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Ad Hoc
(707) 944-2487
Hours of Operation
Mon 5pm-9pm, Wed-Fri 5pm-9pm, Sat 10:30am-9pm
Products and Services
Reservations: Takes Reservations.
Reviews
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Beautiful brunch by Thomas Keller
Posted byyramssayon 11/23/2008
This review is for their Sunday brunch. I have to say this was the best brunch I had this year. $38 per person with 2 courses and dessert, the portion is generous and food is comforting. You get out full and satisfied guaranteed. Yesterday, the menu was: smoked salmon with cucumber salad and yogurt raita sauce, suveed tri top, with delicious potatoes and roasted small onions. The dessert was lemon cream bar. I wish I can elaborate more on how it was prepared, because it was not as simple as I described. Food is very simple, but very meticulously prepared. You do identify the familiar flavors right away, then you are amazed how well that is executed. The concept is very unique. As the restaurant is there to give you the "temporary relief from hunger", the menu resembles files from the doctors office and the staff are in brown casual shirts and jeans. The decor is simple and themed around the comfort food with big old French style kitchen tables at the front and in the dining room with iron pigs on top of them. The food is served family style, which gives you the visual of generous portion. Immediate relief from hunger can come from seeing the big plate of hot food in front of you alone. Service is very knowledgeable and settle. I would say that at times we felt it was a little slow, but welcoming. I would love to go try their dinner one of these days.
Every Napa trip should include a visit here
Posted byjinnon 6/22/2008
I'll admit right off the bat, I had very mixed preconceptions about a Thomas Keller restaurant serving comfort food for $50 a pop. A lot of things in that statement just didn't jive for me. Thankfully, Ad Hoc shot down all my worries. The place was packed (even at 4pm), but even without reservations we snagged immediate bar seats and the promise of a table if we wanted to wait. Our waiter was knowledgeable, friendly, and in love with wine and gourmet cuisine without being pretentious. The meal was a 4-course prix fixe menu which included an early summer vegetable salad, the most sumptuous pork I've ever had, a cheese plate, and dessert. The salad had at least 15 different vegetables, each of which was prepared differently to bring out its own special something. The cheese was paired with deliciously warm local honey and almonds, and dessert was good ole vanilla ice cream smooshed between two homemade chocolate chip cookies. All of it is served family style, meaning the table gets a large dish from which diners can serve themselves as little or as much as they want. It's a small thing but it definitely increases that warm, comfortable feeling. Ad Hoc is a hotspot for pretty much everyone - weekend wine tasters, locals (both average and famous), and Bay Area foodies, which leads to a lovely mix of people eating ice cream sandwiches with forks and knives to those holding them in their bare hands. Great fun and great food in such a beautiful area - where can you go wrong?
Yummy after wine tour
Posted bymfong24on 12/28/2007
A great place to go after hitting the wineries. I went there this weekend. A set menu is varied per day. It has a four course meal and the servers are very helpful in selecting wine with the entrees. The food size has great proportions and the food is cooked well. Overall, a great place to eat.
You're gonna love this place!
Posted bynewenglandtransplanton 12/10/2007
Have you ever been to a restaurant where there is only 1 entree on the menu? No, well this is the place and they pull it off to perfection. The night we were there the menu was salad with goat cheese, braised short ribs with root veggies, a cheese plate and apple crisp. It was heaven. Everything is served family style. You might think that you'd feel rushed in a family style restaurant but not here. The wine list is pretty good and well priced. There's a bar with plenty of room to dine. The night we were there we had a celebrity sighting...Robert and Mrs. Mondavi. If the godfather of Napa is dining there you know that it has to be fantastic.
Don't miss this one or you will regret it
Posted byisleboyon 3/9/2007
This restaurant is easily serving the best food in Yountville. Although not as exquisite as the French Laundry, what it lacks, it more than makes up for it in atmosphere and artistry. You will come out of the French Laundry satisfied, you will more likely be stuffed and stumbling, but Ad Hoc makes the meal just perfect. The four course combination is just right and even people who don't usually order cheese will appreciate the way cheese is done here. The staff is friendly and attentive, training much like the French Laundry, yet the atmosphere is a lot less stuffy. We have eaten there 4 times in the last 2 months and each time we are still more surprised and enthralled.
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