Best restaurant in Oshkosh because of their fresh locally sourced ingredients, staff is knowledgeable and they have an amazing wine and bourbon selection! Hours are limited though.
Cordelia B.
Outstanding food and service! Family owned and operated. French ambiance and local art displays!
Marlee H.
Great food and nice atmosphere . Good service too. Varied menu as well . Unusual restaurant for Oshkosh .
John F.
Small menu - authentic cuisine. Very reasonably priced. We were a little shocked how affordable it was. Great craft cocktails. Bourbon selection was almost all "high test" alcohol content. Risotto and halibut were amazing. BRaised beef ravioli very rich but very good. Bruschetta is not great and doesn't fit with how wonderful everything else was. Nice little gem with a long, bright future is they stay true to their mission.
Sarah N.
Great place to meet friends, enjoy a glass of wine or a bite to eat. Staff is great and helpful.
Lisa I.
We stopped in after visiting the Paine Museum, and stumbled across the BEST happy hour! We had several glasses of half-price wine and two of the best appetizers--baked Brie and bruschetta. Both were perfection! In addition, our server, Beth, was attentive and friendly. Excellent all around! Highly recommend!!
Glenn S.
Sort of a weird menu. Part American, part Italian. I usually have hesitation when it comes to places that feature two different cuisines that aren't modern fusion. But since my parents were paying and had dined here before and enjoyed it, I figured I keep such misgivings to myself. And I was pleasantly surprised that I was wrong. I opted for the soup with my entree instead of the salad, even though my parents had the salad and it looked good for a pile of rabbit food. However, the lobster bisque, not sure if it was soup of the day, probably was, was really good. It actually tasted like lobster. So, it was either homemade broth or they found a supplier who actually sells lobster broth that tastes like lobster. Either way, I was expecting only a hint of lobster from it, like when ordering clam chowder with barely any clam meat and only a hint of clam flavor. For my entree I ordered the shrimp prosciutto fettuccine. Overall, it was much better than the previous pasta dish I had eating out. Though, I should've done an add-on of more shrimp to balance it out a little better. My only niggling complaints were that the prosciutto would've been an even better textural experience if it had been crisped up a bit more. And I think I would've preferred the garlic herb sauce from another pasta dish on the menu instead of the white wine sauce it came with. However, as I told my mother, the combination of shrimp, fettuccine, and garlic is overplayed, and I think that might be why they did the wine sauce instead. Still, it was really good and I wasn't disappointed in the least. A very good place to dine in a city filled with chain restaurants.
Linda L.
There's 2 hour free parking nearby. This is a restaurant where you find seating yourself and the staff will come to you. This is where we waited a while to get served. We got the starter, Pear, Prosciutto, & Brie and the Gardina's Seasonal Risotto with Salmon. The food took longer than expected to come out. Otherwise, we really enjoyed the food. This has to be the best risotto I've had!
Chelsey H.
The last couple of times we have gone the food hasn't really been fresh and tasteful. I really did like going here a lot with my friends but has lost my interest these past couple of times.
Carmen L.
Over priced and not very creative the few times I've been. The portions were smaller than I would have thought given the price.
Skimpest portion of potatoes ever!Bar tender good but offered comp desert for slow service then neve did . . Portion wine very skimpy!Overall my party would give 1,6 stars & thumbs down.
johnsonevv
What a fun restaurant with great food. We had the crostini appetizer and it was excellent. Husband got beef ravioli in a mushroom sauce. It was excellent. I had blue crab pasta and it was very good. Great find on Main Street. Only 10 minutes from the Target store. Easy to find.
Kara A.
Went to Gardena's when visiting Oshkosh from San Jose, CA. It's somewhere between American and Italian food, all done so well. I was with my family and everyone loved their meal. The service was friendly and fast, but never awkwardly friendly. They also have a rotating selection of art on the walls.
shawnschey
Terrific food! Had the ravioli stuffed with braised beef in a mushroom sauce, and it was divine. The house salad had a citrus vinaigrette on it that was flavorful, and to cap it off, their LAVA CAKE! You haven't had chocolate until you have one of their lava cakes. I mean it. Nothing else compares when it comes to a chocolate treat. Husband ordered the salmon dinner and was equally impressed. Love this place!
Teri G.
The decor was nice. But, given the somewhat high prices, the quality just wasn't there. The menu options were pretty limited. Unfortunately, the waiter messed up my order (though they made a nice attempt to "make it right ". But really, I wouldn't go back.
Best restaurant in Oshkosh because of their fresh locally sourced ingredients, staff is knowledgeable and they have an amazing wine and bourbon selection! Hours are limited though.
Outstanding food and service! Family owned and operated. French ambiance and local art displays!
Great food and nice atmosphere . Good service too. Varied menu as well . Unusual restaurant for Oshkosh .
Small menu - authentic cuisine. Very reasonably priced. We were a little shocked how affordable it was. Great craft cocktails. Bourbon selection was almost all "high test" alcohol content. Risotto and halibut were amazing. BRaised beef ravioli very rich but very good. Bruschetta is not great and doesn't fit with how wonderful everything else was. Nice little gem with a long, bright future is they stay true to their mission.
Great place to meet friends, enjoy a glass of wine or a bite to eat. Staff is great and helpful.
We stopped in after visiting the Paine Museum, and stumbled across the BEST happy hour! We had several glasses of half-price wine and two of the best appetizers--baked Brie and bruschetta. Both were perfection! In addition, our server, Beth, was attentive and friendly. Excellent all around! Highly recommend!!
Sort of a weird menu. Part American, part Italian. I usually have hesitation when it comes to places that feature two different cuisines that aren't modern fusion. But since my parents were paying and had dined here before and enjoyed it, I figured I keep such misgivings to myself. And I was pleasantly surprised that I was wrong. I opted for the soup with my entree instead of the salad, even though my parents had the salad and it looked good for a pile of rabbit food. However, the lobster bisque, not sure if it was soup of the day, probably was, was really good. It actually tasted like lobster. So, it was either homemade broth or they found a supplier who actually sells lobster broth that tastes like lobster. Either way, I was expecting only a hint of lobster from it, like when ordering clam chowder with barely any clam meat and only a hint of clam flavor. For my entree I ordered the shrimp prosciutto fettuccine. Overall, it was much better than the previous pasta dish I had eating out. Though, I should've done an add-on of more shrimp to balance it out a little better. My only niggling complaints were that the prosciutto would've been an even better textural experience if it had been crisped up a bit more. And I think I would've preferred the garlic herb sauce from another pasta dish on the menu instead of the white wine sauce it came with. However, as I told my mother, the combination of shrimp, fettuccine, and garlic is overplayed, and I think that might be why they did the wine sauce instead. Still, it was really good and I wasn't disappointed in the least. A very good place to dine in a city filled with chain restaurants.
There's 2 hour free parking nearby. This is a restaurant where you find seating yourself and the staff will come to you. This is where we waited a while to get served. We got the starter, Pear, Prosciutto, & Brie and the Gardina's Seasonal Risotto with Salmon. The food took longer than expected to come out. Otherwise, we really enjoyed the food. This has to be the best risotto I've had!
The last couple of times we have gone the food hasn't really been fresh and tasteful. I really did like going here a lot with my friends but has lost my interest these past couple of times.
Over priced and not very creative the few times I've been. The portions were smaller than I would have thought given the price.
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Skimpest portion of potatoes ever!Bar tender good but offered comp desert for slow service then neve did . . Portion wine very skimpy!Overall my party would give 1,6 stars & thumbs down.
What a fun restaurant with great food. We had the crostini appetizer and it was excellent. Husband got beef ravioli in a mushroom sauce. It was excellent. I had blue crab pasta and it was very good. Great find on Main Street. Only 10 minutes from the Target store. Easy to find.
Went to Gardena's when visiting Oshkosh from San Jose, CA. It's somewhere between American and Italian food, all done so well. I was with my family and everyone loved their meal. The service was friendly and fast, but never awkwardly friendly. They also have a rotating selection of art on the walls.
Terrific food! Had the ravioli stuffed with braised beef in a mushroom sauce, and it was divine. The house salad had a citrus vinaigrette on it that was flavorful, and to cap it off, their LAVA CAKE! You haven't had chocolate until you have one of their lava cakes. I mean it. Nothing else compares when it comes to a chocolate treat. Husband ordered the salmon dinner and was equally impressed. Love this place!
The decor was nice. But, given the somewhat high prices, the quality just wasn't there. The menu options were pretty limited. Unfortunately, the waiter messed up my order (though they made a nice attempt to "make it right ". But really, I wouldn't go back.