CA, Thousand Oaks, Galletto Bar and Grill

Galletto Bar and Grill
982 Westlake Boulevard, Westlake Village, CA 91361 Tel. 805.449.4300

http://gallettobarandgrill.com/

There are a number of restaurants in the shopping center across the road from the Hyatt Hotel in Thousand Oaks. We chose to eat at Galletto Bar and Grill since none of us had eaten there before and the signs outside advertised the restaurants inclusion in the Zagat restaurant guide.

The signs outside promoted the Brazilian and Italian mix of offerings on the menu.

Unfortunately our experience wit the restaurant started off poorly and went downhill from there.

The sign just inside the door asked us to please wait to be seated and wait we did. And wait and wait. Eventually a lady appeared and we requested a seat on the patio outside. She said sure and disappeared for an interminable amount of time. When she returned she said there had been a mix up and there were no longer any tables outside, so we chose a table at the back of the restaurant next to the wine racks. The five tables between us and the bar were vacant an remained that way all evening as new parons came in and were seated outside.

The menu is very difficult to read, the type is small and many dishes are crammed onto each page. In the end I decided to play it safe and ordered stuffed pasta with a cream sauce. My companion, being somewhat more adventurous ordered Osso Bucco. I was in the mood for a light wine with character and ordered a California Gewürztraminer. It took some time for the waitress to return and tell us they were out of Gewurztraminer and offer us a bottle of Orvietto instead. “It’s $2 cheaper” she said. Then she told us the Osso Bucco was not available this evening.

When it arrived my pasta was excellent perhaps because it was smothered in a delicious cream sauce, but the service did not improve and there appears to be no reason why we would ever return to this restaurant