Cress On Oak Creek - Sedona

Ambiance is lovely but the food leaves much to be desired. Very limited menu with low to average dishes.

What happened to this spectacular restaurant? Cress on Oak Creek has been a staple in my business trips to Sedona with colleagues. Since May 2022, the restaurant and resort has taken a downward spiral. Parking: The new Director , according to the valet, is to blame for their removal of free self parking. The penny gouging starts once you leave the car. Enter the main lobby and hotel check-in, it 's clear the restaurant and hotel are short staffed and manners have been lost. Restaurant: The atmosphere at this restaurant is the best in Sedona. A peaceful and intimate location where you should* expect everyone to be respectful and polite (guests included). It seems their dress code, which added to their intimate atmosphere, is no longer existent. We were blown away at guests wearing Just Do It Nike T-shirt to dinner, and guests walking by our table in swim trunks and rafts (we sat down at 7pm (prime sunset). Table cloths were not ironed, which goes to show they are missing the most simple aspects to fine dining. It 's the little things that demonstrate an attention to detail, that we all want in an expensive fine dining experience. In 2022, you could expect a cocktail to dance in your mouth, opening you to new, one of a kind, flavors. The meals used to demonstrate culinary masterpieces. Today, I am deeply saddened that they have lost their touch here as well. I have no issue paying high prices for fine dining, but I feel regret in getting taken advantage of when they don 't follow through to the standards of fine dining. For instance, the ribeye lacked proper trimming and they did not provide adequate potatoes to explore the flavors. Servers/hosts: The man who seated us, clearly needed deodorant and I kept getting his body odor when he was walking by, (at least 10 feet away), due to the breeze. I found it unusual how quickly they took my dessert plate. I had finished my bite of their apple tart, and within half a second of putting my fork down, they asked to take my plate. This shouldn 't feel rushed, it should feel smooth, and they should understand body language and when the most polite time is to remove the plate. Overall, I will not be returning again. This is no longer fine dining, and the resort needs to be strict if they ever want to be seen as 5 stars. Hell, even fix your fly problem which was never an issue before. To those romantic couples trying to make a night memorable, I 'd recommend Different Point of View in Phoenix. Don 't let Cress on Oak Street ruin your intimacy.

Large groups are not welcome. The service staff was overwhelmed. We gave them a chance to recover, and they never did. Terribly disappointed with taste and portions for the high cost. $145 per person. Visit the creek, but don't dine here.

It's unfortunate to say, but the atmosphere was the only good part of our visit. Sitting by the creek is beautiful. Unfortunately the food was incredibly overpriced and just mediocre. My fries had a hair in it, which I asked to exchange. And at the end, we waited a long time for our waiter to return in order to pay. We had to ask the host to find him, after standing around for a while. The views are nice. Unfortunately, it wasn't worth $150 and $17 for valet parking (only option.

I have such mixed feelings about this place. The atmosphere is beautiful and the wait staff was incredible, but the food is completely overpriced and minuscule portions. we had the prefixed three course meal for $150.00 each. We had two choices strip steak and sea bass. It came with either a mushroom soup, or some kind of mixed vegetables, and two dessert choices. I had the mushroom soup which was like a bisque very good but small and cold. My husband had the vegetables they were good, but again extremely small portion. The strip steak was more like a filet mignon and it was awesome, cooked beautifully no fat, except the portion was small, and I mean really small two very little pieces probably not even 3 ounces total, along with a swipe of mesh potatoes. Being the New Yorker I am, I complained about the meniscal portion so they were very kind and brought us another piece of steak, BUT they were end chunks which i believe would have been eaten by staff and not normally served. Thankfully the bread basket was delicious and that kind of filled us up. The two dessert choices were disappointments. One was some kind of hazelnut chocolate and the other one was a pistachio cake, neither one was spectacular. Glasses of average wine were in the $28 range apiece. so between our two meals and three dinks each, dinner and tip came to about $600. Oh, and if dinner wasn’t expensive enough, they also want $18 to park your car plus of course you have to tip the guy. I would have to say this is a One and Done experience. restaurant and ambience is beautiful, the food while unique is extremely minuscule so don’t go too hungry.