Napa 29
brings Fine Dining to Corona and sets the bar for casual elegance in our
city. To find this caliber of dining you used to have to travel to LA, San
Francisco, or the Napa wine country but now you can experience this level of
excellence right here In Corona.
The atmosphere in Napa 29 is soothing with a feel of a fine dining
restaurant that you would find driving along route 29 through the Napa Valley.
There is a bar area serving light snacks and their Corona favorite fish tacos.
The dining area has a warm feeling with high booths to make your dinner
intimate. On Friday and Saturday nights they have live music. On the night my
wife and I visited they had light jazz being played at just the right level
through our meal.
The quality of the food is incredible and
you can instantly taste the difference that sets Napa 29 apart from
other restaurants. We enjoyed a scallop appetizer that melted in our
mouths. We also enjoyed a cranberry pecan salad that was delicious. Some
of Napa 29's favorite entree's include Potato Wrapped Halibut, Peppercorn
Steak, and Macadamia Nut Crusted Sea Bass. The portions are of good size
and we wished we had left room for dessert.
The staff was attentive but not overly
attentive. They were knowledgeable of their menu and helped us in the
selection of our meal. All courses arrived hot and right on time. Drinks
and bread were kept full throughout the dinner.
After our meal Manger, Alfred Katopodis,
took us on a tour of the restaurant. The first thing we noticed was a
clean, well organized kitchen with only a small freezer and a very large
refrigerator. Napa 29 brings their food in fresh several times throughout
the week and you can taste the difference
The large wine cellar you see as
you enter the restaurant is well stocked floor to ceiling with up to 600
of the best
wines of the Napa Valley and kept at a constant 55 to 57 degrees. Napa 29
offers wine tasting, corking parties, and has separate banquet rooms for
receptions and corporate events.
