Red Onion Grill

Came here with a party of 7. Upon checking in on yelp, received a coupon for a few entree. Asked the waitress about it and she had to check with the manager to figure out how to process it, but it was a pain free process. Placed our orders and our appetizers came out before the bread..guess they forgot to bring out the bread earlier and didn't catch on until it was time to clear the appetizer plates. No biggie.

Two from our table ordered the mahi mahi special. Others ordered the marsala chicken, chicken alfredo, grilled salmon, tuscan sausage pasta and I ordered the tuscan sausage pasta but substitued the sausage for grilled chicken.

When my dish came out the grilled chicken was rubbery, but the waitress asked the chef to grill me a new piece of chicken and when that came out it was perfect. Everyone else at the table enjoyed their dishes; I think the Marsala chicken is their standout dish, but it seemed that you can't go wrong with anything on their menu.

Price wise it's expensive for the area; I guess they survive off of tourists and not the locals (or I hope they offer locals a discount).  If they offered the same quality of food for these same prices elsewhere like in the bay area, they probably wouldn't survive very long, but since there aren't many dining options in the Chester/Lake Almanor area, I guess they can charge what they want.

-1 star for the price, but food and service was great!

Stopping in for dinner and was pleasantly surprised.   Nice restaurant for the area.    Some tables have lake views as does the patio tables.   Served pipping hot bread & butter.   Fresh Bread/roll crunchy exterior and light and airy inside.   Yum, Service was always friendly and helpful.   Chicken Marsala was very tasty and nicely portioned.   Had the homemade chicken & rice soup and it was outstanding.  Steaks, salads, chicken dishes and more.    Ordered specialty drinks from their menu and they were made very well.   Too full for desserts.    A good place to visit when you want dinner at the lake.  I  felt pricing completely reasonable around $18 for the marsala and for location and quality.    Nice separate bar area from restaurant.

Food was amazing! I had the chicken marsala, my husband had the rib eye and shrimp skewers. We didn't say much to each other once the food was served. For desert we had the homemade cheesecake, to die for.

I gave only 4 stars because we stood at the front desk for a good 3-4 minutes as several waitstaff and the manager (owner?) walked past us without as much as a hello. Finally we were asked if we had a reservation, we did not. Based on the reviews I didn't think we needed one. When I responded no, the menus were put down and the manager walked around the reasturant about 3 times. She did seat us in a nice romantic table for two. If you plan to go on a Saturday night I would plan ahead with a reservation.  The waitstaff seem a little inexperienced, the service was slow.

The next time we are in the area we will be going back.