Food was pretty good but the amount of it is pretty little, especially for what you pay for. Ambience is trendy and love the atmosphere. Service was a little slow - it took a while for the food to come out.
Consuelo
If you want a wonderful cocktail and good food, Camelia is great. What it lacked though was a bit of equity. I made a reservation for 7:00pm, was five minutes early to the restaurant, and walk in patrons received a better table than what I was offered for my husband and I. We literally sat next to a planter at the entrance, so my husband had numerous people (who were waiting to be seated) standing one foot away from his back the entire dinner. Thankfully he did not complain about it. Was it because we were new? Was it because they thought we would not spend? I was not sure. The hostess was a bit dismissive. Although the majority of the food was excellent, and the serving staff was kind, our small appetizers did not come out at the right time (kitchen timing). One small plate did, but the others were served when our dinner was served. Our salad of kabocha squash was served following the entree and it seemed quickly assembled and too cold, as if it just moved out of a refrigerator. The burrata made the radicchio mushy and the squash was undercooked as well. The two items of note were the cocktails (I recommend the Vieux Carre) and the roasted mushroom small plate. I have a shrimp allergy so I had to avoid most of the menu (too bad), but the New York steak and Grilled Loup De Mer (Branzino) was excellent. Plan to spend approximately $400, plus tip for a full spread and drinks.
Jenny
We loved our experience at Camelia. Took our 4Y/O toddler with us but it was casual yet upscale ambiance and we sat in the patio
Shea
Amazing food, cocktails, and service. No notes. Everything we had was not only excellent, but excellently coursed and explained.
Vy
Food is excellent with reasonable price point but our server Priya needs more training. She keeps forgetting our requests, asked for the menu couple times before she remember to bring it and almost forgot to hand me my togo order. Almost walked out without it. Good thing I remember to ask her or else I would have been very upset. Understand that it's busy but for this level of restaurant servers need to be more attentive. They also added 4% “compensation fees to pay their staffs”
Antonietta
Service was excellent,warm inviting and knowledgeable. We enjoyed the experience from start to finish.
Natalie
I really wanted to love this place since I'd heard about it from some reputable sources. The service was great, nice all around. The plates were very small. Tasty, but nothing that I would drive an hour to go to again anytime soon. Very expensive for small dishes. Pasta dish was like a kids order of buttered pasta. Now, the desserts were very good. I had the rolls which were tasty. The persimmon salad was minuscule, not much to it at all. Very tasty though. The pot pie was more like a biscuit on top of a ramekin of mushrooms since I don't eat fish, not much to it. A potato or some more veggies could have been added. Flavor again, very tasty. If I lived closer, sure, I'd go during another season to experience new dishes.
chad
Everything about this place was on point from the food, waitstaff, and ambiance. I'm so glad to have been able to experience such an amazing restaurant. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a date night with excellent food. I'm still thinking about their Croque Madame of Ham Katsu.
Deborah
Food was good. Great service and I would eat here again. The grilled oyster mushrooms were the best and I'll be dreaming about it.
Brenden
I thought the food was simply excellent. There may be no better combination than French and Japanese cuisine. The space was intimate and pleasant. The staff was attentive and knowledgable. The valet was efficient and affable, even in the rain storm. Hard to imagine a better Friday night dining experience. We will be back soon!
This is a great looking place, but the seats were not at all comfortable. Our feet didn't fit under the bulky scroll leg table. Cocktails were good, and the bartender was great to make a specialty drink at my wife's request. Disappointing wines by the glass, but I did find a decent Gamay. Food was a mixed bag. Uni & Blue Fin Tuna Toast was a huge disappointment and we could not taste any uni. 2 small bites for $25 was a fleecing, and not at all worth it. Chicken Liver Toast was much better, but the portion was also minuscule. These items felt more like an amuse than an app. Uni Pasta had good flavors and pasta was done perfectly, but uni was practically non-exixtent. Croque Madame was excellent and probably our favorite dish of the night. Odd presentation that was like an upscale chipped beef (with ham, of course) and an egg yolk on top. We also tried the Burger and it was very good. Too much bun for me, but flavors were good. The Fries were covered with entirely too much salt, but the curry ketchup was very tasty. Got a mochi dessert that was one chocolate (too hard) and one whiskey (tasted just like vanilla) ice cream. Really not at all worth it and the server very nicely took it off our check. Service was good, overall, but it was a little odd. Including the hostess and a brief visit to the bar where we talked to one bartender, we interacted with 7 staff, 6 at our table. Biggest disappointment was no mention of our Anniversary that we indicated in our notes. They obviously saw it as they mentioned they could not accomodate our specific table request. Whatever, just disappointing. We would not return, but I am sure people can find things to like about the place.
Ravi
grilled Kabocha was amazing, must get it. Grilled duck breast was good as well as the Bolognese. The potato Gratin was not good at all. The potato was soggy, unpleasantly sweet. Pretty bad dish. I also did not care much for the katsu. It was good not great.
Robert
I had high hopes for this restaurant. Being part of the curated Visa collection, I presumed that the food would be exceptional. However, the tastes were simply peculiar. We had the uni and bluefin starter, as well as the flame seared sashimi. The flavor components were smeared, and the texture was a bit pasty. The black sesame bread was pleasant. My wife had the abalone and scallop pot pie. She thought it was marginal; something she would not order again. I had the steak and fries. The quality of the e steak was fine and they cooked it like I asked, but the flavor again was peculiar. The Negroni and spirits were fine. Also, likely due to the relationship with Visa, I am certain their prices went up to offset the marketing costs? I was not expecting a value by any means, but the cost to portion was ratio was heavy on cost 🤣
Ari
Food was amazing. Service needs improving, they first couple of courses came promptly but then we waited more than 45 mins before anything else came
Dennis
My wife and I had a lovely meal last Saturday night. Everything we had, from cocktails through to dessert, was very good. The restaurant was very busy, but the service was quite good. The pace was a bit slow at times, but overall it was fine since we had nowhere we needed to be. From being seated until the check was paid took about 2.5 hours. While everything tasted good, it did seem that some of the dishes were a bit on the high side in terms of price. What we had: Spritz and Old Fashioned: Both very well made. Parker House rolls, salted French butter: Very good. Tough to go wrong with bread and butter. Chicken liver mousse toast with huckleberry jam: Very nice. The jam really set it off. Market lettuce, Asian pear salad: Very, very nice. Just the right amount of sweetness for us. Croque Madame: Fabulous. By far our favorite dish. Just get it. You won't be disappointed. Duck confit, black caviar lentils: Good. Crispy skin was nice, but the dish was a bit salty. Sweet potato gratin: Delicious. Rich and flavorful. Our second favorite dish. Castella pudding: Very nice. Light and not too sweet. Cotton Cheesecake: Fabulous. The cheesecake and ice cream made for a great bite.
Food was pretty good but the amount of it is pretty little, especially for what you pay for. Ambience is trendy and love the atmosphere. Service was a little slow - it took a while for the food to come out.
If you want a wonderful cocktail and good food, Camelia is great. What it lacked though was a bit of equity. I made a reservation for 7:00pm, was five minutes early to the restaurant, and walk in patrons received a better table than what I was offered for my husband and I. We literally sat next to a planter at the entrance, so my husband had numerous people (who were waiting to be seated) standing one foot away from his back the entire dinner. Thankfully he did not complain about it. Was it because we were new? Was it because they thought we would not spend? I was not sure. The hostess was a bit dismissive. Although the majority of the food was excellent, and the serving staff was kind, our small appetizers did not come out at the right time (kitchen timing). One small plate did, but the others were served when our dinner was served. Our salad of kabocha squash was served following the entree and it seemed quickly assembled and too cold, as if it just moved out of a refrigerator. The burrata made the radicchio mushy and the squash was undercooked as well. The two items of note were the cocktails (I recommend the Vieux Carre) and the roasted mushroom small plate. I have a shrimp allergy so I had to avoid most of the menu (too bad), but the New York steak and Grilled Loup De Mer (Branzino) was excellent. Plan to spend approximately $400, plus tip for a full spread and drinks.
We loved our experience at Camelia. Took our 4Y/O toddler with us but it was casual yet upscale ambiance and we sat in the patio
Amazing food, cocktails, and service. No notes. Everything we had was not only excellent, but excellently coursed and explained.
Food is excellent with reasonable price point but our server Priya needs more training. She keeps forgetting our requests, asked for the menu couple times before she remember to bring it and almost forgot to hand me my togo order. Almost walked out without it. Good thing I remember to ask her or else I would have been very upset. Understand that it's busy but for this level of restaurant servers need to be more attentive. They also added 4% “compensation fees to pay their staffs”
Service was excellent,warm inviting and knowledgeable. We enjoyed the experience from start to finish.
I really wanted to love this place since I'd heard about it from some reputable sources. The service was great, nice all around. The plates were very small. Tasty, but nothing that I would drive an hour to go to again anytime soon. Very expensive for small dishes. Pasta dish was like a kids order of buttered pasta. Now, the desserts were very good. I had the rolls which were tasty. The persimmon salad was minuscule, not much to it at all. Very tasty though. The pot pie was more like a biscuit on top of a ramekin of mushrooms since I don't eat fish, not much to it. A potato or some more veggies could have been added. Flavor again, very tasty. If I lived closer, sure, I'd go during another season to experience new dishes.
Everything about this place was on point from the food, waitstaff, and ambiance. I'm so glad to have been able to experience such an amazing restaurant. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a date night with excellent food. I'm still thinking about their Croque Madame of Ham Katsu.
Food was good. Great service and I would eat here again. The grilled oyster mushrooms were the best and I'll be dreaming about it.
I thought the food was simply excellent. There may be no better combination than French and Japanese cuisine. The space was intimate and pleasant. The staff was attentive and knowledgable. The valet was efficient and affable, even in the rain storm. Hard to imagine a better Friday night dining experience. We will be back soon!
Restaurantji Recommends
This is a great looking place, but the seats were not at all comfortable. Our feet didn't fit under the bulky scroll leg table. Cocktails were good, and the bartender was great to make a specialty drink at my wife's request. Disappointing wines by the glass, but I did find a decent Gamay. Food was a mixed bag. Uni & Blue Fin Tuna Toast was a huge disappointment and we could not taste any uni. 2 small bites for $25 was a fleecing, and not at all worth it. Chicken Liver Toast was much better, but the portion was also minuscule. These items felt more like an amuse than an app. Uni Pasta had good flavors and pasta was done perfectly, but uni was practically non-exixtent. Croque Madame was excellent and probably our favorite dish of the night. Odd presentation that was like an upscale chipped beef (with ham, of course) and an egg yolk on top. We also tried the Burger and it was very good. Too much bun for me, but flavors were good. The Fries were covered with entirely too much salt, but the curry ketchup was very tasty. Got a mochi dessert that was one chocolate (too hard) and one whiskey (tasted just like vanilla) ice cream. Really not at all worth it and the server very nicely took it off our check. Service was good, overall, but it was a little odd. Including the hostess and a brief visit to the bar where we talked to one bartender, we interacted with 7 staff, 6 at our table. Biggest disappointment was no mention of our Anniversary that we indicated in our notes. They obviously saw it as they mentioned they could not accomodate our specific table request. Whatever, just disappointing. We would not return, but I am sure people can find things to like about the place.
grilled Kabocha was amazing, must get it. Grilled duck breast was good as well as the Bolognese. The potato Gratin was not good at all. The potato was soggy, unpleasantly sweet. Pretty bad dish. I also did not care much for the katsu. It was good not great.
I had high hopes for this restaurant. Being part of the curated Visa collection, I presumed that the food would be exceptional. However, the tastes were simply peculiar. We had the uni and bluefin starter, as well as the flame seared sashimi. The flavor components were smeared, and the texture was a bit pasty. The black sesame bread was pleasant. My wife had the abalone and scallop pot pie. She thought it was marginal; something she would not order again. I had the steak and fries. The quality of the e steak was fine and they cooked it like I asked, but the flavor again was peculiar. The Negroni and spirits were fine. Also, likely due to the relationship with Visa, I am certain their prices went up to offset the marketing costs? I was not expecting a value by any means, but the cost to portion was ratio was heavy on cost 🤣
Food was amazing. Service needs improving, they first couple of courses came promptly but then we waited more than 45 mins before anything else came
My wife and I had a lovely meal last Saturday night. Everything we had, from cocktails through to dessert, was very good. The restaurant was very busy, but the service was quite good. The pace was a bit slow at times, but overall it was fine since we had nowhere we needed to be. From being seated until the check was paid took about 2.5 hours. While everything tasted good, it did seem that some of the dishes were a bit on the high side in terms of price. What we had: Spritz and Old Fashioned: Both very well made. Parker House rolls, salted French butter: Very good. Tough to go wrong with bread and butter. Chicken liver mousse toast with huckleberry jam: Very nice. The jam really set it off. Market lettuce, Asian pear salad: Very, very nice. Just the right amount of sweetness for us. Croque Madame: Fabulous. By far our favorite dish. Just get it. You won't be disappointed. Duck confit, black caviar lentils: Good. Crispy skin was nice, but the dish was a bit salty. Sweet potato gratin: Delicious. Rich and flavorful. Our second favorite dish. Castella pudding: Very nice. Light and not too sweet. Cotton Cheesecake: Fabulous. The cheesecake and ice cream made for a great bite.
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