Shakti's

Fabulous!nAlthough I only live about 40 miles from here, I had never experienced Shakti’s fine dining restaurant, although my wife and daughter had and liked it very much.nnOur daughter treated us (and a mutual friend) to dinner on our anniversary recently. I had a terrific Warm Gruyere Artichoke Gratin appetizer and a fabulous Filet Mignon. ud83eudd70 Plus, we all got a spoon and passed around their dessert ud83cudf68 options.nnYum! ud83dude0b

This is THE date night place in Wenatchee. It's got the right vibe. Shakti uses gluten free panko, so the crab croquettes are gluten free. It's hard to get a completely vegetarian choice, so I go pescatarian here. The outdoor patio is warm and has great ambience. The food is always amazing. There's an early dinner at a lower price if you want to sample. It's a local restaurant, so you can keep your money right here in the valley. The créme brulee is worth bragging about.

Just a very delicious meal! Pezzotoasnde Bistecas with a Cabernet.nnVery good!nnThe meat was five star quality and the atmosphere very tranquil.nnThe service was great!

I am not one to leave a bad review, I really hate being negative but our experience last night warrants a review for others to see.nI called ahead and left a voicemail to make a reservation and the gal was extremely nice and got back to me quickly. When I asked if there were options for dairy free, she assured me they had TONS of options and substitutions- she said just ask your server and they will be able to accommodate.My husband is lactose intolerant and gets extremely sick if he has dairy. I was thrilled they had options as it was our 3rd wedding anniversary and I wanted to go somewhere nice to celebrate. Upon arrival everything seemed great, it smelled great and the atmosphere seemed really nice. Unfortunately we were seated at a horrible table- sitting directly in front of the chef in the kitchen facing the door where people were entering and exiting. We let it go, because it didn’t matter. When the waitress came over and greeted us we had already looked over the menu and were ready for an appetizer. My husband opted for the “hot” calamari. When it arrived to our table it looked awful. But what’s worse it that it tasted absolutely vile. Imagine eating a raw baby squid drenched in warm cocktail sauce.. and for 27$?? It wasn’t spicy, it wasn’t cooked and it smelled disgusting.nWe didn’t eat it. But yet we decided to order dinner to give them the benefit of the doubt and try it out. When asking the server for dairy free suggestions she said and I quote “ummm we don’t have hardly any- I suppose you could do steak”.nARE YOU JOKING? We should have paid for the freaking nasty calamari and left. But yet we didn’t. He thought steak sounded good and we were hungry, when he asked what sides it comes with she said starter salad, mashed potato’s and green beans. My husband asked if he could do no cheese on the salad and mashed potato’s but dairy free. She said no “ we make the batch of potato’s in the morning for the day”. First off, that’s disgusting, for being so high class you’d think they would make things fresh for you. Especially when they don’t open till 4, so they’re just sitting there all day till dinner? Yuck. He said ok so I guess no mashed potato’s for me, and she asked how he wanted his steak, he said medium. I ordered the Kobe burger. And she took our orders over to start.nShe came back a minute later to tell us that unfortunately the glaze for the steak has cream in it.nYOURE JOKING. But nope, not joking. She then says “for an additional 5 dollars the chef will make you a dairy free glaze”. So we say ok..... (I know you’re getting mad for us now, right?)nAnyway we wait a couple minutes and our salads come out. Hardly any dressing on then. Lettuce tastes like it wasn’t washed and tasted of dirt. So we don’t eat those. Then 15 minutes later our food arrives. I’m not kidding when I say there was a small steak with 3 green beans on it... and let me tell you the steak was raw in the middle, like EXTREMELY RARE (moo) and the green beans were leather and were not cooked all the way at all. My burger was fine, not great, nothing special. But we waited for 10 minutes for our server to come back so he could tell her the steak wasn’t right. By that time he just said screw it, and started eating the outside of the steak that was cooked. When she finally came back and asked how things were, my husband was so mad he didn’t want to make eye contact. So I politely said, well actually no. His steak is extremely rare. Her response was “well I told him medium”. I can throw it in the oven if you’d like? Yeah what we want is for you to throw his cold raw steak in the oven. What’s better than a raw steak, oh yeah- a dry steak!!nSo we say no can we have the check please. She says well it’s your anniversary so dessert comes free. She gives us 2 options- both are ice cream. So I pick the first one because I like ice cream. It arrived and it’s burned pecans with frangelico over vanilla ice cream. Disgusting. Took one bite and said nope. Handed her our card. Paid full price for our meal and $115 later here I am writing this post.

Shakti's is fine dining in Wenatchee. The food and service is superb.....everytime.