Restaurants near Whittaker's Motel & Historic Bunkhouse

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Daniel did a great job serving us. The restaurant was about half filled when we sat down. It was full before we left. Seating is pretty cozy so that's my only knock, but conversations were not strained or anything so we were easily able to converse. Started off with a carafe of the house white (pinot grigio) which was quite good. I ordered the special Sacchetti. It was AMAZING! It's like a puffy ravioli. It's got 2-3 times as much filling as your standard ravioli. This version had a mushroom filling, almost like a pate. It had a crunchy something sprinkled over the top. Forget what it was. :( My wife had their lasagna. Huge portion and oh so good! Easily twice as much food as the sacchetti dish, but the sacchetti was special. Finished with an eggnog creme brulee. A little heavier tasting than regular creme brulee but still very good.

This is an experience! I highly recommend trying it at least once! I do want to warn people, it is quite pricey.

I used to come to this place often then they quit serving the Chop Chop salad and a few other things I did not really like so went elsewhere. But decided to try it again and maybe they put the Chop Chop salad back on. No Chop Chop salad but the menu was smaller but the food was excellent and so was the service. Two of us had the hamburger and both men said it was the best they have had in a long time, And it looked delicious and one had the Rueben Sandwich which was awesome and another had the Fish n Chips and they were outstanding. The French fries were the best. I will be coming back again. The new update which was some time ago I understand was an improvement. Now if they just get the Chop Chop salad back it would be 100%. They say it has to many ingredients for a small kitchen but I don't really by that. They made out before for years and if you look at their Beet Salad and compare what goes into that it probably has more ingredients. I do understand restaurants should update their menu's occasionally so it is ok. Good job Bistro.

The view was perfect. I suggest one might want to reserve a table about 30 or 40 minutes before sunset. That way, as the sun goes down and the city lights come up, one will see Tacoma in many different light hues. Beautiful. The dinner was wonderfully delicious. My guests were slightly disappointed with the dessert choices because they said the options were the same as everywhere else (chocolate cake, carrot spice cake, cheesecake, brownie with ice cream …). They were hoping to find more elegant options for the price.