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   WesL

   Los Angeles

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Best dining experience in SLC so far. Excellent plating. Corn bisque is on point.

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2. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Minneapolis

   6 reviews

   vip
   4.0

   6 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   overall4food3service5ambience4

   An “off night” in the kitchen, perhaps. Steak was excessively salted.

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3. BD

   BDob

   Denver

   21 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   21 reviews

   Dined on May 12, 2022

   overall5food5service4ambience4

   Excellent restaurant. The food was top notch, from the nice simple mixed greens salad to an amazing steak frites with poblano butter. Service started off fantastic and very timely then tapered off quite a bit at the end. Still positive and good when our server came to the table but he disappeared for 15-20 minutes at a time when we needed drink refills and other things. But overall this is a great restaurant with a nice beer/wine/cocktail list and we’ll executed food menu. Highly recommended.

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   Rick

   Denver

   39 reviews

   vip
   4.0

   39 reviews

   Dined on May 11, 2022

   overall4food4service3ambience4

   Bambara is a cool place, in a cool building with inventive food and great staff. You must get the Blue Cheese homemade chips while you decide on the Elk or the Scallops!

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   blpski

   Little Rock

   19 reviews

   vip
   4.0

   19 reviews

   Dined on May 11, 2022

   overall4food5service3ambience4

   Food was wonderful, couldn’t determine if my waiter was having a bad day or just being tacky. Martinis need to be served in a MARTINI Glass and not a sherbet glass!!! A sherbet glass for a martini is classless!

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6. LM

   LydiaM

   Salt Lake City

   3 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on May 5, 2022

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   The elk is my go to, but I've never had anything I didn't absolutely love here.

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7. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   New York Area

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on May 4, 2022

   overall2food3service3ambience2

   Wife birthday

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8. KM

   KellyM

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on May 1, 2022

   overall5food5service5ambience4

   The food was absolutely fabulous. The waiters recommendations were spot on. It was pretty busy. I suggest you get a reservation in advance.

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9. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Salt Lake City

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on April 29, 2022

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   The service and food were excellent. The filet with fingerling potatoes was outstanding. Our server was courteous and helpful.

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10. JB

    JonB

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 20, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    First time but the service, food, and atmosphere were all superb. Great experience making reservations and all service were quick a timely

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    sepeppler

    Salt Lake City

    11 reviews

    5.0

    11 reviews

    Dined on April 16, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Highly recommend

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12. WO

    WilliamO

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 15, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Excellent food but limited seafood selection---only scallops and salmon Well-trained and prompt waiter (Jack) Noise level is terrible. I repeatedly had to request to turn the music down. This is not a restaurant for a hearing-impaired person.

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13. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Salt Lake City

    21 reviews

    5.0

    21 reviews

    Dined on April 9, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Fantastic food and impeccable service by Jake! Thank you for a great pre-ballet dinner experience!

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14. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Boise

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 8, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Server was outstanding (c-Mac ?)

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    WilliamH

    Montana

    6 reviews

    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on April 8, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    The scallops were wonderful, as always.

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16. SS

    SusanS

    Salt Lake City

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 1, 2022

    overall3food3service4ambience3

    We have dined at Bambara many times (one of our go-to restaurants downtown). Maybe it was an 'off' night but it wasn't our best experience.

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    gavin

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 27, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Great! Food! Even greater mustache on our waiter;)

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18. SC

    SanfordC

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 26, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Always a great experience. The food is always cooked very well and served warm (if intended). Atmosphere is nice and the service is top notch.

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    Rachael

    Phoenix

    3 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 26, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    The food is the best in Salt Lake and the service was impecable.

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    markR

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 24, 2022

    overall4food3service5ambience5

    The seared scallops are properly cooked but small in size and far to much salt. The remainder of our food order was perfect.

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    xoxo

    Salt Lake City

    16 reviews

    5.0

    16 reviews

    Dined on March 20, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    It was very nice that Bambara was open on Sunday morning again. We have waited for their return.

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    winenut30

    Salt Lake City

    32 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    32 reviews

    Dined on March 19, 2022

    overall4food4service5ambience4

    Excellent service; entrees came a little too quickly. dessert tiramisu was just ok,

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    QK111

    Salt Lake City

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 19, 2022

    overall2food2service3ambience5

    This is not our first breakfast here…but will likely be our last. The menu has changed; and not for the better. What used to be homemade yogurt has been replaced with store purchased yogurt. What used to be wonderful French toast and other such dishes seems to have been replaced with the mundane. And the fruit cup which used to be big and contain a variety of fruit was reminiscent of a fruit cup found at Dennys. We were so disappointed. We’d love to rerun, but not until the old menu is back!

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    browneyedsusan

    Salt Lake City

    77 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    77 reviews

    Dined on March 18, 2022

    overall3food3service4ambience4

    $13 corn soup with dollop of crabmeat was burnt. First taste and it was horrid! All 3 at our table. Returned. Yes, GM agreed it was burnt soup. 86’d it! Expensive. Chicken breast $35. Cocktails $14+. $4 coffee. Setting is lovely but food does not justify the prices.

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25. GN

    GregN

    Los Angeles

    8 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on March 16, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Never, ever had a bad meal there. We frequent this restaurant a lot and every time seems to get better and better. Worth the trip? I'm from California and we eat there 1-2 times a month, yep, it's that good. Our waiter Chrit is awesome too. We highly recommend Bambara

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26. AC

    ArnaudC

    Los Angeles

    4 reviews

    3.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on March 16, 2022

    overall3food3service4ambience3

    Great service, very good food, but it took over 1 hour to get my filet and it was medium when I asked for rare. Both a big no no if you are going to the restaurant for meat...

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    RaquelT

    Salt Lake City

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 11, 2022

    overall4food5service4ambience4

    Nice ambiance for a date or business meeting. Food is exceptional

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28. S

    Spyda

    Central Coast

    3 reviews

    4.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 9, 2022

    overall4food5service2ambience3

    The menu is limited but everything we ordered was really tasty. The wine list too was good as was dessert. It is a good location in a nice hotel. The only issue was the service was really really really SLOW! I realize this is a problem with staffing in many places but it is a real problem. One of our main dishes was a little bit cold too by the time it actually got there. Plan on spending several hours at dinner if you come here.

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    lovesfood

    New York Area

    19 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    19 reviews

    Dined on March 9, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Bambara is consistently outstanding. The potato chips, beet salad, salmon and ice cream sandwich are my favorites.

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30. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Los Angeles

    13 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on March 8, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Chrit was awesome, the food was awesome. The elk is incredibly memorable. The chips were a fantastic and harmonious taste. What a great flavor combo! Thank you for a great experience. I’ll be returning on my next visit.

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31. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 4, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    It was very nice. It’s one of my favorite places.

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    JefferyB

    Salt Lake City

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 3, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Great service and food as always!

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33. DE

    DebraE

    Tahoe

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 1, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    The menu choices, the food, the ambiance, the drinks and the service were all outstanding. Absolutely no negatives. Excellent server!!

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    ElizabethR

    Cancun

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 28, 2022

    overall1food1service1ambience1

    We had breakfast today 2/28/22 and our waitress gave us the worst service ever. She was very rude. The food was horrible, we paid for something we didn’t eat at all. Don’t recommend this place.

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35. DC

    DiningCaper

    Salt Lake City

    30 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    30 reviews

    Dined on February 27, 2022

    overall4food4service3ambience4

    I appreciated the ambiance (including the lobby lounge area to chat for a while in front of the fire before leaving), the low noise level, comfortable seating, and good food. So what fell short? In order: It was a little bothersome to see the hotel's discounted parking rate for restaurant guests was $10. That's better than $28 for non-restaurant guests, but it adds $12 to the cost of dining here (including the valet tip). We waited over eight minutes for a menu after being seated--we would have loved to have used that time to select our orders. (This also means tables have eight more minutes between turnovers than needed). The server who brought our water while we were waiting did not acknowledge our existence, other than pouring water. No eye contact, no "hello," nada. Seemed odd. The brewed coffee I requested was only mildly warm. After adding a splash of creme it was lukewarm at best. I requested it be swapped it for a cup of coffee that was kept warm or freshly brewed and received some nice, hot coffee pretty promptly. Last, I always appreciate it when the wait staff checks in shortly after serving the food in case something is off and it's better to do that too often than not at all. However, the six times staff checked in after we had received our food was a little much. That meant 4-5 unnecessary interruptions to our conversation. Better to check in once or twice and then establish eye contact when rounding to allow us to indicate when we'd like assistance after that. Or approach the table, then wait 3-10 seconds for us to finish our sentence before interjecting. Overall a good experience. May try again with the family but not up to par for business meals.

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36. S

    Skier

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 20, 2022

    overall1food1service1ambience1

    They had a technical issue and closed the restaurant. No one called to let us know our reservation was canceled. Poor form.

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37. J

    Jose

    Salt Lake City

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 20, 2022

    overall1food1service3ambience3

    We had a 5:30 reservation and did not get our food order by. 7:05 So we left as we needed to be at the ballet by 7:30.

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38. K

    Kate

    Hawaii

    7 reviews

    4.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on February 19, 2022

    overall4food3service5ambience5

    Overall a pleasant experience. The hamburger was outstanding. The eggs Benedict was overcooked and barely warm. I think the chef had trouble timing these two options together. So I’ll LD definitely go back.

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39. RM

    RachelM

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 19, 2022

    overall4food4service3ambience4

    Had to ask 3 times for cream for coffee. I was with my daughters and ordered a mimosa. They said they needed to see all of our id’s, even though I was the only one ordering an alcoholic drink. Both my girls are teenagers. Very weird!

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40. MS

    MandiS

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 18, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Everything was delicious and unique. We had the elk, pheasant, and lamb dishes. All were great, with the lamb being the best. For dessert we had the adult root beer float and the creme brulee. The root beer float was different and tasty, while the creme brulee was the best we've ever had. It's a fairly pricey place, but the food and service was worth it.

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