Harrimans Virginia Piedmont Grill

Next, our appetizers arrived. The octopus was good, but the parsnip soup was overly salty. The pasta was served at the same time and consisted of small, wavy fusilli in marinara sauce. I pointed out that I hadn’t ordered marinara, but no explanation was offered. About 15 minutes later, they returned with the same pasta, unfortunately overcooked and falling apart. Half of the bowl was filled with water, resembling a pasta soup. The waitress approached again, without an apology, and asked if everything was to our liking. I asked why they hadn’t provided the spaghetti as promised, to which she replied that this was the pasta they served, again without any explanation. I mentioned that the pasta fell apart, was overcooked, and half the dish was filled with water. She looked at it and claimed it was melted butter. However, the pasta was barely warm, and any butter would have solidified. It looked as though they had rinsed the marinara sauce off the noodles and simply returned them to the plate. At this point, my small child was only eating bread and butter. The main courses arrived afterwards. The cod was dry and overly salty, while the Wagyu steak was just okay and a bit chewy. For dessert, we ordered their panna cotta, which was the highlight of our meal. When the waitress came by to check on us and asked how we enjoyed our meal, I mentioned that the panna cotta was the best dish of the night. She seemed pleased and said she was happy we enjoyed our meal. Clearly, something was lost in translation. Overall, it was a rather disappointing experience.

The food was beautifully presented, and our server was outstanding, demonstrating extensive knowledge about both the menu and the wine selection.

It was a memorable birthday dinner. The service was impeccable, and the food was top-notch. I was also delighted to see a solid selection of Virginia wines sourced from farm to market.

This experience was a little different from our previous dining experience. Food was cold, when mentioned to the waitress she stated “we’ll keep that in mind next time.” Not even asking did we want her to take the meat back to reheat or anything. We still had a table full of cold breakfast food so how is keeping that in mind next time benefiting us!! After receiving the first course which included flaky pastries their of course was crumbs on the table. I would think that proper etiquette or just common sense would be to wipe the table off before putting new plates silverware down but that didn’t happen. After asking could the table be wiped off, she proceeded to wipe one side of the table and left my friends side with crumbs. Very confused as to why she thought this was okay. I would’ve understood if the restaurant was busy but it was fairly empty. Looking around it just seemed the overall up keep wasn’t being met by the staff. New place settings on empty tables but clearly could see food on the floor under the tables. Definitely not what I expected.

Terry was an excellent server! Great sense of humor and a pleasure to be around. I would give Terry more than 5 stars if I could. Look forward to our next visit.