Enchanted Forest Dining Experience

372 Main St, Placerville
(916) 715-9755

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Steve

The Enchanted Forest is a unique dining experience. The dining area is subdued lighting surrounded by decorative walls with the effect of dining in a wooded glade. There are small white lights suspended overhead, giving the illusion of fireflies. Each guest is given a head band of small colored lights to wear. The staff all have elf ears. So, overall, an outstanding ambiance. And the menu is also outstanding. We started with a bowl of lobster soup and a strawberry-and-goat-cheese salad. We also had a delicious puff pastry appetizer. My wife enjoyed her beef short ribs and I enjoyed my grilled scallops with wild rice and mushrooms. Plus our beverage of choice was a split of Prosecco. Our wait staff was outstanding. Only issue was a very loud patron at the bar who seemed to think everyone in the restaurant needed to hear what he was saying. We will be back to check out the Thursday night Fondue menu.

Daven

We had a ball! The ambiance is wonderful, the mead flight was a hoot, and the service was terrific! An excellent time was had by all!

Domini

Great service! We had the EF fondue experience, Delicious!!! Loved the live Irish ,very low background music.

Mary

What a fun and kitschy experience! What's not to love? Cheese fondue, a flight of mead, excellent salad, and sparkly crowns underneath a Hobbit looking tree.

Joan

The food was delicious and the ambience was very pleasant. The downside was the service. The staff spent a lot of time on their phones and socializing with one another. There was a guest celebrating her birthday nearby which the staff acknowledged however they failed to give her and her date the colored light crowns that all the other guests received. She had to ask for one directly which they should have given her in the first place.

Calvin

Highly recommend anyone considered a minority to stay far away from here unless you like being treated like dirt feel free to water your money on this poor establishment that should have gone out of business earlier this month.

Pam

Took FOREVER to be greeted. Server made us find our own way to the bar seating I had reserved. The only 2 seats were where previous diners had left and all their dishes were still there. Sat another 15 minutes with dirty dishes while numerous staff behind the bar completely ignored us, never greeted us, didn't clean up or apologize or explain if they had a staffing problem, never got menus and were seated under a cold air vent blowing on us from the ceiling. Needless to say - we walked out. Enchanted? NOT!!

Candace

I'm 57 and went here with my family for a birthday celebration. They've done a good job, trying to find their niche. The waiters wear elf ears and there's fake leaves everywhere to give you the feel that you're in a forest. Everybody gets a colorful light up crown. The reason I'm not giving this better reviews is that I checked the menu ahead of time to see what the options were, but when we arrived, there were three items that were blocked off the menu and another option that wasn't blocked off but our waiter said they were out of. So there were probably only four maybe five entrées available on a Sunday night. Our food was good, but not mind blowing as it didn't have a lot of seasoning and flavor. I had the gold miners pasty that was featured on the Food Network and has 24 karat gold sprinkled on top. I'm sure we could've asked for salt, but it just lacked flavor. The flickering lights above our heads were annoying, but they brought us a table light and that evened out the lighting in the booth. The booths are so old and lumpy that all of our booties were sore and painful after an hour and a half of dining. I can't remember that ever happening before and we go out all the time. The best thing about our evening was our waiter was wonderful and friendly and the pumpkin cheesecake was delicious.

Stacie

We saw this restaurant on the morning news. They said they were scheduled to close, but were going to be able to stay open. We decided to try it because it sounded cool and the menu looked great! We got there, were seated promptly and the menus were handed to us. All the items we wanted to order were taped over and we were told they were unavailable. No steaks, no lobster. We ordered dinners. 2 ordered seared scallops, one ordered Portobello mushroom and the fourth ordered cheese fondue. We also ordered a lobster bisque soup, a shrimp appetizer and a brie appetizer. The brie came out, then the cheese fondue came out then the brie appetizer came out. Then the Portobello mushroom dinner arrived. No bisque, no shrimp and NO scallops dinners came out. After nearly an hour we caught up with our waiter. He comped us a fondue dinner, which was shared and added some scallops. It was a very tough experience. Took 3 hours. Our reservations was 445 and we got out at 745. Not sure we will be back. It wasn't a great experience for any of us.

LouAnn

The ambiance is incredible. The service, incredible. The music, excellent. We had the 4 tapas for an appetizer, so glad we did, because it was delicious. The dinner choices are a delicious experience. We loved it! Celebrated our 29th anniversary. We will be back. A great gift certificate to give. Our kids gave us one 2 years ago...one of our best gifts ever!

Deanna

Exellent experience and I will definitely be coming back! The food and atmosphere are incredible! The service was a bit slow but otherwise great time overall. Highly recommend.

Tamara

I reserved table and there was none available T the time of the reservation although that is what I had scheduled. M handicapped and had to sit at the bar. So

COLLEEN

The food is not very good especially for the price. The ambiance was ok. It was very old and worn out and dirty. The server was great. This was a one and done place to visit for me and my family.

Janine

My friend and I thoroughly enjoyed our dining experience at the Enchanted Forest. The staff were very courteous and helpful, the atmosphere was enchanting, and the food was excellent.

Jeff

Great dining experience, had never tried Fondue 🫕 it was great! Even with live music and sitting at the bar my wife and I could easily talk and enjoy our meal. The music before and during the live performance was very fitting with the environment and not overpowering. Fantastic night. Hope it can stick around so we can go back.

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Enchanted Forest Dining Experience

372 Main St, Placerville, CA 95667
(916) 715-9755