279 Bar And Grill

Great food, especially the burgers! Atomsphere and staff also A+.Have been for dinner many times and never disappointed.

Tried it based on someone recommending it. Wasn’t impressed. I think they are out of their league trying to be a fine food place. Good beer selection. Very high priced for what it is. Mediocre.

Our steaks were excellent and so was the service. The place is fresh and clean and the décor is fun! Definitely going back to try the burgers!

Apps are way overpriced order braised pork belly it just thick cut uncured bacon not what I expect when I order pork belly, should be one much thicker cut slab. It was absolutely horrible it just tasted like it was badly freezer burned, had to ask for wings to go after eating it.

5÷9÷15 Took mom there for Mother’s Day dinner. Read some of the reviews prior –thank goodness! Filet Mignon was great! Mom’s seafood combo w/​pasta was good. Dads veal/​shrimp Marsalis –Terrible! Calamari app.- terrible! Prices High! Over rated! We new something was up when there were only 3 cars in the parking lot on Mother’s Day eve. 6:30 pm. $$$-more misses than hits! Head waitress is defiantly hard core WB w/​all the bad colloquialisms. Drinks/​Beer selections are good but what are they trying to be? Fine dining, drinking or sports bar? You make the call– get the filet!

Have been here 3 times. Was very satisfied until our last visit which consisted of a party of 6. The entrees are expensive but we knew to expect that. Most of us liked our dishes-​but we were disappointed that the food was not hot, and one entrée was very skimpy. The server didn’t know the menu very well. I found it odd that she put her elbows on the table, leaning while taking our order. Another server on a different visit asked if ‘you know what youze want’. We were most dissatisfied when our party of six moved to the bar for a nightcap-​the bartender was capping the bottles and closing down the bar-​it was 10:00! She let us know that the bar «doesn’t stay open late». We just dropped $ 500 on dinner/​drinks! Not courteous at all while serving us. We got the hint – we won’t be back!

Really nice bar. Was completely remodeled from years ago that I could remember. Fantastic staff! Didn’t have any food but what we saw coming out look really good.
We will definitely come back.

That’s 279 fries were excellent! The crab bisque was great! The Sicilian burger would have been better if we wouldn’t have gotten it well done… Our bad! Get it medium and it’ll be

The food here is incredible, and changes weekly. The venue itself is nice, if a little misplaced for it’s neighborhood… My advice though, is to call ahead and make sure they have a regular menu the night you want to go, because they do a lot of parties /​food samplings, etc. The service can be a little spotty as well, depending on night. It’s something that has been changing for the better though. I highly recommend giving them a shot for dinner.

Tried 279 for the first time. Wasn’t in the mood for a full dinner so I had the BLT salad. Really enjoyed it! Will definitely be back to try out other menu items. I’ll go 4 stars for now since it was a short visit.

when the waitress greeted us saying «how are youze tonight» I knew we were in trouble. food o. k…my salad was very bland .felt like I was eating a bowl of iceberg. The décor and service are diner. the prices higher end. She cleared our plates and never even asked If we wanted dessert or coffee.

What a great find. The food is always outstanding and consistent. Menu changes weekly. I’m not a huge risotto fan but chefs Jim and Barrett (of Hell’s Kitchen) fame have made me a believer. Nice wine list and their home made pastas esp the pappardelle is a must. Their fish is always prepared to perfection, hard to do on a consistent basis. Recommend reservations on the weekend. It is the best combination of a“bar” and FINE DINING! Love this place!
Just had the stuffed flounder on 1÷10÷14. It was amazing! Not your typical small portion it was filled with crab and fish. Highly recommend it. My friend had the braised short ribs. No knife needed here. They were awesome!

Great food! Exceptional service. This rates as one of my favorites. We will be going back very soon.

My wife and I had a spectacular meal at 279. After hearing so much about it early in the summer, I decided to wait it out until they were open for a while. The ambience in the place is surprisingly nice for casual fine dining — although there were so many tv’s on, it was a little distracting. We ordered the crab cake app after getting our drinks from the waitress, who appeared to be wearing a tank top, which was odd. The crab cake was amazing. Perfect all around, easily the best I’ve had in the area. My wife and I decided to share entrees so I got the tuna and she ordered the filet. We both were shocked by how good they were. Fish tasted like it was flown by Learjet.
Overall, we were stunned at the extremely high quality of the food. I normally review pizza joints, but this place was an exception. Definitely worth checking out.

279 was recommended by a friend so we decided to give it a go. There were six of us total. My first reaction/​opinion of the restaurant was that it reminded me more of a sports bar than an upscale restaurant considering the prices they charge.
To start, we ordered the tempura battered jumbo black prawns, Thai style, with gorgonzola cheese. So, no Gorgonzola at all. Hardly tasted the Thai sauce. No flavor. Maybe a suggestion would be to have the Thai sauce as a dipping sauce? So eh, to the shrimp.
Anytime filet mignon is offered on the menu, I jump at it. BUT, there were other awesome choices I wanted to try. I decided on Veal Scallopini and Colossal Crab Mediterranean. It was delicious. Crab meat was cooked well. I thought the veal would have been in smaller pieces due to the title of the dish, but still good. Came with artichokes, grilled broccoli, and tomatoes. Fingerling potatoes with garlic and parm cheese served on the side.
The bathrooms are very nice. There’s a very nice picture of a male model above the toilet. :)
My favorite dessert is Tiramisu. It was listed on their menu so I HAD to try it. The presentation of the dessert was great. Our thoughts on it wasn’t as good. The cream was a bit thick and very, very salty. I understand what the chef was trying to do with adding a touch of salt, but this went a little overboard. Overall not bad, but wouldn’t get again.
The service started out pretty good. The server didn’t really know the menu. We asked questions and she didn’t know the answer. She was at least considerate and went back to the kitchen to get the answer. After we were done eating our entrée, she never removed the plates from the table. Weird? Yes. We ate dessert while still looking at our entrée plates.
Overall experience. Not great.

After hearing some good things about 279 a group of us decided to try them out on a recent Friday night. I like the fact that there are a lot of TVs and plenty of baseball games were on to watch but they definitely seem all over the place in terms of what they are trying to be. It seems like part sports bar because of this, but then they also had live entertainment starting up around the time we were leaving. During our dinner there was also a wide variety of music playing, so I don’t really know how to classify them on this front.
As far as the food is concerned, we were all very happy with our meals. They offer different dinner specials during the week that are a little bit more on the pricy side ($ 20 – 30) for many of the entrees. I went with the 279 burger, which also comes with fries as the burger options are much cheaper. The burger had some sort of sriracha mayo on it which I loved (along with everything else about the burger). The fries were really good, too. They have a decent beer selection (bottles and draft beer) as well.
My biggest complaint is that they give you a menu with all of these other options on it to choose from. I was set to order the Porketta Pocket that was listed, and my friends planned to order from this menu as well. When we went to order, however, we were told that you can only choose from the dinner specials or the burgers, leaving most of the items on the menu we were given not available. I’m not sure when you can order the other items as this was at 8 o’clock on a Friday, so I think they need work on that situation.

Not at all impressed by 279. After hearing rave reviews by other Unilocalers and a few other friends, it was quite the letdown.
The server was friendly but very uninformed. Didn’t know what beers were on tap other than Miller, Coors and Bud. Several questions about the menu were unknown although she did find the answers after consulting with the kitchen. Asked to split the check evenly which would have been around $ 35 per person, but each person was charged a seemingly random amount.
The tempura prawn appetizer was lackluster. Breading was soggy and falling off and not much flavor to the dish. Also overpriced at $ 11 for 3 shrimp. I had the crab cake entrée which was really good, but the sides left a lot to be desired. The Fillet Mignon was well prepared, as was the risotto that accompanied it. The other entrees ordered by our table were just OK. Veal was a little tough and lacked flavor. Grouper was overdone and not anything to write home about. Dessert was just awful.
Overall, for me, it felt like it was a bar trying to be a restaurant, but not going the extra mile to complete the transformation.

This place has potential. There is clearly some talent in the kitchen. However, there is room for improvement. I was hoping for a five star experience based on the on the first reviewer’s review, but I got a three star. Three is good, don’t get me wrong, and with a few minor tweaks I’m sure 279 Bar and Grill will do just fine. In fact, I’d like to come back in a few months to gauge their progress.
We ordered an appetizer to share, Thai shrimp something or other. It was presented nicely, but it didn’t have much flavor. More salt or more of the Thai sauce would have helped immensely. For dinner I ordered the crab cakes. They were EXCELLENT! They were literally almost all crab, and I don’t throw around the word literally like everyone else seems to these days. I would guess they were 97% crab. I honestly don’t know how they stayed together. They were served with fingerling potatoes, broccoli and a cauliflower mash and, for some reason, chopped celery and sriracha. I could’ve done without the last two as they didn’t really do anything for the dish. The others I was with seemed to be pleased with their entrée choices as well. Dessert, however, was a bit weird. Again the group shared the dish, tiramisu, usually a favorite. But we were all taken aback by an odd addition… salt. While I didn’t find it quite as offensive to my palate as one friend, I wasn’t too enthusiastic about it either.
Overall, I’d say I had a pleasant experience. The server was friendly, our food came out hot and we didn’t wait for drinks. But after we finished our meals, our plates were never cleared. I commented to everyone at the table that this was odd because our server was very quick to clear the bread plates and appetizer plates and refill our drinks. The plates did get in the way when we were eating dessert, paying our bills and signing our checks.
I look forward to coming back in a few months, after the bugs have been worked out.

Was quite excited to try this spot after hearing some good things. I was surprised when I arrived that the restaurant is located in the old «Bar» building… a bar that used to be well, just a bar. They cleaned it up a bit and it looks okay, but as the others at my table commented, the décor doesn’t really jive with the food offerings. There are TVs everywhere, top 40 radio blasting through the speakers, but a fine-​dining menu with 20 to 30 dollar entrees. They also created a bigger bar area in the middle of the restaurant which kind of makes the tables feel like an after-​thought. When I went to use the bathroom, there was cigarette ash on the floor of the stall and a painted-​over punch mark on the door. It seems that the place hasn’t quite blossomed from its rough-​side-​of-​town roots to its new foodie form.
Service was okay; Our waitress was very pleasant and attentive for the most part, but she didn’t clear our dinner plates, even when we ordered dessert. They stayed there along with the check as well. Not a huge deal, but being a service veteran, I noticed.
On to the food… I ordered the Filet au Poivre with Mascarpone Risotto and it was excellent. Perfectly cooked, very flavorful, and the risotto was amazing — and I’m not even a risotto fan. It came with some roasted veg and a cauliflower purée that I could have done without, but I was impressed with my meal and it was a decent price, about 29 dollars. My friends also mostly enjoyed their meals, with a few small exceptions.
When we shared dessert, however, things took a bit of a comical turn. We shared an order of tiramisu, house made, and all looked at each other quizzically upon the first bite — there was salt on it. We were not sure if it was a mistake, perhaps someone spilled salt or sprinkled it instead of sugar, or if it was an attempt at the currently popular «salted sweets» trend like salted caramels, or cookies. In any case, I didn’t think it worked. It wasn’t a pleasant combination and I didn’t eat another bite.
I think this place has a lot of potential, especially because I love their small menu and my entrée was fantastic. But there’s a handful of things that can use some polish to make dining here a five-​star experience. I may be back in a few months to see if the metamorphosis from dive bar to gastro-​pub is complete.

We have been back twice since our first visit and have had wonderful experiences both times. As my husband pointed out, we rarely go back to a restaurant twice in a year, let alone twice in a a week We are making reservations for next Monday as well. The meals here are just out of this world, especially for this Valley where it’s hard to find real restaurants that actually prepare your food, not fast food and chains. If you like Aurants, you will enjoy the 279. Not as quirky but definitely the same kind of fine dining. The staff is so friendly and make you feel at home right away. Hope this place enjoys much succes and sticks around for a long time!