La Provence - Roseville

I live a few minutes walk from La Provence and eat quite often there. With the recent opening of the park next to La Provence we use the dog leash parks and cycle paths during weekends and stop for their “graffeo” (not sure the spelling) coffee, espresso and fresh French cookies. Last time I was in them, they gave some local producers cheese and olive oil to their deli. It is a beautiful place that reminds me of the French café in Provence. I am a “food”, I enjoy good, fresh, regional ingredients prepared with passion. I recommend that you follow the Mike Dunne articles in the Sacramento Bee and enjoy his reviews and blogs. I can see why he consistently gave La Provence a top 10 review in Sacramento. The peasants are actually originals and in their right season! The dishes I enjoy most are the gnocci, lamb, and the foie when they have it. I also enjoy hawks and taste, but La Provence has this extra note. As long as I remember Ruth Chris, Il Foranio and Piatti, all chains and buy their food like a chain go into a meal, they are not bad. I visited a few wine dinners in La Provence, Cakebread, Jordan and Silver Oak to be specific and had a magical time. The food was to die and the pairings were amazing. The wine card has a wide selection of French and mountaineering wines. It wasn't always perfect, but when we asked for a manager, they welcomed us warmly and quickly solved every problem we had. If I had a criticism, it is that they can be too busy and too loud at peak times, but their recent addition of oil paintings on the walls seemed to help. I have dined in La Provence when they lit outdoor fire pits with real wood and we were able to go and take our desserts and coffee out and interact with other guests who do the same. I have actually seen that they have small garden weddings at sunset in spring and autumn. It's really a romantic place my wife and I enjoy.

Great family French restaurant. The temp's on the beef wellington are always a little more medium than medium rare, but the flavors are great. The service is also really good friendly attentive wait staff. This is a good restaurant. I always enjoy it

My wife had the Caesar salad to start, which we shared and it was fantastic. I went with the prime rib special as my entree and if was good. The mashed potatoes were a bit bland and the green beans not worth eating. My wife went with one of her favorites, the lobster risotto and was underwhelmed. The risotto was bland and the lobster was overcooked

We came for the prime rib special and it was awesome! We got to see quite a few new staff here and they were all what you’d expect! Top notch service! Thanks to everyone at La Provence for a great Friday evening meal

Great date night. Loved all the food. Had a great portobello burger and the orange pudding dessert was so nice