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   DennisO

   San Francisco

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on June 17, 2022

   overall2food2service4ambience2

   Our waiter was very accommodating, especially considering the poor food coming out of the kitchen. My friend and I ordered steak es medium rare. They arrived medium well and we sent them back. The waiter apologized profusely. However, when the second set of steaks arrived they were still past medium rare. Cutting into the thickest part of the steak I realized the meat had a grayish color in the center with a thin ring of sear. I believe they were either pre-cooked to rare and reheated or it was old meat. I did a taste test and it was pretty low quality meat. I then ordered a BLT. It was OK. I felt rather bad for the waiter, as the cook was putting him in a bad position.

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   TedH

   Richmond

   9 reviews

   3.0

   9 reviews

   Dined on May 22, 2022

   overall3food3service4ambience3

   Went there for lunch and the food was decent. The restaurant is in a hotel that needs some updating. Service was good. Overall it was between good and very good. Nothing special.

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   OpenTable Diner

   Raleigh

   1 review

   vip
   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on April 13, 2022

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   We left after waiting 5 minutes at the host station. No one came, despite having our reservation in the system.

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   IzaRoa

   Charleston

   16 reviews

   3.0

   16 reviews

   Dined on March 13, 2022

   overall3food4service5ambience3

   Dinner before the show at the Paramount, and our 21st Anniversary.

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   cvillebound

   Richmond

   17 reviews

   5.0

   17 reviews

   Dined on March 13, 2022

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   Our server was excellent. The menu is quite limited, but the four entrees that we ordered were fresh, well prepared and tasty.

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   Foodluv

   Pittsburgh

   7 reviews

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   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on February 12, 2022

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Very good. Yum yum

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   Rick

   Richmond

   55 reviews

   vip
   4.0

   55 reviews

   Dined on January 23, 2022

   overall4food5service4ambience4

   I was not expecting a lot from this dining experience. It's hard to get excited about a contract restaurant inside a hotel, also there were very few people in the restaurant. I was very mistaken. Our server was exceptional and very attentive. The food and drinks were delicious. It was very quiet so you could have a soft conversation. I hope to return in the future.

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   LarryP

   San Francisco

   10 reviews

   5.0

   10 reviews

   Dined on October 8, 2021

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   Friday night out

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   KenSomm

   Richmond

   47 reviews

   vip
   1.0

   47 reviews

   Dined on July 18, 2021

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   Atrium setting is smelly and unappetizing. It was musty smelling to us so we left without ordering,

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    SpicyAyKAY

    Richmond

    5 reviews

    3.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on May 9, 2021

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    Server was not friendly but food was good! Nice outdoor eating area

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    OpenTable Diner

    Washington DC

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 24, 2021

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Service Is always superb and the point is one of Charlottesville’s best kept secrets

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    WendyM

    Richmond

    21 reviews

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    4.0

    21 reviews

    Dined on April 10, 2021

    overall4food4service4ambience4

    All four of us were happy with our lunch.

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    OpenTable Diner

    Philadelphia

    6 reviews

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    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on March 28, 2021

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Great food and amazing service!

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    OmniGuest

    Washington DC

    1 review

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    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 22, 2021

    overall5food5service5ambience3

    Very convenient place to have breakfast, lunch, dinner or drinks if staying at the Omni in Charlottesville. Food is good and service is excellent.

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    Eglise

    Vancouver

    5 reviews

    4.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on December 28, 2020

    overall4food3service4ambience3

    We thought the swordfish was cooked well and served with a medley of vegetables. We had a difficult time finding the restaurant. It was located in the Omni.

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    KathleenM

    Washington DC

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on October 30, 2020

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    Nice socially distanced dinner. The service and food were good. The tables were spaced apart, and all waitstaff were wearing masks.

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    JeffC

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 14, 2020

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    Excellent food. We had the filet mignon with mashed potatoes and green beans. The salad was great too. Got there late so had to be put in the "overflow room." I think regular dining room probably had more ambience. Most important thing to me at a restaurant is the food, and theirs was excellent.

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    SusanB

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 14, 2020

    overall2food2service3ambience2

    In the past we have enjoyed delicious food at the Omni. This past Friday was mostly a disappointment. First of all, we were seated in a small room with no windows, but it did have all the unused setup for breakfast. Not great ambiance. The crab cake appetizer was delicious. We were off to a great start. And then our entrees -- not great. My husband had chicken with red beans - or some sort of beans. The chicken leg was dry and stringy, while the thigh was fine. He wasn't impressed, but he ate the beans and thigh and said they were fine. My salad was a disaster - something I might find at Denny's for not much money. It was an avocado southwestern style chicken salad. The greens were saturated in a very spicy salad dressing, which could have been good if they had not been saturated, which made it too spicy. The salad had just a bit of avocado. We have enjoyed meals at the Omni, and we enjoy the hotel, so I'm not sure what I would recommend. I'd just be honest as I was with this review. We almost always have a late night drink at the bar after a show, and we think the bartender is excellent. Very friendly and professional. It was Valentine's Day, and we weren't interested in a eating a large meal, so we opted out of the special. Maybe that had something to do with the disappointing meal from the menu.

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    MarkZ

    Richmond

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 25, 2020

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    I bit pricey, but a good atmosphere. It is somewhat annoying with so many people walking through the restaurant to get to the closest exit door to the Downtown Mall...

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    VirginiaR

    Richmond

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 2, 2019

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    Buffet looked a little sad by time we ate at 1300 hours, but the menu service was excellent. best cornbeff i've had in a long time. Courtesy birthday creme-brulet was a big hit! Service superior! Ambience a welcome change from noisy restaurants that seem to proliferate the area!

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    VirginiaR

    Richmond

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on December 1, 2019

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    Quiet ambience snd excellent service were matvhed by food. Returned next day for lunch. Live in Charlottesville and look Forward to dining here more.

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22. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 29, 2019

    overall3food3service4ambience5

    We planned a last minute trip for Thanksgiving. Dinner options for Thanksgiving night were limited at our time of booking, but we stumbled upon this place. The atmosphere was pleasant, but the food was subpar. In my opinion, a bit overpriced.

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    MARLENAN

    New York Area

    30 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    30 reviews

    Dined on November 28, 2019

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    Food was the highlight. We were seated late for our reservation and the server was not attentive, but the prime rib was exceptional

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    DonnaV

    Washington DC

    134 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    134 reviews

    Dined on November 23, 2019

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    We were staying at the Omni, wanted the convenience, and the hotel restaurant looked pretty good. Also, we had had brunch there years ago. Dinner turned out to be very fine. First, the cocktail menu is a dozen pages or so, designed to help you choose your drink by flavor category. It is helpfully set up as a grid with the base spirit first, followed by the other ingredients. The ones we tried were delicious. The dinner menu is brief but done well. I was able to get shrimp & grits without the meat. Only complaint is that there is only one fish main course (there is a salmon salad) and no catch of the day. The wine list has a number of Virginia wines, both more and less well known. The Pointe is set in a spacious atrium open to seven stories, and was sparsely populated when we were there, so very quiet, a rarity these days. Our server was courteous, professional, and timely.

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    samantha

    Richmond

    28 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    28 reviews

    Dined on October 19, 2019

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    Meal was quite nice. Service was good- not overly attentive.

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    LucianoA

    Philadelphia

    10 reviews

    4.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on September 30, 2019

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    Very nice meal here at the Pointe Restaurant in the Omni Hotel where we are staying in Charlottesville. Crab cake and Virginia Trout entrees were very tasty and excellent value. Would do this again and also recommend to others.

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27. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Philadelphia

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on June 23, 2019

    overall4food4service4ambience4

    Great service!

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    CathyD

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 31, 2019

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    Our meals were good. My daughter especially liked the hummus bowl. She said everything in it was delicious. My other daughter and I had the salmon salad which we both thought was rather plain. I think the greens could have been varied instead of just romaine lettuce. The dressing would have been better as a vinaigrette instead of the creamy avocado, and the salmon was good but plain. The dish was good but could have been better. Service was great and we appreciated not having to go out in the bad storm for our dinner.

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    OpenTable Diner

    Richmond

    2 reviews

    vip
    1.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 25, 2019

    overall1food3service1ambience1

    Terrible service. We were the only people in the restaurant and the two people who did not order the buffet ended up waiting 49 min for entrees. Not ok. Waiter was rude and dismissive. It took 3 requests to get coffee refilled - and we were very gracious and kind in our requests. Will never eat here again.

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    williamg

    Indiana

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 19, 2019

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    Overpriced, fixed price menu for graduation weekend. This was not revealed at time reservation was made, only one day prior,so absolutely no possibility of making a change for our party of 8. Could only choose from 3 entrees, one being vegan( and not liked by the 2 who had to order it) so only 2 meat choices. Very disappointing. Wait staff was good. Normal menu is probably worth trying, but we aren't going back.

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    Carol

    Pittsburgh

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on May 19, 2019

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    We had dinner here after my sons’s graduation from UVA. Food was outstanding, as was the service. Highly, highly recommend!

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    KC06

    Washington DC

    8 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on May 18, 2019

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    Limited menu they did not advertise due to graduation weekend. The restaurant was only half filled and still out service was incredibly slow - even a super long wait just to get the check so we could get out of there. You would think with a limited menu the food would come out quickly - nope. Not many choices for teenage boys. Would not go back.

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    GregC

    Washington DC

    3 reviews

    4.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on May 18, 2019

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    WE went at 4 pm and they still served the lunch menu which was great for us. Not too heavy not too expensive. Good service we had a table of 8 after UVa grdauation. The food, fancy sandwiches, crab bisque, burgers, pulled pork, appetizers, were all well prepared and large portions. very pleasant setting. Airy, quiet, cool on a hot day, our party was pleased.

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    EatOutAlways

    Richmond

    32 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    32 reviews

    Dined on May 18, 2019

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    We sat outside on the patio for lunch and our waiter was great and four of us ordered a la carte and two had the lunch buffet. Our table overlooked the downtown mall and it was nice. For a hotel restaurant this is really every good, nicely run, and well-located to avoid the crowds of graduation. I would not make my way here on a tour of Charlottesville, but if you are staying at the hotel or in town for an event, this makes a great breakfast or lunch spot.

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    Kathy

    Tampa

    57 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    57 reviews

    Dined on April 28, 2019

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    Great food and even better service!

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    MPWF

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 21, 2019

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    The restaurant was lovely, but the food was cold. Not just not warm, actually cold. And clearly had been sitting out most of the day so that the chicken and pork were dry. (We had an afternoon seating). Service was pretty bad considering all they had to do was bring drinks - I asked for coffee, but no cream or sweeteners came with it. The freshly made food (omelette and crepe) which people had in our party was apparently good. The desserts were amazing. But $52 for carrot cake was a bit much.

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    VAfoodie

    Washington DC

    109 reviews

    4.0

    109 reviews

    Dined on March 17, 2019

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    I have been this hotel restaurant many times for meetings, but never dinner. A relaxed evening with great food (large) servings, very good wine and great service which we enjoyed. The food next day at my meeting? Very good - cup of soup, variety of salads, and small but yummy tastes of dessert. Thoroughly enjoyed - would recommend.

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    LisaS

    Richmond

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on March 2, 2019

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    Absolutely delicious scallops...very clean restaurant... beautiful hotel...waitress on 3/2/19, 6:00 p.m. said that she does not usually work in the restaurant but I think she should - she was great!!!

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    woodstone

    Washington DC

    11 reviews

    4.0

    11 reviews

    Dined on February 16, 2019

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    Upscale hotel setting. Pleasant atmosphere with good food. Wine and food are a little pricey

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    LisaH

    Richmond

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on December 25, 2018

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    The Christmas buffet was very good. There was a wide assortment of food in abundance. The complimentary champagne was a nice touch. The desserts were just OK. The sweet potato pie was disappointing. Service was nice. Staff went out of their way to accommodate us.

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