all the football crowd. Brie appitizer was good but not great - the bread was burnt and that burnt flavor came through. My wife like the braised rib with Brussel sprouts and mashed potatoes, but not for $30 in a bar. My "signature " burger (plus I added jalapenos for a $1) was very mediocre - and it had a total of 3 jalapeño slices! Fish ad chips looked good, but had ALOT of breading. Service was really good, but not good enough to make up for not great food and not enjoyable atmosphere. We won't be going back."

"First and foremost, this review is not intended to bash this establishment. I would like to start with the positives. The decor of this location is nice, the live music was enjoyable, and the location was easy to find. As a former owner of three fine dining restaurant in the SF Bay Area, this is a message to the owner. Good surviving restaurants are made of two elements: good quality food and good service. Before opening hour, my goal as a former owner was to set clear expectations with all my employees. My head chef went over the menu with the kitchen staff and servers to ensure they were aware of items that were available, and items that were not available that day. In addition, a servers number one priority is overseeing a table. Water is to be received within the first 2 minutes of the party being seated along a warm greeting presenting a drink menu. Any specialty drinks are to be presented at this time or announcing head server by the bus staff by serving the water. We arrived and we were served water, our table was a bit wobbly, so we asked to be moved. The busser was super kind and attentive. We moved to another comfortable booth by the corner. Our server name was Gabriella P. She appeared to be friendly, and attentive. We first proceeded to place our drink order. She recommended the cucumber martini which was fantastic. She returned with our drinks shortly after, and suggested a few appetizers. We ordered the fried Raviolis. They were okay, but we won’t review on that as my husband is originally from St. Louis, so fried raviolis are pretty different. She came back about 15 min to ask for our entree order. We waited for about 57 minutes, then Gabrielle our waitress, returned to let us know she didn’t have short rib for the tacos. Almost an hour from the time we placed the order. Waiting for an hour to be told an item is not available and the status your food is UNACCEPTABLE!!! Kitchen staff, serving staff and management staff should know from the moment of opening the door what’s available and not available from a menu. My husband got his rib eye exactly an hour and 12 minutes later. The manager came apologizing that he bought us the first round as a kind gesture. This was our first and last experience at this place. The cut of meat for the rib eye was mediocre. Ryan from the staff came with the food and tried to remedy the huge mistake by having small talk and apologizing. We will not come back, and will not recommend St Amand kitchen to anyone. There is no excuse for such an unacceptable service. We decided to leave a tip of of being courteous, but nobody at that restaurant takes pride of the restaurant industry or service at all. Management save your response trying to apologize for such an oversight. Owner: train your management better, after all this is a reflection of management and lack of training. Hold meetings daily, and supervise your own restaurant more often. You will be next closing this location just as many ones in the past that were here. Before you bankrupt, pay more attention to your business. Reviews like this make you or break you."

"I have literally visited all of my neighborhood Italian restaurants, all of a sudden, I found this restaurant just adjacent to my house and their menu is looking good. We decided to make a Saturday night reservation to give a try. When I entered the restaurant, the owner could immediately know which reservation guest I was, that’s totally surprised me. We ordered few signature dishes and all food was so delicious, service is great especially we have ordered a pretty standard martini and chief is so friendly to checking with us on the meals quality. We definitely had a wonderful family night here and we will be coming back very soon."

"Really awesome spot! I’d consider it more on the upscale side. Food and drinks were a bit pricey but you get what you pay for because all our food (and drinks) were amazing! The servers were also on point and provided excellent service. We went on a Tuesday, which is happy hour all day. The drinks were top notch, very strong, and very tasty! Highly recommend the cucumber vodka drink. Check out photos of our food, everything was perfect. There was also live music when we were there, which we loved"