Coq Au Vin - Philo

The Coq a Vin has packed up and moved away unfortunately, taking everything with them. Too bad, place was always packed.

My husband and I have been to Coq Au Vin twice and have enjoyed the food and service on both occasions. The food paired with local wines is stellar. Don't forget to bring cash.

We had heard about this place from a couple that were staying at our airbnb on Hwy 128.so we had time to try.Marie greeted us ,It is small and charming, with Marie taking care of all the tables it was a nice french pace and not rushed like american style. The bread was awsome with butter server in a coffee cup.the food was some of the best we have had in a long time.We arrived at 6:30 and were the last to leave at 9:30 talking with Marie and her son.We will be going back more instead of going south toward Geyserville.The 40 min. drive from our place was worth the trip and cheaper then a plane ticket to france.

Good solid French cuisine in a folksy environment. We started with garlicky butter baked clams with basil (like pesto escargot). Then I the roast chicken, which was very good. Crispy skin and flavorful. Served with mashed potatoes which were tasty. My friend had the lamb shank cassoulet which was a little disappointing as he was expecting a true cassoulet, but received what was more like a lamb shank stew with cassoulet ingredients but quite soupy. Tasty, but just not what we were hoping for. Service is good and gracious and the wine list has several nice local wines by the glass. The country style bread was served nice and warm, but I didn 't care for the soft doughy texture of the interior. Nothing wrong with it, just my personal preference. For dessert they brought a yummy tart with raspberry coulis on the house! Very tasty.

We went for a birthday dinner on a Monday locals night. (We are locals) The menu was set prix fixe. I usually order vegetarian but that was not an option. There were four meat entree options. Not sure if the regular menu has any vegetarian options. Pros The BREAD! The bread was the best ever crusty fresh baked country french bread! Five stars for bread! Six! Pass the butter! Our table for 7 was ready and waiting for us and the service was good and very friendly delicious food, fine wine, yummy desserts (although they did not have the chocolate cake that night) the owner was very helpful to inform our gluten free family member what was ok for her to eat good price Cons Our long narrow table made it difficult to visit with everyone at the table no vegetarian option there were a few comments about how salty the food was no coffee with dessert after dinner the machine was broken All in all I look forward to going back!