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| - This is a tough one for me. This is a beautiful, beautiful special occasion restaurant. If I were having a wedding in Pittsburgh I wouldn't hesitate to hold the rehearsal dinner here.
The service was sooooo welcoming and accommodating. Normally with my various food sensitivities and general fussiness I can end up feeling like a total PITA at any restaurant. But Hyholde seemed to have been created with fussy people like me in mind. My waiter literally lived for adapting the dishes to whatever I could or could not tolerate. The service was top notch and I was not made to feel stupid or out of place for being: a) alone, b) in only a sweater, jeans and some topsiders I luckily had in my car (since I actually had driven up in flip flops.)
I only came here on a whim. I was up in Moon Township checking out the campus of Robert Morris University (very nice!) for a friend. It was St. Patrick's Day, it was starting to get dark and I was very hungry. I stopped off in the Ground Round for amusement factor (when was the last time you bumped into one of those!?). I was downing a Yuengling, eyeing the menu and cringing a bit when inspiration hit and I check my Yelp app.
Hey, there is a really nice 5 star restaurant right near here! Yay. Maybe they will have a bar where I can grab a drink and an appetizer. Obviously I am not eating at a really nice restaurant because I am a) alone b) in jeans and flip flops, and c) not spending that kind of money.
So up I drove, up a long driveway which had a sort of Bavarian castle on the end. The minute I saw it I knew I wasn't leaving, wasn't doing a mere drive by and that, yes, I was about to spend that kind of money. Especially when the valet parker (they only have valet) informed me that no, they didn't have a bar but that it did not matter one bit that I had no reservation and was casually dressed, that they would be happy to get me a table right away.
I consumed:
Olive tapenade (free with bread), crabcake app, special tortellini app, side pasta, choco bread pudding, 2 glasses of wine.
The bill was surprisingly not so bad for all that. Maybe $60 or $80 with tip?
Now the tough part: I didnt love the food (wah wah). I really liked the free olive tapenade. I was too full to truly enjoy the bread pudding but it was quite good. The other stuff was, sadly, a little disappointing. Also the tortellini dish was a bit cold.
Still it was a gorgeous location and I definitely will be back!
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