Price: 865.95 for 2 people (price for the two tasting menus, the N/A pairing and the beer pairing. I think it may have been the same rate regardless of whether you got a pairing? There are additional drinks of all types available for purchase in addition to your pairing as well
My dietary restriction that was fully accommodated: I recently started dipping my toes into the Autoimmune Protcol Diet for my chronic illnesses. It’s extremely restrictive- no gluten, dairy, eggs, legumes, seeds, nuts, processed sugars, and a few other things. I reached out to a ton of restaurants I wanted to go to at some point about whether this would be possible to accommodate fully expecting all no’s, and Herbfarm is one of the fine dining restaurants that were over the top reassuring in “we will make it happen or create a 100% new menu just for you”
I did not get a printout menu/write down the exact differences made for each dish to make the menu accessible for me, but there was many of them while still getting mostly the same dishes as my accompanying party. they explained and double checked with me on each dish, and they were all compliant. For the dishes that looked very different for my date with zero accommodations vs my own, I put pictures of both dishes next to each other
Setting: a beautiful farm in Woodinville, WA about 40 min from Seattle in one of the WA wine countries. Drove past a bajillion wineries and breweries on the way! There’s also a really lovely inn right next to Herbfarm where we stayed, great jacuzzis and fireplaces in the rooms! There’s also another fine dining restaurant Barking Frog next door, but I haven’t tried that
Herbfarm itself is a gorgeous property, I’m so glad we explored the building before our meal! From the huge cookbook collection to the wine cellars, and the dining room itself- beautiful! Before our meal we were also given a tour of the Herbfarm, met the pet pigs, and got insight into all the herbs they grow on property for their meals along with several veggies!
Dining experience: lovely musical accompaniment by a guitarist who trained at The Royal Observatory. Before the meal we got an explanation and speech from the chefs which was super interesting (all of the kitchen staff came out, felt like The Menu 😅). Service the whole meal was impeccable, some of the best I’ve ever had in all my dining experience
food: delicious, every dish (outside the geoduck, but I don’t always love geoduck😅. You could really taste how fresh and local all the ingredients were! Lots of things I’d never thought of pairing in these specific ways, and even with all my restrictions, so I can imagine how tasty the normal versions were! Especially impressed with the gluten free, usually the texture sucks on those but 🤌🤌
pairings: my date did really enjoy the beer pairing, I didn’t try any of it so I can’t speak to that, but maybe worth a try! I’d never seen a beer pairing before! He was also impressed with them having the Trappist Westlvleeen X11 beer (I know nothing about this/beer, so I can’t speak to how big of a thing that actually is). My N/A pairing was fantastic – (even when parts were altered for my AIP), each went so well with its dish, had such unique flavors too and avoided the trap of N/A pairings just being boring alcohol drinks made wirh N/A spirits
We were given to take home a small puzzle along with The Herbfarm Almanac which is their explanations of history plus a full breakdown of their yearly schedule. I was told they update the menu every 3 weeks or so along with special one off menus for specific themed dinners
Overall one of my favorite fine dining experiences of all time, fantastic in every way and I’d highly recommend if you’re in Washington. I hope when Michelin makes its way out to Seattle this is considered for stars
by MrSpiderisadomme