Wolfdale's Cuisine Unique

I checked with a few of my friends that live in Lake Tahoe, and the consensus was Wolfdale's is the best restaurant in the area. And it lived up to expectations. Both the service level and the food quality was outstanding. Highly recommended!

Gyoza was great...Caprese was delicious and the preparation on the Halibut was freaking awesome!!!

The food was really weird. Thai curry halibut with a giant dollop of pesto with Parmesan? The filet was served in a dish in a soup sized serving of terrible bbq sauce. It's was really pretty bad. The views are astounding

Our dinner was absolutely fabulous! The halibut was out of this world. We are going back next Saturday!

We always enjoy Wolfdale's! We had a party of six (6); two of which were having birthdays. Food was excellent !

There is lovely ambience but really only in a small area of the dining spaces. We found overall that our reception by hostess and table was disappointing. We eventually got to a table we were comfortable in ( the outdoor table we were initially seated in was overlooking the parking lot). But once reseated we were “ abandoned” to finally be found by our waiter (who was personable and did a great job). This is a “very high-end” restaurant in Tahoe City. Given the prices and the hit or miss character of the ambience based on where one is seated, We (long time vacation home owners in TC, would not go again. Christy Hill “ right next door”had much better lakeside ambience, menu choices and guest reception. (Also pricey but still draws us there for special occasion dinners).

Keys to earning 5 stars from me: subtlety; balance; presentation; imagination; respect for precedent. Only 7 restaurants worldwide have earned 5 stars from me over 50+ years. Why does Wolfdale's deserve 5 stars? Quietly awesome food, service, ambience: This small, elegantly simple venue feels like a warm welcome with its fine views, fine art, and fine but not snobbish service; the corn chowder w/ fresh flower bits was absolutely delicious; the ahi poke cones appetizer was, as always, perfect; the shortribs w browned gravy, mash & potato chips respected tradition nicely; I chose the daily highlighted appetizer for my main -- a softshell crab tempura w/ ponzu dip, house-made bread &butter pickles, & sweet pepper, just lovely; and who could conceive of the flavor + texture wizardry of sauteeing shitake mushroom with currants?!? Wolfdale's! Yum!! Thanks, folks -- see you again soon☺️.

Always my go to when visiting. Had many better meals here than we did this time. I ordered the paella and my wife ordered the braised Korean short rib. Both were pretty mid. I will prob go back to give them another chance. The service was great as always however.

We've dined at Wolfdale's several times over 20 years and always found the quality and variety of the cuisine and cocktails never disappoints . It was a crowded Friday night but service was excellent . We particularly enjoyed Our servers a d were sorry not to have their names. Perhaps Josephine was one nane we recall. I had the halibut Asian style I've had before , delicious and my husband had the paella which I envied as it was amazing and a very different take on heavy paella. Highly recommend it! We always enjoy the variety of fresh ingredients the chef uses We will return before summer is over!

Salmon with lemon ricotta ravioli was outstanding!!!!! Always always our favorite place to dine. Valarie Pagnini

Everything was delicious and very fresh! The lobster tempura is a must. I had it for dessert too!!

Great restaurant. Delicious food. Beautiful serving of dishes. Excellent service. We really liked it. I recommend.

The Walrus Boys had an absolute blast at Wolfdales celebrating mom/wifey/aunties birthday. The service was incredible, the food was outstanding, and the ambience was perfect. You will feel at home on their beautiful patio. 10/10

The service, ambiance and good were just incredible. The fusion of Japanese and Italian cuisine was unexpected and delicious! A must try when you are at Lake Tahoe!

Enjoyed our birthday celebration dinner at Wolfdale's. We have talked about going since it opened 47 years ago, but this was our first time going, but it definitely won't be our last!