Solaire Restaurant + Bar

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   Hope

   Central Coast

   3 reviews

   1.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   We decided to spend Christmas in Santa Cruz and have a nice dinner. After reading reviews of the restaurant it sounded like a nice place for Christmas dinner. The menu was changed to a few items and most of staff must had the night off. Our waiter was very rushed and did apologize for the service but that did not make up for an unpleasant experience. The best thing was the crispy French fries.
   

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   Meribeth

   San Francisco

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   We had reservations for Christmas Eve, a family tradition. We arrived and waited in line for nearly 15 minutes, the line behind us growing longer by the minute. A waitress came to our line to tell us that so many employees had called out that the restaurant would not be able to accommodate us. Were we to wait, perhaps an hour or more we might be served. First of all, I do understand about staffing & holidays can be tricky. It seemed very unfair to send the young waitress to deliver bad news though. A manager perhaps or someone capable of offering a beverage or a coupon for a later date would have been much better for us & for the business as well. Dinner options for those of us left hanging were very slim. We were excited to try this restaurant. I don’t know that we will give it another try. Very disappointed.
   

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   CJ

   VIP

   San Francisco

   3 reviews

   2.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   On Xmas Eve, I expected a good dinner and exceptional service. The servers were courteous and forth empathy due to lack of servers and menu selections. Rainbow, bartender; Kat, another evening Xmas Eve lady server were great! Food is satisfactory due to lack of menu selections and entrees preparations were ordinary. Hotel atmosphere and natural setting and holiday decorations made hotel festive. My grandson & sons enjoyed warm pool and jaguzzi! Rooms are clean and comfortably. I like the makeup mirror! Everything was perfect! Only con: the food/bar times after 4 pm to 10 pm. So no foods available but near a few fast foods nearby in walking distances.
   

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   Sterling

   San Francisco

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   Made a reservation for 4:00 PM which was listed as available through Open Table. It was supposed to be a Christmas dinner for my Godfather who was only in town for a night. Got to the restaurant and found it empty, was told that it doesn't even open until 5:00 PM.
   

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   Victoria

   San Francisco

   11 reviews

   2.0

   11 reviews

   Dined on 13 December 2024

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

   Beautiful hotel that used to have great food and atmosphere. While the service was still good, the menu was limited, and the fish in the fish tacos tasted frozen. The people in the bar area were strange. One person was loudly FaceTiming with someone on her phone. Plenty of people were staying at the hotel, but the restaurant looks to be losing money, which is sad, because it's a spot locals would visit if the reviews were good.
   

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   Michele

   San Francisco

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 28 November 2024

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

   Mundane, unimaginative flavors in the meal. Very limited variety on the plate for a prix fix holiday meal. I will try another time for just appetizers as the ambience was nice.
   

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   Peter

   Washington DC

   2 reviews

   2.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 8 November 2024

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

   This was our first visit to the restaurant and maybe our last period. The short wine list had several wines unavailable. The cocktails were very good. There was no dressing on the salad and a sauce with another dish was not available, making it incomplete . We were not happy with the experience.
   

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   Mayder

   VIP

   New York City

   10 reviews

   5.0

   10 reviews

   Dined on 1 October 2024

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

   We loved the way they admitted our dog even at the bar/restaurant. A thousand of thumbs up for that.
   

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   Walt

   San Francisco

   4 reviews

   3.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 17 September 2024

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

   Service was incredibly slow despite the restaurant having as many servers as customers!
   

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    Nick

    Central Coast

    3 reviews

    4.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on 16 August 2024

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

    It was elegant and good energy. Drink menu was creative and well executed and the food was really good. I think one knock I might have is that their menu was very limited (5 main entree options). It’d be nice to see a few more options, that’s all. Similarly the wine list was very limited which isn’t in line with the overall quality of the restaurant
    

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