Restaurants near Oracle Park

We were seated promptly by the hostess at 5:00pm. Michael was our waiter. Our specialty cocktails were good. We opted not to order appetizers or salads. Our entres were pretty slow in coming out of the kitchen. My medium rare filet was slightly undercooked, and the quality of the beef reminded me of choice, not prime. Another person in our party ordered a filet medium, and it was woefully undercooked. The server immediately took it back to the grill, and the manager stopped by and was very apologetic, and ordered a complimentary round of cocktails for the table. No desserts.

We, 4 girlfriends, ate on the outside patio on a gorgeous day. The food was yummy, as always, and our waitress, Deja, was a doll!!!

6 of us dined on a Thursday night. The place was packed but our reserved table was waiting for us. We shared appetizers, meatballs, eggplant and calamari that were all excellent. The eggplant was my favorite ! Several of us had the creamy risotto with peas, langastinos crispy pancetta bits and perfectly grilled shrimp perched on top. 2 got salmon which was cooked perfectly and served with beautiful yellow beats. 1 enjoyed the baby clam pasta dish. We all had coffees and despite the beautiful dessert menu we didn’t have room for a bite more. As a matter of fact we had leftovers!! Well done!

Vivace is our special occasion place. It is expensive but the service is great, they have a good wine by the glass selection and 4 older women with very different tastes in wine and food can all find something they enjoy. If you’re looking for the latest trends in fine dining this may not be for you but if you want a carefully prepared dinner with top quality ingredients then Vivace is an exceptional choice.

I tried to order the chicken salad but they were out of chicken at noon on a Monday. Very strange. The pasta dishes my dining companions ordered were great. I tried the arugula salad with salmon. The salmon was fine but the rest of the salad was boring.