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Sassafras Restaurant & Bar


3.5 of 5 stars 15 ratings  |  Write a review
  • Cuisines: American
  • Price range: £6-14 ($10-$22)

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3 of 5 stars
Santa Rosa
14 Sep 2009

I dined for the first time at Sassafras on Saturday evening 9/12 around 7:30 pm. There was no one to greet us at the door - only the bartender chatting with a lone patron. There was one large table of about 12 and no one else dining at the time. We finally got shown to a table but many of... more

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2 of 5 stars
northern California
12 Sep 2009

Out of 4 dinners, 2 were very good, one was just so-so and one was really, really awful (the pork). I had read so many good reviews about this restaurant and went off expecting a really great meal. The salad, salmon and steak were good. The shrimp dish was only so-so, pasta undercooked. The pork dish bordered on inedible. The... more

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5 of 5 stars
Sonoma County, CA
24 Aug 2008

I tried Sassafras recently for the first time and my fiance and I were both really impressed. We dined outside on the patio which was very pleasant. I tried the surf and turf and it was OUTSTANDING. The beef was sliced thin and cooked perfectly with a delicious smokey sauce, the prawns were perfectly cooked and seasoned, the mashed potatoes... more

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5 of 5 stars
Ohio
10 Jul 2008
1
person found this review helpful

We found this restaurant because they had a two for one entree add in the local paper. Went to check out the menu and they said we could get the free entree even though we didn't have the coupon with us. Wide selection of contemporary food and everything we saw and ate was wonderfully presented. Wait staff were very pleasant... more

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4 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor reviewer on Facebook
29 Feb 2008

Excellent happy hour. more

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5 of 5 stars
Santa Rosa, California
8 Oct 2007
1
person found this review helpful

This is one of our favorite restaurants in Sonoma County. The menu is varied and always made with fresh organic food. We have been very impressed with their special dinners with wine and food pairing. We have especially enjoyed their heirloom tomato dinners and the Sonoma County Wine Harvest Festival gold medal winning wines with accompanying courses. I would recommend... more

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1 of 5 stars
Santa Rosa
7 Sep 2007

The service was good but the food was the worst I've had in a long time. I had the Surf and Turf. The rub they put on the shrimp was uneatable. The mashed potatoes were wonderful and the beef done well but when added with the BBQ sauce was really bad. The sauce had an overpowering taste on vinegar. Some... more

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5 of 5 stars
Virginia
6 Nov 2006
2
people found this review helpful

When you read the previous review from an individual that goes to this restaurant for over 20 years you might think it is just friends helping friends. Nothing could be more wrong. Not only was the information the previous reviewer wrote accurate, it did not praise the owner/chef enough. The chef uses fresh ingredients when in season and it is... more

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4 of 5 stars
Santa Rosa
20 Oct 2006
3
people found this review helpful

I have been eating at this location for something like 20 years. First it was Siena, then Mistral, and finally Sassafras, under the ownership of Michael Hirschberg. A couple of years ago, Jack Mitchell purchased it, and has continued the tradition. Indeed, my family has eaten there so often over the years that when my 3 kids were still at... more

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Sassafras Restaurant & Bar Address

1229 N. Dutton Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Tel: 707 578 7600 Fax: 707 578 4879
* Restaurant price information is based on meal cost per person, excluding drinks, tax and tip.