Napa Rose gets DiRoNA Award
 

Never eaten there.
:)

Me either :(

Neither have I. Not being a wine drinker and their generally beef centric menu has always deterred the few times we've thought about stopping by.

I read this:

and my mind saw this:

The Disgusting Restaurants of North America (DiRoNA) has chosen Napa Rose, the nationally-recognized gourmet restaurant in Disney's Grand Californian Hotel and Spa at Disneyland Resort, to receive a 2007 DiRoNA Award of Excellence.....

me blindo

I think we should start a group called Disgusting Restaurants of North America, and we can give out awards like the Razzies. Maybe call them the Reflux awards.

Napa Rose is awesome tho. Morrigoon needs to sell more houses so she can treat me to more dinners there :)

I'll be eating there the night before MA! Yay me!

I've never eaten there, and that needs to be fixed.


Who's up for a meal there celebrating something or other?

I lost my virginity the other week, we could celebrate that.

Me either.

Let's celebrate.... LIFE!

Great place to eat.....have only done it once, and it cost a fortune, but was worth it!

Sounds like the next Swank Event should take place there!

Only ate there once and thoroughly enjoyed the experience, despite having to send Susan's steak back twice (though it earned us free desserts).

The two highlights of the experience were

1. The appetizer. It was a kind of shared combo appetizer. They brought this low wooden box with slats dividing it into nine even compartments like a tic-tac-toe game. There were four separate appetizers in four of the compartments (ribs, shrimp, and a couple of other items I can't recall). four other compartments had decorative elements. In the center square was a large smooth river rock that had been heated to 500 degrees. The concept was that you place the item that you are about to eat on the rock for a few seconds to warm it up before you eat (everything had been cooked already). Tres cool!
2. Dessert. While it almost sounds like something you would get at the fair, it was heavenly. Deep fried pound cake with a scoop of dulce de leche ice cream and drizzled with dulce de leche sauce (yeah - I know that is just a fancy term for caramel). Freakin' amazing.

We haven't been there since our first trip to DCA. We'd be down for a Napa Rose swanking...

We could go and celebrate ..........



BEEF!!!!





I think I need to save my pennies, though. What's the average dinner cost there?

Oh, I found it found cowering behind the couch. Claimed it hadn't seen you in years, I let it go outside (catch and release) with some condoms, which it threw in my face. Nasty little thing.

Napa Rose is lovely. I like to sit at the chef's counter, where you get a personalized meal experience. As I don't drink alcohol, it's nice to know that the kitchen is more than happy to create a meal that isn't centered around wine. Cool thing, though, for those who do imbibe, practically every server is a certified sommelier. Alex, I don't think I've eaten beef more than once there.

I'm up for a Napa Rose swanking - Wednesday through Saturday nights work for me.

Depending on what one orders, particularly in terms of alcohol, you are looking at at least $30.00-$40.00 per person (assuming bare bones experience - just dinner; no appetizers, dessert, alcohol). To do it right, expect to pay $60 per an up.

A menu from last Fall

Thanks for the info!

Oh, there's always stuff on the menu I could eat but it feels very secondary, which combined with the wine focus (I find wine vile and Lani doesn't drink at all) of the place just never puts it over the line for us to actually get there.

For example, on the menu Kevy linked to only three of the eight main courses are options for me (I don't eat beef or pork and currently won't support the sea bass fishery). Appetizers do better with 5 of the 9 being options.

I'm sure if we went I'd have a wonderful dinner (I've never starved at any restaurant, even Stuart Anderson's), just never quite happens.

I read it as Disgruntled and thought the award far me clever for it.

I see Lisa's typing is rubbing off on you! ;)

I've only been once..but when I was there, Larry King was at the table next to us :cool:

I thought that was Don King???

;)

Wha?
:confused:

Sorry, different King.

I was kidding!

If anyone's still interested in a Napa Rose swanking - a couple of us are already gathering there Saturday, October 13, as part of a pre-MA warm-up/let's enjoy each other's company before we're exhausted event. If anyone else was interested in joining us, I could see about increasing the number of people on the reservation.

So, that's a no then?

Well, I can't as I will be out of town.

We will be out of town as well.

Patience grasshopper. It hasn't even been 24 hours since you posted.

Actually, it was 38 hours and 7 minutes between postings.

And why I care about that, I do not know.

Well in that case. Sorry! :( I can't tell time today. Or add. Ever.

But I doubt I can go. Napa Rose is somewhere I am desperate to try. When I have more funds.

I'd love to but I "think" we're having dinner with Swanie's dad - trying to find out.

No........

(But is that a "no I won't swank" or a "no, it's not a no?" That's for me to no and you to know, you know.)

Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo.

I shall assume that is a standard, garden-variety "no", regardless of the number of buffalo involved.