Lark

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   AmandaR

   Seattle

   2 reviews

   2.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   The food simply wasn’t good. For the price, it was certainly not worth it. The steak was rubbery and a rare when I ordered medium rare. The salad was bitter. The cake was dry. The service was rushed and inattentive. It was lovely ambiance and staff was certainly nice, but this was not a fine dining experience by any standard.
   

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   John

   VIP

   Seattle

   11 reviews

   3.0

   11 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   Lark is a very nice spot for special occasions. The service is outstanding - prompt, knowledgeable, and unobtrusive. The location is a bit challenging for driving and parking, although our car's navigation system got us there just fine. The food was good, but not commensurate with the prices in my opinion. The menu offerings were limited but carefully conceived and artistically presented. As seems usual these days, asking for a steak to be cooked "medium" got me a blood-rare serving of otherwise good meat. I used to request "medium-rare", but I fear that would get me steak tartare. We like to bring our own wine for special occasions (all of us are wine collectors), so Lark's two-bottle limit with a $50/bottle corkage charge is a turn-off. Given the location, the prices, and the corkage policy, I doubt that we'll return to Lark anytime soon.
   

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   michelle

   VIP

   Seattle

   19 reviews

   5.0

   19 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   lovely dinner! everything as perfectly prepared and the wine was great
   

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   Lark

   VIP

   Raleigh

   35 reviews

   3.0

   35 reviews

   Dined on 8 December 2024

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

   Everything was good, not great. Service was professional, not necessarily friendly. The most personality I saw was from the girl who brought me 3 of my 4 courses. Every course had the right idea, it just wasn't executed to the level of great. The jalapeno on the hamachi was overbearing, but the idea of a *touch* of spice was correct. If you're going to put a fried shiso chip, salt it. The foie gras dish was amazing! Texture, taste, all there. The accompaniments were great. Elk chop itself was great, nice sear and very tender. The savory bread pudding with it was both salty and bland. I didn't like the texture. The elk was aggressively seasoned, but with the salty accompaniments it was too much. I left most of the veg. The raw strips of acorn squash were a nice break from the richness of the rest of the dish and a good idea. The creme brulee cake was good. I mean I find dessert often feels like an afterthought at many fine dining places. There was nothing wrong with it, but it didn't blow my mind. The cornbread crumble was nice texturely, but I always think of cornbread with BBQ so it was just a weird food memory colliding for me! I think if the service was more friendly, I'd come back to try it again. As a side note, my Uber asked me about it, and when I said the service was aloof, he said he comes for lunch there and gets the same vibe.
   

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   valerie

   VIP

   San Francisco

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 8 December 2024

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

   Fantastic food! An incredible evening of exceptional service and fine food couldn’t have asked for a better night.
   

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   Deirdre

   VIP

   Seattle

   3 reviews

   2.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 5 December 2024

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

   The food was not good. The potato rosti was greasy, the fish overcooked and the Brussels sprouts flavorless. The service was mediocre at best. We were continually interrupted with questions about removing plates and the staff was uninformed about the menu. We have dined at Lark many times over the years and have always enjoyed it. This time was disappointing
   

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   patrick

   Greater Boston

   2 reviews

   2.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 26 November 2024

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

   We left hungry, after coming here for years for special occasions we were excited for a nice dinner out to celebrate a special occasion. The food was lovely and we still love Lark but we were both disappointed leaving after three appetizers two mains and a dessert and still being both pretty hungry the portions were incredibly small for the mains probably won’t be coming back anytime soon. For the amount of money we spent for dinner we should’ve definitely left full!
   

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   Erica

   VIP

   Seattle

   6 reviews

   5.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 24 November 2024

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

   This is a sophisticated and elegant venue with attentive service, friendly and knowledgeable staff, and delightful presentations (our table had the tasting menu). We selected wines by the glass and were impressed by the selections. We’ll be back.
   

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   Jeff

   San Francisco

   3 reviews

   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 23 November 2024

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

   Food is pretty good but priced way too high for the quality and portion sizes. Pet peeve: they take your drink order right away, and drinks arrived 15 minutes later. Barely before the food. A restaurant trying to be this upscale should have drinks on your table promptly.
   

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    OpenTable Diner

    Seattle

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on 23 November 2024

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

    For starters we had their Hamachi and chanterelle mushroom soup.. and for main courses the black cod and the squab (which is basically a pigeon)… both didn’t disappoint. When it came time for dessert we settled on the crème brule cake and the hibiscus red wine poached pear… that’s when our tastes buds just exploded… wow wow wow… props to their chefs… definitely coming again.
    

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