Grisette - Richmond

We were really excited to try this restaurant. I don’t know if we had a bad night ,but the food was underwhelming. Chicken Dianne, was a drumstick ? Ever try to eat a drumstick with a knife and fork ? Large wine list . Steak Frites , frites were tasty , steak was textured like a flank . Good service. Very loud , hard to have a conversation, tightly packed in. I feel it’s more for a younger crowd 24-32. Fancy house cocktails were fun. It’s not expensive for a nice restaurant, but it was too pricey for the food we received. Shame, had high hopes.

Lovely food, fantastic service from our waiter. Will definitely be returning

Went here for my birthday dinner and it was one of the best meals I’ve ever had. The wine selection was amazing and our server, Dane, was extremely knowledgeable, pleasant friendly. Even though we had a really late reservation, we never felt rushed or like the restaurant was getting ready for closing while we were still there. All of the specials were sold out by the time we got there so I’d suggest an earlier reservation but if you order off the regular menu you will NOT be disappointed. The portions were the perfect size and everything went so well with every dish. If you haven’t been you MUST go! And if you get Dane as your server, your experience will be even better.

I would like to write a positive review but that would assume we had a positive experience. I am from the West and made a reservation two weeks in advance of going based on the fine Google reviews I had read. What we did not expect was the smallest table for 2 that I have ever been served at, barely big enough for a bottle of wine and two glasses. (And as other reviews will confirm, I am not exaggerating. Then there was constant wait-staff traffic on both sides of the table. Totally insulting for a meal of $230+ for two. Perhaps the most disappointing experience of the evening was taking our waiter's glowing recommendation for wine that they were serving (at $20/glass based on his proclamation that he was the sommelier! Having just read Grisetta's website, he is most definitely not the sommelier, the owner is. It was a tempranillo wine, a variety that I have drank a great deal of over my life. My wife and I both found it to be anything but satisfying. We went on to order a bottle of my choosing, something far superior (at $85 and hadthe tempranillo removed from the table. Now, in all of my fine dining experiences over the course of my 70 year life, I have never been asked to pay for a wine that I did not think was up to the quality billed. But sure enough the waiter insisted on putting it on the tab. As for the food, very good with the exception of the pistachio cake which really missed the mark posing as a banana cake with a few nuts. Other staff members that we encountered were very warm and friendly. But, way too many other great restaurants in Richmond for us to consider this one again.

Wow! This was an amazing experience! The food was incredible and the service was fast, friendly and with incredible knowledge about all aspects of the food and its preparation. I definitely want to go back and highly recommend it!