Roger Bar & Restaurant

Great cocktails!

Everyone was amazing. Sacha was our server and was so helpful and such great energy! Host Mike was also so nice and friendly! Our food runner was also so kind. We loved the food- fries there are not just fries- phenomenal! Also the location is so cute and perfect for a date night or girls night or anything really!

This place is a hidden gem!! So gorgeous, great service and delicious food! It also has a play area for kids!

Tasty food, reasonable prices by Silicon Valley standards. I think they were short-staffed - it took 20 minutes for a server to check on us after we were seated. However, once our orders were taken the service (drinks and food) came out very quickly.

Some of the most delicious food we’ve had in a while. Creative offerings, heavy on the veggies, melt in your mouth salmon & delish flourless chocolate cake. Nice wine selection as well. Only drawback to our experience was a table next to us with an extremely, constant talker but that’s not Roger’s fault. Highly recommend!

Restaurant was empty, so we felt comfortable eating inside. Had planned to eat outside. Menu had lots of good choices. Greeter was very nice. Easy to order on the app. Food was really good. But, we waited a really, really long time to get our food. Checkout was easy on the app, too. Probably will give it one more chance, but won't go back if it is that slow to get food again.

For brunch, the avocado toast was very good; loved the breakfast potatoes, would love to have those later in the day.

Beautiful decor, disappointing service--or lack thereof. "Waitstaff" were essentially food runners since ordering took place via a QR code, which made it feel like a fast-casual restaurant rather than a comfortable dining experience. Staff was friendly, though not trained in service methods (like waiting until all diners were finished until clearing plates), and felt like a cost-cutting measure on the part of management. Will not recommend, and will absolutely not return.

Only complaint is that the food was delivered at odd times and our entrees didn’t come together(although ordered at same moment). Drinks came after entrees already delivered which was not great. Sides delivered long before my entree came. I had to start eating half of my partners sandwich as mine came so much later. It all sort arrived “piecemeal”, which greatly detracted from the experience. Servers were nice and helpful, but the deliveries were poorly timed.

Delicious food served by friendly, capable and helpful servers. Enjoyed the experience greatly! Portions were generous. 3 of us shared 3 brunch items and ate to heart’s content:).

It was an amazing experience here. We came to see the performer (which we thought there was every Tuesday). Probably a slow day but it was really a good place to hang out with your significant other. Lots of area to explore, especially during dinner. The service was also outstanding. Our server, I forgot his name but he was pretty accommodating to us and even moved the heater tower to our table.

The only suggestion I would give is to expand the menu to more “brunch” foods. The menu is very limited

I am a regular at Roger (mostly the bar). I was looking forward to Thanksgiving Dinner here as the food is always good. The restaurant is an open air setting..when I arrived for my 6pm seating both large garage style doors were open. As it got colder and colder (eventually reaching 52 degrees) many patrons started to complain (including myself) about the cold. I had on a sweater and had to put on my winter coat while eating. The food coming out was basically room temperature (not nearly hot enough. i.e. the opening course of soup was barely warm). It was good food, but clearly had been pre-made and was not heated properly or had been sitting in the kitchen for a while. The extremely cold temperature of the restaurant probably had something to do with it as well. I eventually requested to be moved to another area of the restaurant away from the draft coming in through open doors and one still open large garage style door. No effort was made by staff to close all doors and warm the place up. My last course was ruined because I was physically shivering. I paid over $150 for the meal. I doubt I will ever return for a meal here. So very disappointing

This is one of our new favorite places to visit for food or a drink at the bar. Our Thanksgiving dinner was amazing, we hope to return for a repeat or similar for Christmas.
Best advice….wear something warm at this time of the year, it is an indoor/ outdoor dining experience.

The staff were courteous and they went out of their way to make my 3 course Thanksgiving dinner a pleasant experience. The Chef even honored my special needs request on the delicious meal. Amazingly, a robot was on standby to help the waiters. Don’t forget to try out the Moffett Mule drink, with fresh ginger, from Rodger’s Bar!

Indoor/outdoor setting combined with excellent, creative meal and attentive service added up to a first time experience that will bring us back and justify introducing to others.

Outstanding drinks, burgers were as good as we remembered the last time we came 2 months ago. There was live music, and the singer had a beautiful voice and wide repertoire of songs. We brought a friend that had never been here that was equally impressed. Fire pits were roaring and beautiful to watch, even just being at a table nearby.

Love the vibe and lighting - the food is amazing too,

Birthday celebration. Everything was great, food, service, ambiance, the clean and modern establishment.

Were there for a group gathering and ordered the Eggs Benedict and it was great. A friend was able to substitute lox for bacon and they had no problem with that. Great staff, and quick, accommodating service.

Awful. We left without eating anything. The QR code menu didn’t work properly and they finally told us they were out of half the things we wanted to order. We left without eating. Extremely disappointing.

This place is amazing! Honestly, I love it and very kid friendly!

Great ambiance with a twist

Our first visit to Roger, the lobby restaurant in the new Ameswell Hotel, was delightful. The design and decor are just gorgeous. Parking is easy. The restaurant was uncrowded on a Sunday evening, and we were seated immediately.
Ordering and payment are done via QR code with ToastTab. While this is efficient, it does lose the personal aspect of interacting with the server.
The instructions on using the ordering/payment system are clear and easy to follow -- for a professional software engineer. I would be concerned about how this would come across to a less-technically inclined customer.

Apps: home fries (amazing), and mezze plate (very good).
Entrees: pan fried shrimp (fantastic) with couscous (eh), and wagyu steak with greens (my companion enjoyed it).

It's perhaps a little pricier than might be expected, but not excessively so for the area and cuisine. I will happily be back.

Excellent quality and delicious food. Hats off the the chef!!

Main issue is that it seemed a bit over priced, but I did not realize when I made the reservation that the restaurant was in a hotel, which probably explains the higher than expected final price.

Casual yet beautiful restaurant with great food and excellent service!

Order and pay via your phone. Good is exceptional

Enjoyed our time and ambience, but QR codes didn't work and no robots in sight. So it was more like a "normal" dining experience.

It was our first time visiting this restaurant. You order using the QR code on your phone. If you don't want to do it that way, you can order the traditional way with your server, which we did. Our server, Sasha, was extremely helpful. We were there before happy hour ended so we were able to order our drinks with a bit of a discount. Needless to say, the food is quite good along with great service. The cocktails are amazing! We will definitely come back.

There’s an open air feel as soon as we walked in through the front door. With large outdoor patio seating, two fire pits with rounded cushioned seating we watched as the sun was setting. Music (every Wednesday) sounded like a quartet with a harp, violin and guitar. We hadn’t planned on staying after dinner, but with the comfortable lovely setting and music, we did!

Roger at Ameswell is a new hoidy restaurant still in its learning phase. The food was ourstanding, really was, but alas the service and the nonsense toast ordering system still need time to grow. Actually lose toast .. so many other places use something else that work so much better.

Roger Bar and Restaurant is inside the newly built Ameswell Hotel. The lobby is gorgeous!
We were having our HH drinks, trying to get a group selfie when the desk receptionist came over and offered upon our surprise!
The place was not busy, and believe only hotel guests were dining there.
Perhaps the restaurant is still working out its kinks, but I specifically chose this place because of the write-up about the chefs.
Here is where I really wish I could be more generous with my review. The staff was attentive and friendly. Overall, the flatbread, butternut squash, steaks were good.
The salmon dish and fries were very salty, and fries, too oily.
Maybe the chefs are not used to making food for Californians, we like our food lightly seasoned so the freshness comes through.

Great place! Love the vibe and the outdoor patio! Food was excellent!

Music was great as per usual! And the Sourdough toast in my new favorite starter!

Absolutely fantastic food - also has a great bar and fire pits. This will become our new go to place.

Beautiful bar and restaurant! Nicely decor and relaxing atmosphere. Services were wonderful! We will definitely coming back!!!

I'm obsessed with this place. Although I've been here before, first time for brunch. I had the burger and my friends had the fritatta- I did sample it too and both were delicious! I also love the QR system to read the menu, order and pay (see a previous review about that). My friends loved the ambiance and the food. The drinks are delicious, I had the mimosa and they had the bloody Mary: yum! Their fries are a MUST and their doughnuts were great. Seriously, you can't go wrong. I can't wait to return.

Great atmosphere and great food. Enjoyed sitting at the bar with outside breeze from the open patio. Sports TV was a nice add. Good service. Great outside for kids to play.

This is the best food I have had in the Bay Area. The corn ribs burger and chicken sandwich are stand-out items. The place is new, and bar/restaurant is gorgeous.