Wit & Wisdom

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   Richard

   VIP

   San Francisco

   73 reviews

   3.0

   73 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   Wit and Wisdom is a Michael Mina restaurant located adjacent to the Lodge at Sonoma Resort. Upon entering, we were taken aback by the loudness of the room and blamed poor acoustics. The restaurant was also too cold. Be prepared to spend a lot of money- especially since everything is ala carte. The appetizer take on a Caesar salad (placing the ingredients in a fold of endive) was excellent. My filet mignon was cooked perfectly well and was a high quality cut of meat. I would have liked fries with that, but I couldn't bring myself to order them since they were cooked in duck fat. Maybe it's my 2025 plan to eat healthier, given I might be sacrificing flavor. So I ordered broccolini and it unfortunately came soaked in oil. My wife's sea bass was inadequately seasoned. Dessert special was a pavlova- and it was very good. Service was good. Personally, I think an entree should come with vegetable and starch for one price.
   

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   NiceGuyEddie

   San Francisco

   11 reviews

   5.0

   11 reviews

   Dined on January 3, 2025

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

   Tasting dishes as part of the tasting menu that were from MM’s Egyptian cuisine cookbook was the highlight.
   

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   Susan

   VIP

   San Francisco

   12 reviews

   5.0

   12 reviews

   Dined on January 3, 2025

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

   Another excellent dinner with exceptional service. Only issue was loud patrons a few tables away from us constantly getting up squealing while posing for selfies
   

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   Caroline

   VIP

   Orange County

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on December 29, 2024

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

   Must try place in Sonoma. 100% freshness of sea food platter and the ambience is so friendly and welcoming.
   

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   Steven

   San Francisco

   4 reviews

   3.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on December 28, 2024

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

   Bar and cocktail selection is excellent. Service was disappointing. Waited 30 minutes to be seated even with reservations. Staff seemed overwhelmed. Dinner menu selection is limited. The cauliflower entree was unique and good. The salmon and rice came scooted to the edge of an otherwise empty plate. Birthday celebration not acknowledged. Glad we tried it.
   

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   Luke

   Los Angeles

   30 reviews

   5.0

   30 reviews

   Dined on December 27, 2024

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

   This was our 2nd visit to Wit & Wisdom, and we enjoyed it just as much as our first visit. We were greeted warmly by Trisha who set the tone perfectly with her friendly demeanor, scoring us a great table where we could see all of the action but still have quiet conversation as well. Our drinks were on point. We went with a couple of the house signature cocktails, which there are a good selection of. Our server Dylan pointed out a few of the best dishes as we looked over the menu. We went with the crab and endive Caesar, bomba pizza, and the salmon. All were good but the Cesar was excellent. Great service, creative cocktails, and tasty food. We’ll definitely return on our next trip up to Sonoma.
   

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   Irene

   VIP

   Yosemite

   23 reviews

   5.0

   23 reviews

   Dined on December 19, 2024

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

   We love the endive with crab salad, lobster pot pie and the duck wings here! The service is spot on too!
   

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   Robin

   VIP

   San Francisco

   9 reviews

   2.0

   9 reviews

   Dined on December 15, 2024

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

   Our meal was disappointing at best. We ordered the Calabrian pizza with a honey drizzle and it was coated in honey so that’s all you could taste. We shared a ribeye and the server highly encouraged us to add on Alaskan king crab. It literally was 3 smaller than 1/2 a pencil size pieces with very little actual crab meat. The ribeye was very salty and fat hadn’t rendered so there were solid pieces of fat. I took a friend there from out of town and it was a very poor showing for my lovely city of Sonoma.
   

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   Lori

   VIP

   Portland

   18 reviews

   5.0

   18 reviews

   Dined on December 7, 2024

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

   We had an awesome experience at Wit & Wisdom. We were in town for a Christmas party & had some extra time to eat the day before. We had the best server named Theresa. The meals were delicious. If we are ever back in the area we will definitely return. Thank you.
   

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    Diana

    Washington DC

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 29, 2024

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

    The thanksgiving dinner wasn’t good, due to food flavor and provided selection. All the meals were extremely overpriced. No one in party actually eat their entire meal because the food lacked flavor. Paid over $400 on a thanksgiving meal for 3 people, for food that was completely overpriced and overrated. I wouldn’t recommend the Thanksgiving dinner special.
    

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