Ravens' - MENDOCINO

This is the restaurant that is inside the hotel on a hill side near the ocean in Mendocino. The hotel is gorgeous during the day. At night during this time it's filled with Christmas charm and giant fireplaces in the lobby. The lobby also has an amazing array of books. Go past the lobby and there lies the restaurant. Tables are spilled out of the dining room. I wanted to love this place because I was ranted and raved too about it. Service wqs okay, our dishes came out at different times and people had to wait to eat. One dish was forgotten, but they did give us extra chips for my son. The food was just okay. Need more razzle dazzle. Don't forget the hefty price tag. All vegan restaurant. Unsure if I'd go back.

Ravens' restaurant is absolutely delicious and I highly recommend dining here- whether you are local or staying at the Stanford Inn. I stayed with my mom and we ate here every breakfast and dinner for our stay! From the gorgeous views, polite staff and delicious vegan cuisine- we had the best time! Breakfast and dinner were both special- check out my photos! It's very unique to find a restaurant that doesn't depend in mock meats, oil and over salted food- everything on the menu is fresh, creative, and allows the flavors for fresh herbs to come to life with local ingredients Thank you for adding to our stay the best food out there!

I enjoyed every meal of our dinners at Ravens. The food is creative, delicious, and attractively presented. Most nights my daughter and I each got a small plate, followed by a large plate. One night we even indulged in dessert. The food is rich in vegetables and many other healthy ingredients, and is low oil and not fried. Our favorite small plate was the kale stack, and favorite large plate was the sea palm. As we roamed nearby parks, we were quite attuned to all the sea palms growing on rocks near shore. Ravens sources their sea palm locally, so we might have been looking at someone's future dinner. The portions are generous, and every night we took enough food back to our room for lunch the next day for both of us.

The restaurant is a part of the beautiful Stanford Inn. Unfortunately, the food is less then mediocre and the service is downright poor. We moved to Mendocino a month ago and being vegetarians, we were really excited to have a vegitarean restaurant nearby. Having eaten there twice over the last month, followed by a take out, we came to the conclusion that Raven has a long way to go to deliver delicious, well prepared and well served food. However the only exception in this poorly managed restaurant is Tyler who works as a bartender. His cocktails are amazing and he has a great friendly attitude w guests.

To be fair, it?s been a couple years since I?ve eaten here since we live a couple hours away. But, I had to write because the reviews here are hilarious! ?Too many dishes come with chips?, ?I had to ask for special water?, etc. I?m not really sure what people who are leaving these reviews expect from restaurants. Read reviews on other sites for true feedback. I?ve been very happy with every meal here. Nice healthy vegetarian dining that even a meat eater can appreciate (not a fake meat kind of place). A casual lodge-feeling space with a fine-dining feel. Fair prices for farm-fresh food in a far-from metropolis region.