Gemma - Dallas

Sublime restaurant at the top of the game in service, food, ambiance and overall value and experience. Some of the best oysters, appetizers, original pasta dishes and seasonal cooking in Dallas. Love the cocktails. Allison runs a lovely wine list with some California gems and generally amazing selections. “Reverse happy hour” means late night specials.

Service and presentation were great. But it seems like that's what you're paying for, food was just good, not too special. Had the striped bass.

Fried Olives, Rabbit, Baby Octopus, and Wild Boar! This place had one of the more unique dinning experiences I’ve had in my life. As you can see from my opening sentence, they offer a variety of interesting but delicious food. Unlike some restaurants that just try to offer rare selections, this place actually knows how to elevate the flavors which just next level. Must haves are the fried olives, gemeli, and Texas heat cocktail (unreal). BREAD SERVICE!!!! I almost forgot, this place has arguably the best bread I have ever had before a meal. The kicker is… they only give you one. But if you layer in the butter good, that one piece of bread can be your holy grail.

As our first dinner in Dallas we ate at Gemma. We made a reservation and was seated promptly. They have a pretty extensive wine list but nobody in my family drinks so that was wasted on us but the food on the other hand was not. All the food was absolutelyamazing! You really can't go wrong with anything here but I personally loved the Raw Oysters and the Pork Tournados Au Poivre!The Scones that are complimentary are to die for! I'd compare them to the biscuits from Red Lobster in terms of addictiveness!They were Black Fig Scones with Gouda and were warm and fluffy; I could've just ate that all night and been extremely satisfied!

Right to the top of my Dallas list. We cane here for our 7 year anniversary and absolutely loved it. The restaurant is nice and cozy, well decorated and casually elegant. Very nice place overall. Service was outstanding, our waitress was kind and fun,they offered a free sparkling wine glass to celebrate our anniversary and had a note on the table waiting for us. Food wasdelicious, flavors were really good and balanced. Pork and beef were both juicy, appetizers were also really good. They alsohave a nice bar. Overall a really good place to go, can?t wait to come back.