Restaurants near Pioneer Park

This was a birthday dinner for my wife. We eat out a lot and felt that this was a wonderful experience.

It was a very busy Friday night with a lot of Christmas parties in the restaurant. Good to see it busy. Even with a full house, the service was first class! Our server Zach, was personable, knowledgeable, efficient and very attentive! The food came out in a timely manner and was well prepared and delicious! All of our first time guests were thrilled with their meals! On a very busy night, to have the level of service and food quality is indicative of a well run and managed restaurant. They were well staffed and prepared in the kitchen for the busy night! Congratulations to Brian Bennett, Tom their manager and the team for a great experience.

Thunder Valley High Steaks Restaurant is expensive but a great experience. The ambience and atmosphere are great, the Wait Staff was wonderful, our Waitress, Ronney was excellent. Cocktails were great, a wide selection of wines and a full menu. Our shared Wedge Salad was one of the best, my wife had Prime Rib to her Blue (very rear) liking! However, we can never share a steak as my preference is Medium Well! So this was the only issue/exception, with my Filet Mignon, it was very Well Done (not pink), which for a Restaurant of this caliber, one would expect you would get a Steak exactly as ordered? However the taste was good! We would recommend this restaurant to anyone looking to share a Special Night together!

This was our second time eating here, both times during the Victorian Christmas Festival. To say it was busy would be an understatement! They were well organized, and our server, Lila, was attentive and friendly. In our group of four, everyone enjoyed their meal. We started with some salads and onion bread, which is very yummy and dense. I had the crispy salmon with the croquettes. The salmon was indeed crispy, yet tender and cooked to a perfect doneness. Others in our group had the chicken parmesan and the beef wellington, both of which were thoroughly enjoyed. Portion sizes seemed reasonable, and no one in our group left hungry! We were a bit disappointed that the full menu was not available this year, but that's understandable given it's particularly busy during the festival. We arrived 10 minutes before our reservation time and were turned away, told to return at the exact time instead. That seemed pretty unnecessary since for a 5:30 reservation the table would have been available already (and we were planning to start with cocktails). Overall, though, we enjoyed our meal and plan to return the next time we're in town.

This restaurant has a fantastic ambience, delicious food and even though you could tell some of the Waite staff were new, they had very experienced personnel working with them . We will definitely be back.