Firefall Ranch at Yosemite

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   Lynne

   VIP

   Orange County

   79 reviews

   4.0

   79 reviews

   Dined on January 11, 2025

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

   Beautiful food with great flavors and lovely server who showed genuine care. Wish there was a fire or more warm touch - still very pretty.
   

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   Claudia

   Central Coast

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on December 26, 2024

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

   Service to get anything on table was slow. Had to ask for wine list twice. Server was very good but perhaps overwhelmed. It was however Christmas Day so much can be forgiven I giess
   

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   Melody

   VIP

   San Francisco

   65 reviews

   3.0

   65 reviews

   Dined on December 9, 2024

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

   This was our first time at the fine dining restaurant, Yova. Overall we had a very nice meal. The ambiance is beautiful and the service was great. The boar chops and side of vegetables were very tasty and good portions. The lobster fettuccini was a very small portion and not something we would order again. It was not only small, but overly oily. $42 should buy you more than an appetizer portion. At the price point of this restaurant, expectations are high and the food should be excellent and well portioned. Note: Entrees don’t include any sides, so you will pay extra for those.
   

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   mark

   San Francisco

   7 reviews

   3.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on November 30, 2024

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

   My first two meals were very good. Unfortunately, this time not so much. The meal came out cold. It just wasn't a very good experience. Going to be my last time for a while.
   

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   Delia

   Central Coast

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on November 17, 2024

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

   Restaurant was amazing and ambience was tranquil. Small portions for the prices, but food was delicious.
   

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   Kirk

   San Francisco

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 10, 2024

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

   Didn’t honor our open table reservation and sat us at the bar and forgot us
   

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   Pat and Bob

   San Francisco

   5 reviews

   4.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on October 24, 2024

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

   The osso buco was tasty but very small amount of lamb. Lamb was in small pieces and when combined with gnocchi, it was primarily like gnocchi soup. I did not care for the presentation. The foccacia and dips were tasty as were the salad, wine and Tiramisu. I think the entree was overpriced. The interior of restaurant is very nice and service was excellent.
   

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   Evelyn

   San Francisco

   20 reviews

   4.0

   20 reviews

   Dined on October 5, 2024

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

   Still a few kinks to work out. New chef is doing a good job. The octopus appetizer was one of the best I’ve ever had. Real skill to get the smokiness and keep the flavor and moisture. Venison wax perfectly cooked, good presentation, balance of flavors. Boar chops were not the best quality, pretty tough and fat not rendered properly but there was flavor. I suggested they use a local source, Rawhide meats, to get better quality chops. We were comped our desserts because of the tough chops which was a positive response. Deserts were fabulous, pot du crème and poached pear in white wine. Great selection of wines. Our server, Mary was wonderful, moving us from a table for four to a table for two when our friends were unable to come. Mary had not been told about the comped desserts but took care of it and gave us our local discount without a problem. Next time I’ll try the Whole Branzino!
   

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   Maria

   San Francisco

   2 reviews

   2.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on September 29, 2024

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

   Firefall is a beautiful resort and it just opened its fine dining restaurant Yova in addition to its more casual tavern. 6 of us had dinner at Yova and were not overly impressed for the prices charged. Several things that could be improved. One person ordered the rib eye steak with mashed potatoes and it was lukewarm. We had to go find the waitress to ask for the dish to be heated up, and it still came back lukewarm. One person ordered the pasta with lobster and it was a minuscule size portion. The white wine should have been served and stored in an ice bucket. The waitress never came back to re-pour our wine. While I wouldn't expect this in a more casual setting, the restaurant is described as "fine dining". Maybe we will retry Yova after it's been open longer and worked out the kinks. We hope it succeeds as it's nice to have restaurant options in the area. I will say the bartender in the tavern was awesome.
   

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    Cheryl

    Greater Boston

    9 reviews

    4.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on September 26, 2024

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

    Dinner was delicious. Atmosphere is beautiful. It’s a fairly new restaurant and service was slow. I’m sure that will improve in time.
    

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