Embarcadero Bar & Grill

Haven't been here for some time and decided to see how it was going on a Monday night (last night).  This end of the Embarcadero is normally slow early in the week, and this was an easy walk from some friends' home.

There have been some upgrades and menu changes since the last visit, and they have all been for the good.  Although it was by no means crowded it was still busier than a single waitress would be comfortable with, but she certainly did her best under the circumstances and apologized numerous times for the delays.  We were in no hurry, and it made no difference to us; a slow meal was just fine.

The bar waitress must have been new as she did not know what they had in the way of drafts (even though the menu headlines "20 craft beers" (or words to that effect).  She went to get our first choices and returned shortly with the news that they had just a couple of choices; we settled on one, and it was a Firestone that was new to us and was good but not as good as Firestone's Double Barrel Ale (a personal choice, I know -- so others may or may not agree).

But on to the food.  The 12 oz Tri-Tip was excellent in every respect; it could not have been improved upon!  The spinach salad was the same.  Beautifully prepared and presented.  The two Scampi dinners were hits with the two who had them as was the Grilled Cod.  Absolutely no complaints about the dinners, and this might have been a 5-star had the staffing level have been up to par.  As it is, I can understand how difficult it is to be prepared for a busy Monday night.  But no matter, we will be back for dinner soon (will probably be another Monday so that we can enjoy a leisurely meal watching the bay).

Not being big pasta fans, can't really comment on that except to say that the plates being served sure looked full and smelled good.

There is now a pub in the same building, and it seems to be a part of the restaurant.  We did not check it out as all we wanted was a good dinner.  We got it.

Had Christmas dinner here.  Nice table by the window so it was a great view.  Had the salmon piccata, which was very good.  The pilaf was ok but tasted out of the box.  The salad wedge was very good.  Main complaint was charging $5 for pedestrian bread.  Cheesecake just fair.  Lots of microbrew choices if that's your thing.

Great service! & Good food!