V Restaurant & Bar

Shelley is such a sweetheart. She was closing but still took time to make me a very complicated and unique drink to my specification. Give this girl a raise!

V bistro took excellent care of my dietary needs! The waitress listened and modified based on my tastes! I couldn’t believe the way they made it work! We will definitely be back.

What a disappointment! I had been to the restaurant in the Victoria Inn about six years ago and the food was amazing, I was so excited to try their new little place behind the Inn. Our appetizer was awful, devils on horseback, it was way too sweet. Both our entrées had no flavor, and the service was not great. Even the restaurant in the Victoria Inn, V seems to have changed, we ate there several times years ago and it was great, I wonder if they’ve changed their Chef or the owners? My husband loves going to Murphy’s so we have been there several times and that used to be our favorite place, please get your old chef back if you have changed chefs!

My niece and her fiancé were going to go to Hawaii to get married but decided to have a small wedding at Big Trees. We had to scramble to find a place for dinner and Mark at V Bistro came through for us. At his suggestion we reserved the garden area in back of the restaurant for our small party of 12. Mark and his team had the garden beautifully decorated for our reception dinner. He waited on us himself. We had Devils on Horseback (stuffed bacon wrapped dates), truffle fries and calamari for starters as our party settled in to figure out what to order.
Our food was wonderful, fresh and yummy! I can recommend the pork tacos, the fish and chips and salmon! Great burgers. Great array of cocktails. We bought champagne for the toast and he stored the wedding cake until time to serve it!
Customer service is impeccable. He went above and beyond to work with our short notice reservation request. I will definitely go back to have a quiet, slow paced dinner again in the future.
Thank you so much Mark and team for creating a stress-​free reception! I appreciate your working with me on this. Weddings are stressful enough and you made the dinner event positively memorable!
Cheryl Martin

We stopped there a few mounts ago. Very few people there, service was slow.
We ordered oysters on the recommendation of the server. They were shaped like an oyster; however the size of a SMALL clam. $ 16.13 for 6 tiny oysters.
Will not be back.

We usually always eat breakfast at Grounds next door to V Bistro, so nice to sit outside in the courtyard at Grounds. Last time we were there we noticed people eating at V Bistro so we decided to give it a try.
Our receipt shows Cierra P and she was really great. Service was excellent.
We ordered 4 coffees: $ 7
Corned beef hash and eggs $ 12
Breakfast taco with egg over med $ 12
Stuffed French toast $ 10
The corned beef has was delicious, the breakfast tacos with egg were ok, portion kind of small in comparison with the corned beef dish.
Stuffed French toast was very good.
Like I said, service was excellent, was so nice to sit outside, might come back for drinks in the evening some day. Probably Grounds for breakfast. Table for four outside was very cramped.

Had the worst lunch experience of my life there today. 1.5 hours for a burger and three Reuben sandwiches, oh wait two sandwiches they were out of bread. Corned beef was like beef jerky. Burger was raw when wanted well done. Horrible.

Hands down, one of our most favorite spots in Murphys! The food is excellent (that cheese plate is to die for!) the cocktails are delicious (the best Bloody Mary I’ve ever had to be honest), and the staff is super fun and courteous, especially Heather, Sean, Candice, and Sarah. All top-​notch. Would absolutely recommend to anyone who is visiting Murphys!

I love the burger and chips! You have to try this place when your in Murphy’s. Very quant.

I am a local and love the V Bistro. My husband and I eat there regularly. It’s actually my favorite little spot. The food is always good and the drinks are great. There have been times when the service was slow, the food was not exactly perfect and even times there was no place for us to sit. However, overall this place has been more than accommodating to me and my family. I love sitting outside in the spring or summer and ordering some delicious appetizers and a beer. V’s Bistro is a gem and I highly recommend this place for a nice place to eat great food in Murphys.

Had a lovely lunch experience at V Bistro. Service was friendly and fairly fast, but a bit scattered. The burger was excellent and so was the flat bread pizza with chicken and bacon. Really liked sitting in the pretty courtyard patio. We will definitely go back!

This a must read, they need to fire the rude guy!!!
Please note: This review is for the side V Bistro Café NOT the main restaurant.
My friends and I went into the V bistro on New Years day, and a very nice lady waited on us at the bar I believe her name was Raylene? The food was amazing!!! Us girls went back to the cabin where we were staying and just raved about it to our husbands!
But one thing I did notice that day when we went, there was a guy working there that was just SO RUDE!!! He acted like we were in his way the whole time, but regardless we went back the next day with our husbands to share the Delicious food. We noticed there was not a table available, and a lady said we are not accepting any new tables today. Wow, not please come back later? As we were leaving 4 young girls tried to get a table as well, and this one rude server just snapped at them saying they weren’t seating anyone in a horrible tone.
But yes my husband wanted to try the deep fried olives, as I loved the bacon wrapped dates so, yep you guessed it we went back again on Sunday 1÷3÷16.
We peeked inside and it was full so we asked if they were serving outside, and it was the RUDE GUY! Yikes. He said «yes to sit outside but food is a long wait at the moment», which we were ok with UNTIL we arranged the tables for us 6 under the heaters.
The mean guy I think his name was Shawn, came out and undid our tables saying he needed a path which we understood Until he called us stupid people under his breath and proceeded to throw the chairs and table around!!! I could not believe what I was witnessing!!! He was very rude, making constant comments then turned around and went inside and literally SLAMMED THE DOOR!!! Well to say the least we left, I mean wouldn’t you? It was the worst experience!
I should have figured when my husband and I went the year before for dinner. We were seated but then we were completely ignored at our table for over 20 plus minutes. Needless to say we walked out.
So to the restaurant owner/​manager your food is impeccable, but you really need to rethink your servers as they are horrible!!! I am appalled at the way we were treated, you must not want your restaurant to survive? We visit Murphy s several times a year, but I will never go back to your bistro nor will my friends. Funny i work in SF and I always tell them about the quaint town, but i will tell them to avoid this place unless you make some serious customer service changes.
Sincerely,
D Christy

Spent the New Year in Murphys, have eaten here a couple of times in the past. Good and service was amazing, the fried olives and Devils on horse back are awesome. Today 1/3/16?we had an experience with Sean who was behind the bar and I assume was also serving. We arrived with a party of 6, Sean informed us that they were full on the inside and food was running behind (We all found this comment strange, as if he didn’t want to be bothered by us) We all said that was fine, we would grab seats outside and eat there. No one was outside eating, we pulled 3 tables together and started to sit down. Sean came shooting out the door and got snippy with use informing us that he needed a walkway around to the other customers (??? Like I said, no one else was seated out there at the time) and he kept shaking his head as he rudely reset the tables up as 3 individual tables. My wife said we were sorry, we saw he was busy and was trying to help him out. He mumbled something about us messing up the seating and kept rudely banging the chairs and tables around. We decided to just leave at that point. We had stopped in the day before ½/​16 and there was a group of woman who were being served and had the same tables set up in the same manner as we were arranging them and there didn’t seem to be an issue with it at that time. Sean also was very rude to a group that had stopped in on that day while we were there.
The food here is amazing, but I would suggest avoiding it on days that Sean is working. We plan on calling the manager and complaining to them also.

Umm. Good not great.
Warm, cosy atmosphere. Service was friendly. Our appetizers came out right away but it took over 20 minutes for our entrees. (And while we waited, our cocktail glasses were empty. And no one said anything; we actually were starting to think they plain forgot about us). Filet mignon and scallops good but not memorable. Calamari starter very good. Cocktails fine.
Probably will try something else next time back in town.
Not bad. Just boring with inconsistent service. Disappointing for how hard it was to get reservations.

Breakfast at the V bistro was wonderful, from start to finish. We were greeted with a smile by Melissa, who seated us and took our drink order. My mom and I ordered champagne with st. germain, my sister enjoyed freshly squeezed orange juice.
Cindy behind the bar brought our drinks promptly.
My mom ordered the eggs Benedict over polenta, I ordered the breakfast tacos with sausage and poached eggs, my sister had the open faced poached egg sandwich. The kitchen staff was accommodating with dietary restrictions (thank you).
Our food was brought out in a timely manner, presented beautifully. Flavors on point for all 3 dishes. The only less than perfect part of the experience was the coffee I ordered midway through our meal that came out luke warm. Otherwise, it was a terrific Saturday morning meal. We are all excited to have another option for breakfast in Murphys.

FOR THE MASOCHIST GASTRONOME:
(DATE: 10÷13÷15 evening)
Lovely setting. Terrific food. Terrible service.
Had Fish ‘n Chips and Beef Burger w/​salad. The homemade sauces were delicious: wasabe dressing on the cole slaw, spiced mustard on the burger and a tartar-​like sauce for the breaded cod. Food – excellent and prompt. Service – almost macabre.
First, we were ignored by two staff when we walked into the bar and opened a menu. So we sat at wrought-​iron furniture near a quiet fountain in the awning-​shaded patio. The drinks and food were ordered and served with prompt pleasantness. Then…
Our waitress noticed my empty water glass, said she would refill it. After about ten minutes I couldn’t even get her attention; so I strode inside and replenished my glass from a pitcher on the bar. The two staffers didn’t even look up.
Later I was rudely interrupted mid-​sentence by a blonde woman reaching for my plate. «Oh, you still working on that?» Her long finger hovered about an inch above my three remaining chips. «Yes,» I said. «Okay,» she said and moved on. My friend and I exchanged looks of surprise and displeasure and continued our conversation. (We had NOT been eating slowly, nor were we in any way obnoxious. Had only one drink.)
Within minutes, the male staff member from the bar stopped by. Lifting my friend’s almost empty glass, he said, «Almost empty. Would you like another? Some dessert? Or the check?» «No, I’m not done,» my friend said, and the look of shock on her face sent him on his way, sans glass.
Our waitress eventually returned, and my friend complained about the glass-​snatcher. The waitress apologized and cleared the table in icy silence. Soon the male staffer/​manager returned with our bill and commenced a lengthy and clumsy apology for having offended us, citing the distraction of a wedding as an excuse. I explained that it wasn’t just him, that his was the fourth in a chain of offenses – we’d first been ignored, then I had to get my own water, then the woman tried to take my plate, THEN him.
Never in decades of global travel have I received such rude service, especially from a place that serves $ 26 Steak Frite. I left a grudging 15% tip, because the most egregious offenses had not been the fault of the waitress.
Restaurant staff not automatons; they make mistakes. But my impression was that our experience may not have been unusual at this particular venue. Perhaps they will read this and reconsider their practices. Or send someone to a class on wait staff etiquette.

Order the Sangria.
Trust the staff and eat the Devils on Horseback
ANd if it isn’t 100+ degrees, sit outside the beautiful courtyard and enjoy the day.

Ask about their Black Manhattan — Makers Mark bourbon whisky, Averna Siciliano liquor and bitters and an orange slice. $ 10. I believe this place is best known for some interesting designer cocktails.
Prosciutto Flatbread — rather good. It suited my need for a not-​heavy meal, and arugula is always welcome on my plate. The almost crackery flatbread was crispy around the edges. Yep, I’d do it again. But for $ 12? Hmmm.
Fish and Chips — Not bad, not great. Three small pieces of fish plus a huge pile of french fries and an ordinary cole slaw… mostly filler, not worth $ 15.
I think the bar has more appeal than the menu.

Located in a pretty courtyard next to the V Bistro and Victoria Hotel, the upscale V Restaurant offers delicious dishes in a small dining room with excellent service. The beet salad ($ 12)with dried fruit featured plenty of gold and red beets, mixed baby greens, accompanied by a goat cheese fritter, the Caesar salad ($ 10) had plenty of white anchovies. The very satisfying lamb chops were served in a puddle of Moroccan carrot curry sauce atop citrus infused cous cous and were rare as ordered. The scallops entrée was billed as large sea scallops but we found that although they were tasty, they were small. Proscuitto wrapped asparagus was the vegetable with the filet mignon bathed in béarnaise and micro greens. Entrée prices were $ 30 – 32. We enjoyed our dining experience and would definitely recommend V for fine dining in Murphys.

I guess the food is supposed to be good but we wouldn’t know. We’ve waited almost an hour and haven’t received our lunch yet. The bar is busy but we’re not having liquor for lunch, so that shouldn’t be the issue. The waitress doesn’t pay you much attention, if any. She hasn’t been by once in the last 30 minutes except to give us an order that wasn’t ours. When we come back to Murphys, it won’t be to this place.
Update: the food is amazing once you get it. Just plan on being here at least a couple of hours.