Restaurants near Scofield Reservoir

The service at The Block was great as usual. However, I wasn't impressed with where they positioned our table. We were too close to a door and when it's below freezing outside, getting a cold burst of air each time the door opens is never welcome. They released their Winter menu and we started with the Block Toast, and it was fantastic. It was a grilled sourdough with a skillet baked cheese, onion based marmalade, and prosciutto. I would order that again. The Pear salad and Block Wedge salad were good but beware the Block Wedge is a little spicy. I would have enjoyed a little less spice and more blue cheese flavors. For the entrees, we had the Gnocchi and the Duck. The Gnocchi dish was like a warm hug. For those that have grown up from the south you will love this dish with a generous portion of braised short rib. The Duck wasn't as good as I had hoped. The duck was too chewy making it a little difficult to eat, but the flavor was good when combined with the pear. In summary a good high end restaurant, but know it comes with a higher price.

We tried some of their new menu. The scallop bacon wrap was delicious but the lobster short bread was a bit salty. The main course was delicious we had grill lobster shrimp and salmon and the new lobster pappardelle pasta and both were tasty and quality seafood. Manager and server tried their best. Overall I give them a thumbs up.

Tonight was our third visit this week to The Lakehouse. Tonight we met some friends who are leaving the area soon and found out they had never been to the Lakehouse! Once inside they were delightfully impressed with the ambiance and style. They had no idea despite having driven by hundreds of times and were so pleasantly surprised. We were able to sit upstairs, our favorite spot, and Gemma was our server. The food was wonderful. Our appetizer choice tonight were the scones. The consensus was “eat dessert first - life is short”. Totally delicious and I recommend. The short rib rigatoni was excellent reported by my Italian food loving friend, the pastrami burger, the filet and sea bass - bon appetit. We finished by sharing one dessert, the warm chocolate chip cookie with ice cream. Perfect. One more surprise was the coffee I ordered after dinner. It was creamy and so tasteful and just the right finish to another delightful gathering. Congratulations and thank you Andrew for a wonderful restaurant and staff. Pamela

The Lamb Shank was incredible, cooked perfectly. The entire meal was delicious. We left extremely full and very happy. The service is great, too!

Wait staff and Manager checked in on us several times to make sure our meal and the service were on point.