B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille

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   Jennifer

   San Francisco

   62 reviews

   vip
   2.0

   62 reviews

   Dined on 11 November 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   This is basically just a neighborhood bar in a high tourist area. We had: Homemade Dungeness Crab Ravioli - Skyy Vodka sauce. This was decent & just OK. Codi Burger - Niman Ranch beef, double applewood bacon, double Sonoma Jack, Gloria Ferrer onion rings inside burger their own B&V bbq sauce on a King’s Hawaiian bun with hand cut fries. The fries were really under-seasoned & underwhelming, just really basic & not all that tasty. The burger was so heavy handed on the BBQ sauce (which really wasn't all that good), that it overtook the taste of the burger. We pulled the 2 onion ring off of the burger & ate them separately, & again, just basic, underwhelming, & not really that great. Cocktails: Dirty Cougar - Deep Eddy grapefruit, lemon, St. Germaine. Their menu said this won some "Best Martini" award so I was looking forward to trying it. It was very tart--not sure how much grapefruit they put in there, but this is one sour drink. The photos on the website menu made us think this would be a much better place. When presented to us at our table, the food did not look appetizing & certainly not effort was taken in plating it. Looks like they did their best to make the photos look great, but what you are served will not look the same. Even the photos of the interior restaurant on their website make the place look fancy with white tablecloths & candles on the table -- of course this is shown in the "special events" tab, so that must be my bad for thinking that it would look like this for regular dining. Overall, if you want to sit in a basic bar and have basic food & drinks, go for it.
   

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   Cristian

   San Francisco

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 10 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Food was amazing. Our server was incredible. Everything was fun. 
   

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   Teresa

   San Francisco

   3 reviews

   4.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 13 October 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   While we enjoy a lively “old time saloon” setting, the restaurant was so loud we could barely hear one another. The food was just ok: our party had pasta bolognese, caesar salad with shrimp, spicy ahi salad and risotto. I think you would be better off sticking with “pub food” when ordering here. We had the fried calamari on a prior visit and it was very good. The rest of the menu just isn’t up to the standards of Sonoma County dining. Loved our waiter, “T”.
   

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   Harry

   San Francisco

   57 reviews

   4.0

   57 reviews

   Dined on 30 September 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 2

   Be Sure to taste the wine before ordering. Some of the wine by the glass is very bad. For being in the wine country it is sad they cannot do better. They will offer you a second glass but it will be the same.
   

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   Tamela

   San Diego

   6 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 19 September 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Perfect place after a long day of wine tasting. The hostess and waitress were so welcoming and friendly. Food was like true comfort food. We enjoyed the Shrimp Risotto and classic burger.
   

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   Allison

   West Palm Beach

   26 reviews

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   5.0

   26 reviews

   Dined on 13 September 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This was such a nice bar in the square of Sonoma. The bartender had our drinks terrific. Our server was wonderful. I think he was from Nepal. Our homemade pasta was delicious. The soup was very flavorful and our homemade dessert was excellent. What a fun night my friends and I had there.
   

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   SouthCarolinaTraveler

   Charleston

   20 reviews

   vip
   3.0

   20 reviews

   Dined on 24 August 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Super casual restaurant. We had a hard time finding the steak or the whiskey. The restaurant is not a gastro pub or a steak house. It’s nothing like represented. The food was okay and the people were the best part. If you are looking for a casual lunch scene with decent food this is your place. Just not a dinner place with any ambiance.
   

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   Josie

   San Francisco

   13 reviews

   5.0

   13 reviews

   Dined on 19 August 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   family dining perfect spot for an early dinner with 7 adults and 5 kids food was great, service was great, noisy enough so no one minded the kids
   

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   Kristine

   San Francisco

   3 reviews

   4.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 17 August 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Very nice meal out on the sidewalk. I prefer outdoor seating, as indoors was hot/stuffy that evening. But the constant traffic in the sidewalk next to our table was a problem.
   

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    Laurie

    San Francisco

    83 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    83 reviews

    Dined on 5 August 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4

    What a fun restaurant and bar. The food is excellent and our waiter was superb!!! The Ahi Poke Martini was a winner BIG time with my grandson. it is a bar so the noise level can get pretty animated; however, it is worth a visit to what used to be an old creamery back in the day.
    

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