09/05/09

One more reason I love Providence

by edbite

We were greeted warmly by the manager who lead us to the patio in the back. Our waitress was attentive and very friendy. The first delight was the warm beet salad with pecans and blue cheese,which we shared. My wife had the lobster ravioli in a crab red sauce. The sauce was as good as the pasta and could have been a meal in it's self. However the reasson for this rating wasmy dish. I had the wood grilled striped bass, with truffled potatoes and eggplant. This was the most incredible assembly of flavors Ihave had in about five years. The fish was perfect and was accentuated nicely by the truffled mash. Capers and a lemon butter sauce finished the dish so well I hace to stop half way through and get a glass of wine to acompany what I had left. The bartender paired a pinot gris that was outstanding. This is a restaurant that we will be telling our friends about for a long time.

• Pros: The best striped bass ever
• Cons: none to speak of

05/30/09

Fantastic Seafood

by skymaven14

On the plane going to Providence, we sat next to a chef from Massachusetts. He said Z Bar and Grill is his favorite whenever he visits Providence. We went, and he was right. The baked oysters with pernod was succulent and delicious. The boulliabaisse had a wonderful tomato based broth with huge scallops that melt in your mouth, supplemented with crab and tillapia. It was truly among the best I've ever had! You won't regret going to Z Bar and Grill!!

• Pros: Superb Oysters and Boulliabaisse
• Cons: None noted

12/30/06

AWFUL EXPERIENCE....crazy croud...NOT RECOMMENDED

by kellielc7

After reading the reviews for Z Bar & Grille I was excited to go. I went a few weeks ago with my husband. The service was great along with the food. Everything was fine until a customer came in clearly intoxicated. She sat at the bar with an actual cone from a construction site! She proceeded to yell through the cone using it as a megaphone. Even saying she demanded to see a magager. Not only did a manager NOT come out and ask her to leave as I would have expected, the Z bar employees did nothing to stop her. I was blown away by this. This went on for quite a few minutes, enough to notice that many customers included us were obviously uncomfortable.

As the evening began I was impressed with our waitor and the food. But after this experience I would be embarrassed to bring a guest there for fear that something like this would happen again. It turned out to be an awful experience, one that could have been easily resolved by management.

I would not recommend this restaurant

• Pros: Food
• Cons: Not well managed. Crowd is wild.