Set menu dinner at Valette in Healdsburg California

I recently had another great meal here. I've been talking about it to everyone because it was just so wonderful. I very often order similar dishes so I won't bore you with the menu, but my review is actually about some gossip. Good gossip, however. Since eating at the restaurant, I have mentioned it to about 10 of my clients, nearly all of them reply in agreement, "yes I love Valette so much! It's one of our favorite restaurants! We go there every time we have a special occasion, "etc.

So everyone loves Vallette, but we knew that.

What truly stuck out to me recently was a chef who cooks, and has cooked, at two of the "best" restaurants in Sonoma county. She told me that working at valette is her goal. She has heard such wonderful things about working there, everyone in the industry knows what a great place it is to work, but there's such low turnover she doesn't know if she will ever get in.

It warms my heart to hear nice things about places like this. We all know the food is great, but it's very gratifying to know that I am spending money at an establishment to take such good care of their people.

We visited with another couple, and decided to do the "Trust Me" tasting menu. It's $20 a course, with a minimum of 5 courses. But, unlike other tasting menus, they brought each of in the couple different courses! So we got to taste SO many of the delicious dishes. It was fantastic!

The day scallops en croute were delicious. So fragrant, and what a great presentation. The soup was amazing. And I loved the duck so much but was pretty full by that course! Next time might have to just order that dish.

The service was so friendly and attentive. We really enjoyed ourselves. Oh, and when I got back to the hotel I discovered that I had lost an earring. I called the restaurant, and they had found it! I went back the next morning, and it was attached to a note with my name on it. Amazing. This place is amazing! Love that you can book on open table. We came once during covid and I remember it was awesome! Just went for Galentines day 2023...
First super awesome you can book on open table. Very convenient. I realized we never got to see the inside before; it is somewhat dark but it totally sets the mood. Lovely modern playlist quietly plays in the background.

We did the trust me menu again, and it did not disappoint. After our first course we asked if we could bump it up to 6 courses instead of the 5 minimum and they said no problem. 6 is the way to go I think; we did not leave hungry but 7 we would have been uncomfortably full and we didn't eat anything but a few strawberries all day ...

Service was amazing! They always had someone making sure water was topped off, someone checked after each course was served we were doing okay. A+ service.

All the food was amazing. Perfect seasoning, unique flavors that worked well together. My only tiff is that my scallop dish had just the one scallop! There was one dish that had a side salad where the aftertaste was black liquorish which neither of us were fond of, but we practically licked every other of the 11 plates. Neither of us could choose a favorite!

The deserts are a perfect way to end the meal, and it's totally worth the splurge for French press coffee at the end.