Red And - Santa Cruz

The food was delicous. The ambiance is a little dark for our taste and it is a little too loud in there

I've been coming to Red's for the unique ambience, the creative drinks and more than decent draft beer selection. I got a Groupon for a pit fixe dinner for two, and looked forward to trying out the restaurant part of the establishment. Red's had made a special Groupon menu, which would have been a great idea if they had used it to show off some great dishes. They didn't. The bisque seemed more like a puree; the salad had no taste and poorly prepared ingredients; the Brussel sprout&gigantes orrechieti pasta had a tasty sauce, but chickpeas instead of the promised gigantes, cold hard garlic chips and a few burnt Brussels sprouts leaves on top. Butterscotch pot had no taste, and raspberry sorbet was tangy and grainy. Together, they worked

We had been to Red years ago and wanted to try again. We know it is very busy on weekends so we went for the Sun-Thurs groupon deal. Four of us went and everyone enjoyed their meal. we only had one adder for a heavy eater, everyone else was satisfied! We enjoyed the meal enough to brave the regular crowd on the weekends as well

The food was great, the setting magnificent, and the service the best of all. Try it out on a weekday when less crowded. I think you'll enjoy

Red Restaurant has a new chef who's revamped the menu for the positive. The cocktails continue to delight, and the wine selection offers fine accompaniments to the new menu items. I enjoyed the cured salmon appetizer as an entrée and was completely satisfied. Another in our party had the steak special, hanger steak, and left nothing on his plate. The broiled strawberries shortcake was surprisingly yummy, and the crème brulée pleased me greatly