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🙂 4/5 - Excellent food, but staggering prices. Read on for more details...
By 👻 @Chuck, 11/04/2019 3:00 am
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I am not sure what we expected, but Alderwood had been recommended by many of our friends so we decided to try it early on a weeknight. Located in an extensively remodeled "Erik's Deli", the transformation is pretty amazing. There's bar seating both at the cocktail bar and also at the food prep bar, plus small booths, plus sort of open seating in the middle of the restaurant. It's dark, and serious, and very adult. This is not the place to bring children in the "no restaurant ages"; they wouldn't have any fun and your fellow diners would, well, question your sanity.
Although the tables were perhaps 20% full, we were asked to sit at the food prep bar because they had so many reservations, This seemed preposterous based on the amount of space open on the floor, but it seemed more interesting to watch the kitchen staff do their thing. Menus were offered, and holy smokes, it was a shock. It seemed to be 50% to 100% more than conventional Santa Cruz restaurants, and one would argue that, duh, it's not a conventional Santa Cruz restaurant. It's, what, an experience?
Our server (excellent young man who was helpful, friendly and yet not that Chart House Friendly "hello my name's Duane and I'll be your server tonight" sort of friendly I'd say respectful and earnest) was excellent. Great knowledge of the menu, and was not put off or judgmental when we opted for the Happy Hour menu. We ended up with two excellent margaritas, the best burger I think I have ever had (get the burger, even if you don't like burgers...), a shrimp cocktail, some outstanding peppers with a sort of cashew butter around the perimeter of the serving dish, and that was it. Light, delicious, well presented, and excellent service. By combining a few items on the happy hour menu with drinks and a wonderful dinner side dish, we concocted a delicious meal that was around ninety bucks with a good tip.
What about all of the steaks and seafood that are what Alderwood is known for? Sorry, just not willing to pay those prices. There are too many good places for less money in Santa Cruz, yet I bet that the beef and fish are wonderful if you're sort of the Morton's or Joe's Crab Shack customer. So maybe I am not the customer that Alderwood is shooting for, but I was able to find some really tasty items on the menu and I will return there for more of the same.
My hope is that Alderwood can find enough diners with some disposable incomes to keep them busy. Based on the fact that the restaurant was COMPLETELY full by the time we finished our light meal, I have no doubt that they will be busy for some time to come.
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