High-end Dining: Expectations and Reviews

[citanul]

NorCal,

I don't have any experience at all with SF restaurants, though there are a couple of places reviewed in this thread. Hopefully El Diablo or one of the other SF residents will help you find a romantic spot.

With respect to wine:

1) Many places do carry non-wine beverages, even high-end ones, to offer patrons who don't like wine.

2) There is no place that will "look down at you" or "get angry with you" for not ordering wine

3) Many people who think they hate wine just haven't found wines they like yet. This isn't true for everyone, some people just don't like it. That's OK too. If however, you can put together a list of things you don't like about the wines you've tried, a good sommelier or even wine shop person should be able to either tell you if you don't like all wine or if there is some other type of wine you should try before giving up. For instance almost everyone likes a good moscato [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] The absolute worst thing that happens is that you wind up with a $10 glass of wine you hate, and if you order by the glass they'll possibly just take it away if you hate it. (Same thing likely holds for a bottle that they "think" you'll like even though you don't like wine: if you don't, they open it, and then you send it away because you think it tastes bad. Clarify this with the server beforehand.)