You know a restaurant must be really good when you get stopped by a family leaving the restaurant and they proceed to rave about the food for the next 15 minutes. This is what happened to me when I went to Alder Wood Bistro a couple of weeks ago. The dad, the mom and their daughter and son-in-law just couldn’t stop talking about how great the food was. And they were not the only ones. This place had actually been recommended to us by a number of people in Sequim so we knew it was going to be a great culinary experience.
Alder Wood Bistro is owned by a husband and wife team, Gabriel and Jessica. The restaurant is in a quiet residential area (only about 3 or 4 blocks from the main street), a house that was converted into a restaurant with inside and outside seating. Although the outside looked warm and comfortable, my wife and I decided to sit inside.
The The staff was great and friendly. We were served by Jessica who was really awesome and gave us (at our request) the history of the restaurant.
Dinner was great, I ordered the Grilled Lamb which is described on the menu as “grilled Shepard’s Pride natural lamb with fig-balsamic demi, olives, buttermilk mashed Nash’s potatos, seasonal wood-fired vegetables and fried Nash’s parsnips”. The food was very delicious!
My wife ordered of the special’s which was the Alder Planked Salmon which was a wood-fired fresh Salmon, “Lazy J’s fingerling potatoes and seasonal wood-fired vegetables”. This was also great.
For dessert we had a rhubarb cobbler and ice cream. That choice was decent but not supper memorable.
Overall, I really enjoyed the experience and next time I find myself in Sequim, I will certainly go back there for dinner
