Talk:El Dorado Kitchen

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Reception
Michelin Guide calls the restaurant "stylish" and a "wine country hotspot". It is acknowledged as being the "most hip and contemporary" restaurant in the downtown Sonoma area. Frommer's calls the restaurant "sexy". The San Francisco Chronicle called the "vibe" of the restaurant and bar "Wine Country casual." Zagat calls EDK "solid" yet expensive for a non-special occasion. They rated EDK a 22 out of 30 for their food in 2014. To contradict, Frommer's calls the prices at EDK "surprisingly reasonable."

The San Francisco Chronicle's food critic Michael Bauer visited the restaurant in 2007. He liked the fry on the french fries, but, said that the frying was lacking on the fritto misto. He called the halibut a "perfect summer dish," and called the pork osso bucco "mildly disappointing but not a deal breaker." He said that the was the dessert highlight of the meal which included poached stonefruit on cake and ice cream sandwiches. He described the service as "friendly" and that the "minor glitches" he saw were not important in the overall review. Another San Francisco Chronicle reviewer, Carey Sweet, visited the restaurant in 2010 when Justin Everett was executive chef. They said the charcuterie was "cutting edge."

The Press Democrat food critic Jeff Cox reviewed the restaurant when Armando Navarro became executive chef around 2012. He described his experience as "pocked with hits and misses." He ate a mixed lettuce salad which he said "every salad should taste this good." The butternut squash soup he had was "tasteless". The soup was decorated with small marshmallows on top which Cox called "gratuitous". Cox enjoyed the duck confit with foie gras terrine, giving it three stars, he also praised the Petaluma chicken. He gave the the risotto served with pumpkin one star and said the lamb roulade "defied expectations," in a bad way. In contrast to Bauer's visit in 2007, Cox said that the desserts "needed work." He called the patio "one of the prettiest" in Sonoma. He called the wine list "cosmopolitan" but acknowledges that the wines are overpriced based on their at market value, with some "bargains."

In 2014, the restaurant was named one of the top six best farm to table restaurants in the country by Yahoo! Travel. Reviewer Corynne Cirilli described the profiteroles as "to die for."