Rootstock Restaurant & Bar

My Wife and I have eaten here twice. Both meals and drinks were delicious. They have the best pork chop in Woodstock! This is our favorite date night destination. They also have a great rooftop seating and a music venue that is a hidden gem. Check out Rootstock. While they are not a cheap eatery, they are worth every penny!

Nice looking set up. Great service from Nico. Drinks were amazing. Food was sub par at best. Ordered veggie omelet no mushroom, goat cheese, or artichoke. Ordered shrimp and grits, small frozen shrimp and sauce was so thin it looked like water was added. Steak and eggs bowl was served on a salad plate and steak was chopped into bite size pieces similar to a taco bell quality steak. Weirdly enough the bacon shrimp appetizer was delicious. Fresh prawns used to complete a delicious sauce of honey and cream cheese. Wouldn't recommend for brunch.

I wanted very much to give full stars for this restaurant because of the cool location and feel but we had too many things fall a little flat. First they were out of my favorite cut of steak, the ribeye so I ordered the 22oz New York strip. It was impressive and had great flavor, however when I pay $55 for a steak I am kinda expecting it to be perfect. I ordered it medium rare and it was still very rare and cold in the center, I was unable to finish it on site and cooked it more when I got home. My wife ordered the avocado salad and it was not until they brought out a brown raggity avocado salad that they mentioned they were out of fresh avocados. It took a long time for the food to come out. I would give this place a second chance if I am in the area but for two people to eat and the bill was $166+ I expected a little more. I would mention however that our server was great and attentive but something was not going right in the kitchen.