The Communal Table - Provo

What a delicious treat! Communal Restaurant is a tasteful experience. Please note that the menu is seasonal and changes. My wife and I ordered a starter, protein, starch and vegetable plate and shared it. It was a lot of food. We have the bao bungalows that was my favorite thing. Flank Steak, finger potatoes and asparagus. Everything was delicious. The service was great and it was a wonderful experience.

The food was remarkably delicious! They just recently opened Brunch Mon -Fri and not just Saturday. So a great menu for breakfast! We had a hash root bowl, cookies and Sage engraving, and a coconut milk, Chia pudding with pineapple and cooked coconut flakes. I shared mine with my most important one and it was perfect. Even another person would have filled her belly to the generous amounts. This place is definitely the taste you get with quality over quantity! If you want to dine a stylish, refined place, with delicious delicious food, come to the Commune!!! So glad I did it!

Nothing bad to say, except that it can be a bit pricey. The flavors here are amazing though, and the presentation is beautiful. The brunch menu is just as fun as their dinner menu; definitely recommend for a fun night out, or special occasion. Go with a group if you can since portion sizes are meant to be shared!

Decided to go for an early Valentines dinner in Utah County as we have had some success with places such as Black Sheep. We choose Communal right in the middle of downtown based on previous reviews. For so many reasons, this might be our new go to for “special date night.” 1 The food was perfect and unique. The complimentary bread needs special mention, they say it’s not quite sourdough but whatever it is, it was amazing. We choose the persimmons (which I though was weird but my wife said was amazing , funeral potatoes and the sweet potato as sides. If you like cheese and hash browns, the funeral potatoes are heaven, holy frijoles. Our server recommend the pork loins. Not only were the huge but cooked to perfection. They were served on a bed of creamy mashed potatoes which was probably the only big miss, they lacked any real flavor which I guess was meant to be. 2 The service was juuuuuust right. Good service, now more than ever, is hard to find. Our server (I forgot her name, sorry!! always had our drinks filled and allowed us to have a good conversation. The small design of the place allowed for us to interact with the two cooks and pretty much every other staff. We even had a conversation about our favorite breakfast places. So cool. 3 The cost was what you would expect of a “nicer place.” Our meal and a soda cost 95 bucks including tip. Not something I would do often, but will still do on special occasions. 4 The setting is the real star of the show. On their website they talk about the small settings and a “communal” type place. It really does live up to the hype. At first it was a little weird to set so close to someone but we found a perfect balance with those around us. One group we just did not talk to at all and that was fine. The others around us were super nice and we shared recommendations about types of food and even places to eat. There was an older nice couple from Oregon who were the best and we learned about their family. Super weird, I know, but it just seemed right and cool. If you made to the end, you may have decided that this is not for you, but I personally would recommend everyone to try it even once. Even though Utah County traffic is always horrible. — eating dinner at Communal Restaurant.

“Communal” is a good way to describe the atmosphere here. The tables are closer together than the average restaurant, but the food makes up for it! My wife and I had the pork tenderloin with mustard seeds, greens, and funeral potatoes. I didn’t even give the pork a chance to melt in my mouth, but my wife will attest that it does! Delicious. I’d recommend not letting your eyes be bigger than your stomach here, a full course meal for two means you’ll both be walking out with a take-out box after dinner.