The Red Door

Amazing food, live music, and exceptional service. If you're like me and you've experienced poor service in the past you understand just how valuable it is to receive outstanding service. Our server was new, TJ, but he was so warm and genuine and knowledgeable. The chef even came out to chat with us once our food arrived! This felt like we were in a small town in Europe or Milan even by the atmosphere. Food was also amazing and my wife had Beef Wellington for the first and not last time. Will be back here next week!

Delish! Enjoyed a business dinner at The Red Door. It was a cozy little restaurant; it would be a great date night. I enjoyed the special of crispy seabass over basil risotto. It was so tasty! The skin on the fish was perfectly crispy and the flesh was tender. My colleagues enjoyed their meals too. Service was outstanding. Would recommend!

Let me tell you yes you have to come here! This place is worth it and trust me when I tell you that I am picky and understand that if I am paying for food and is higher in price I expect it to taste amazing! Which it did my friend and I ordered the chefs special. Which was recommended and we were even told about how we could split it since it was a lot of food. The waiter was great he was sweet and attentive. The chef came out and greeted everyone such a 5 star experience. The chef cares and wants you to have a great experience we will be back!!

First time here for an evening dinner. The reviews and photos looked amazing. However, the appearances were a bit deceiving to the flavor for the steak filet and the beef wellington with veggies. The best food here is the macaroni and cheese with sausage and bacon, it tasted very rich, creamy, and very flavorful for the sausages and bacon. I would highly reccomend this. I also highly reccomend the ginger beer(non-alcoholic) it was very crisp and refreshing, great pairing to any dish. The beef wellington was cooked well to medium rare, but it lacked flavor, the crust did have good flavor because it absorbed the butter. The veggies were too buttery tasting and couldn't taste the veggies flavor profile, the sauce around the steak had a lot of mushrooms but didn't add any more character. The filet with the gruyere risotto was very strong tasting but the filet lacked any flavor, had the same mushroom sauce as the beef wellington. The filet was supposed to be cooked to medium rare, but it was more rare and very red. It was very difficult to cut through with a knife and extremely chewy, it was hard to eat and enjoy. It felt like I was fighting my food. I told my server about it but nothing was done and didn't want to waste a 10 oz steak, so I ate most of it. The dessert was complimentary, chocolate truffles it was the best dessert ever. Overall, spent $166 for all of this. I would say this place is perfect for drinks, dessert, and an appetizer, but not for the entrees. After eating from this location, I got food poisoning, heading straight to the bathroom because the steak was too rare and not medium rare, being very chewy and very red. It hurt my stomach a lot. I would come back for everything else except for the steaks.

The food was great, the ambience was good with live music, and the service great. The chef comes to all tables which is a nice touch. I definitely will be coming back. This area (Mission Hills) is chill and there's plenty of street parking and the neighborhood is nice and quiet. Not as busy as Hillcrest or North Park. Saw some guys fighting at North Park outside bar.. you won't get that at Mission Hills...

Positives and Negatives things to say.Great service and delicious cocktails. The pappardelle was the best I’ve ever had, and the flatbread was really good too. However, the calamari was a disaster, soggy, chewy, the tiniest portion I have ever seen, and overpriced. ( the kale was good, but I didn’t ask for a kale appetizer). I’d return for the pasta and drinks but would never order the calamari again. They should remove it from the menu and spare the costumers this horrible calamari experience.

I was expecting a decent experience at an upscale resturant, what we got was an unforgettable night with incredible people, food, and ambiance to celebrate a now even more so, memorable birthday. Luciano the owner and chef, greeted us at the door right before our reservation. Took a picture with my fiancé when I was attempting to film content He treated our first interaction as if he was welcoming us into his home, so we were already so amazed by his hospitality and charisma. Upon the rest of our party's arrival they moved us to the bar, so we could enjoy the live music next door and disco ball! They cleared a table for us so we could enjoy the jazz music and amazing food. Our server jessie, bartender che', and the musician rick harris were also such a joy. From Jessie being attentive, che making the absolute perfect espresso martini, and Rick singing Aretha Franklin and other jazz hits; and Luciano consistently asking us between each course how we enjoyed everything. The night was one to remember for sure! Considering we had just visited Italy in March, The red door made us feel like we were in middle of Milano again. I have nothing but positive things to say about this resturant and the people who curated our experience here! Do yourself a favor and experience this place for yourself, we'll definitely be back!

Popped into this little gem at 6 on a Saturday night with no reservation and they were fully booked but the sweet staff were able to accommodate us at a high top looking out the window which was perfect. The bartender covered our table and was super attentive the entire meal which was absolutely delicious. Fresh pasta cooked perfectly. The seafood pasta had a ton of mussels and clams and the chicken parm was divine. I will definitely visit this spot again next time I’m in town!