Wool Growers Restaurant

This is Basque food served family-style in a family-oriented restaurant. The food is amazing. The service is amazing. The ambiance is amazing and fun. Don't be turned off by being seated at a very long table that includes other families. There is a lot of space and it is all one big happy family experience. Also, wine comes with your dinner!

I have been going to Woolgrowers for over 40 years (can that be true?). I went on Saturday night for the first time in 2 years and I am happy to report that it is still great! Fun to sit with fellow diners at the long tables, outstanding service by the Waitress and the great busboys were hustling to keep supplied with everything we need! The quality of the food continues to amaze me, but I could come for the LAMB STEW alone! We ordered Fried chicken as the entree and it was very tasty. Vegetable soup, Fresh salad- both green and Potato, warm bread, Portuguese beans, French fries, wine, and topped off with a Dixie Cup of Vanilla ice cream with generous squeeze of chocolate sauce! What's not to like - plus you have numerous choice- all good-for entrees! This place stands the test of time and improves with age!

Not sure what I can say that hasn't already been said. Wonderful. Hours may have been changed as they are closed between 2 and 4:30. We stopped for lunch just after 1 pm on a Wednesday. Fairly empty, but people kept coming in. The side dishes cane right out. Loved the cabbage/vegetable soup. The beans were very good and a little (black) peppery. The salad had a slightly creamy garlic dressing that I loved. Fries were not exceptional. But the lamb stew was divine and I need to try to replicate it. Unbelievably good. I had oxtails on mashed potatoes. Very good, if fussy to eat. My husband had the tri tip. It wasn't as pretty as the oxtails, but sobtender and delicious. It was dressed with a bit of yummy gravy. My husband is not a huge fan of gravy, but this dish got his unqualified approval. Way too full for dessert, but it sure looked good on other tables (especially the Basque cheesecake).

Holy Buckets! Love to find a good basque restaurant when I can. When you walk through the door the bartender (she was AWESOME) greets you and takes your drink order. The dining room is setup pretty much family style. I had the lamb chops but let me first get to the 'run up'. Soup, beans, salad, lamb stew.... It was all so good I had to remember I had lamb chops coming too. When they arrived they were cooked to perfection, not overdone, not underdone....hmmmm All of it tasted great! Then our waitress brought out the small cup of ice cream to finish it off. Was a little pricey but given what service you got and the quantity and more importantly quality of the food I am not complaining.

Heard about this from a coworker years ago, but how in the world was I gonna get the opportunity to visit WOOL GROWERS RESTAURANT?! We usually have a reason/purpose for heading to the Bay Area from SoCal which doesn't allow for side trips. We finally found the opportunity when we went up during winter break, coming from the National Park. It's very close to the 99 freeway, easy to find. It's also pretty much in the town proper so you can walk around this cute town after dinner -- you're going to need it. The atmosphere is casual and relaxed. The tables are communal. The restaurant is located at the rear of the building on the ground floor. When you walk in the front entrance, you'll see the bar to your right first, which doesn't seem to close. You'll need to walk towards the back and the restaurant is in a large hall with super high ceiling. The price is very reasonable. Especially considering the amount of food we got. Our server, Jesus, was super friendly and fast. We were lucky enough to visit on a Thursday so we were able to try out their Lamb Shank, which is only offered on Thursdays. It's not cheap, but it is super large and can be shared with one, maybe even two other people! It was so tender and had no aftertaste. NY Steak was about the same price, but not nearly as large, though also delicious. Kid's Mac and Cheese with Fries was also large-portioned and was kid-approved. The Child's Pork Chop is decent sized too; your child will definitely not be left hungry. An adult with a small appetite will likely walk out super full too. The pork chop was not juicy and delicious. By the way, though we ordered the above items, I was VERY surprised when Jesus came back with a large bowl of salad (meh), a bowl of beans (delicious!), potato salad (also delicious), more fries, and a bowl of lamb stew!! You heard me right: A bowl of Lamb Stew! I'm like, "we didn't order these". And then Jesus went, "it comes with it". I'm still confused: It comes with what?! With which order? So, you order your entree, but the sides are all family style... and the lamb stew is one of these sides. A side! Can you believe it? This Lamb Stew which was delicious and hearty and large-in-portion. It DID NOT seem like a side dish at all; it seemed like it was the main dish. We were only able to finish half of our food. I felt so bad about the leftovers. They gave us plastic bags, like the ones you get from the produce section, to pack up our leftovers with. It didn't look pretty, but I'm sure once I put my lamb shank and the lamb stew in a proper container and heat it up, I'm sure I'll forget what it looked like on the way home very quickly. As we were packing up our food, Jesus went, "What flavor ice cream do you want?". I'm like, "no, we're not having any. We're too full". Even the kids said no. Can you believe it? We were SOOOO full. But then Jesus went, "it comes with it". Oh no! It too comes with it?! He gave us prepackaged little ice cream cups. It was generic, but it was good. WOOL GATHERER'S makes good, hearty, delicious, homestyle comfort food. Nothing too fancy or adventurous, but it will definitely warm you from the inside out.