FRENCH LAUNDRY

Amazing experience!! From the beautiful garden, you're ushered through a royal blue door to your table and brilliance happens. The staff was AMAZING!!! They facilitated this dining experience, I cannot say enough about the staff. They were extremely attentive.

Words cannot describe the dishes that were served. Beautiful designed! Please see my pictures to see the beauty.
They made the best asparagus that I've ever eaten in my life!

This restaurant experience is a once in a lifetime treat.

$700 a plate no thank you

Has been on 'my list to eat' since I bought the book back in early 2000. It didn't disappoint on any level. Flawless service, perfectly executed delicious food. Only wish I lived closer

with how difficult it was to make reservations and how expensive this place is (not to mention the THREE Michelin stars), we really expected to be wowed. my husband and I felt lucky to get a reservation via Tock to visit on our latest trip to Napa and came away feeling like TFL is wildly overrated. we came in with very high hopes and did not receive a warm welcome and were not assisted nor explained anything about the menu and/or wine list, we were handed a 180 page wine list and told to let them know what we want. we would have loved a cocktail to start but they don't offer any mixed drinks so we started with a glass of champagne and let them do wine pairings for us based on a budget we gave, which was equivalent to the price of the food. the food was good but we've had better food, service, and overall experiences at other restaurants with 1 Michelin star... by far. many of the dishes were forgettable and nothing spectacular, the oysters and pearls was my favorite but we ordered the supplemental dishes and they were placed in front of the wrong person. the wait staff seems generally unhappy and robotic. the atmosphere is non-existent, to the point of other reviews on here it feels like your grandparents living room and the tables are cramped together. I had asked our waiter where the bathroom was and he told me to follow him as he was clearing our plates and ended up forgetting and leading me into the kitchen when the bathroom was actually upstairs... another member of the staff caught that I was going the wrong way and redirected me. reading other reviews, it seems a kitchen tour is a part of everyone's experience but we weren't offered one. it's too expensive and too fussy of a reservation to get for this experience and we will be happy to save our money in the future. we spent a long weekend in Napa and it was our least favorite experience of the 4 restaurants we had dinner at and I don't really understand how they're holding onto 3 stars.

Great experience at the French Laundry. It was everything we expected. We were there in early February. The truffle risotto was my favorite dish followed closely by oysters & pearls. The only dish I didn’t care for was a smoked dish and I don’t care for Smokey flavors, but I’m sure others would enjoy it. Desserts were great. The staff was great and the fireplace in the room was a nice touch. It was a lot of food so do pace yourself! My only critique would be a more reasonably priced bourbon selection. With so many good bourbons available there should be something under a couple hundred dollars for a drink. It’s definitely something you should experience once though- you won’t regret it and won’t forget the experience. Thanks for a great dining experience and we hope to come back.