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    Lemon drop martini
    Lucas N.

    Wanted to visit this place as I was captivated by the ambiance and interesting drinks, plus the speakeasy vibe. However, I was disappointed to find that this place is essentially just overflow for Sheldon Inn now. There was one main bartender, she was fantastic-and impressive at multitasking and managing the whole establishment. She made me a lemon drop, which I enjoyed. Another gentleman made me a Moscow Mule which was not very good. He remade it for me, A for effort, but it still was lackluster. The menu of fancy drinks with ice cream and smoky bubbles, which previous reviews showed, does not exist anymore. It's much more generic now. Everybody there was just dining, same as Sheldon Inn. Shame, but they did their best to give me a great experience.

    Velvet Martini Lounge- Signature Velvet Martini and Manhattan @ Seldon, CA - June 22, 2023 opening night
    Bruce O.

    The Velvet Martini (Sheldon, CA) - June 22 2023 We are members of Adkins Winery, which is owned by the same family that owns Sheldon Inn Restaurant and Bar, and now "The Velvet Martini," which sits atop the restaurant and bar below. We got an invitation to come to this soft opening event about a month ago. We were excited to see that it was falling on a day when we would be in town and promptly RSVPed. They only allowed 100 people. So we got lucky! This was supposed to be cocktail attire, so it was an opportunity to dress up a little. My wife loves that kind of thing. For me, it was just an opportunity to see if I still knew how to tie my tie. Nailed it first time! Old habits die hard. When we arrived, a little before 7 PM, the parking lot was full. Luckily, we got one of the last spots and headed indoors. There is an entrance on the left hand side of the restaurant, and there was a sign there that said, VIP. Yes! We're in the right spot. You walk up a single flight of fairly steep stairs to get to the lounge. They also have an elevator somewhere inside the restaurant that will take you up as well. When we got to the top, we were greeted by a hostess that handed us a glass of sparkling wine, an Adkins Winery special. There were about 30 to 40 people there when we arrived. A lot of people were coalesced around the bar area and most of the tables were still available. So we snagged a nice table on the back wall, and sat side-by-side so that we could look out to the musician's stage. I really liked the feel of this lounge. It's pretty much what you would expect a night club lounge to look like, dark walls and carpet, sconce lighting on the walls just in the right places, dim rainbow-reflecting table lights, the bar in one corner, the stage positioned diagonally across the room at the other corner, a few plush booths, tables with plush bench seating and chairs along two walls, and circular seating with low cushion chairs and round tables in the center of the lounge. When you're here, you feel like your spending a special evening out. The sparkle in my wife's eyes let me know we had hit a home run on this particular evening. Our entertainment for the night was CJ Williams, a very talented solo acoustic electric guitar player and vocalist. CJ has a terrific voice and his Traveling Martin acoustic electric guitar sounded fantastic! He's a very talented player and had lots of great songs, including Motown, classic rock, and even a few country songs. We loved our waiter, Gavin. A very friendly and attentive guy who brought us menus and shared a little bit about the food options. We had already eaten dinner before we came, so we weren't too interested in food this evening; however, they were also serving free hors d'oeuvres, so we decided to wait for those. We ordered our drinks and then sat back and watched the entertainment and everybody enjoying themselves. Winery and Velvet Martini owner, Jake Adkins, came to our table a short while later and thanked us for coming. Jake is a very personable guy and we always enjoy sharing stories about our latest travels. Our drinks showed up a short while later, a traditional Manhattan for me and a Velvet Martini for my wife (gin, lilet rose, velvet falerman, strawberry shrub, compari, rhubarb bitters, sparkling wine, and aquafaba). Never heard of some of those ingredients? Me either! Both drinks were very tasty! Manhattan is my go-to cocktail and the bar tender got this one spot on with two dark Italian luxardo maraschino cherries to boot. We enjoyed a few more cocktails as the evening marched on and had the good fortune to come across a couple of friends that we hadn't seen for a few years! Good to see you Gordon and Virgie! The Velvet Martini! The perfect place for a perfect evening of drinks, entertainment, and socializing!

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    Kelson P.

    Dope Venue. Nice for a grown up date night and get together with friends. Dimly lit room, live entertainment and good bar. Food is great, service is good. Not sure if reservations are required. A nice spot to frequent. On the night we visited (Friday 9/29) the crowd was very diverse. All races and ages.

    Live music, CJ Williams.
    Michele O.

    Attended the soft opening! Very cool venue, cool vibe! Great signature cocktails. Servers friendly. Live music, CJ Williams performing. Small bite menu with truffle fries, chicken sliders, steak tacos and more. Elk Grove needed this.

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    Great service food, drinks, and ambiance. Hard to get a reservation though. Only open on Fri and Sat.

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    3 years ago

    Kinda disappointed. Thought this was a true lounge/speakeasy as advertised but it just a bar in the middle of people eating at Sheldon inn.

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    2 years ago

    loved the vibe, very intimate and personal! was able to listen to live music and catch up with a friend

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    Service was decent, ambiance was lacking in when we went, there was no music and very very few customers. Drinks were made appropriately.

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    The Humidor - A great place to relax after dinner.

    The Humidor

    4.3(32 reviews)
    5.2 mi
    •$$

    Finally got a change to visit the Humidor. Came on mother's day with my wife and friends to…read morecelebrate mothers day as well as a birthday. We luckily were able to get seated immediately. The chairs are very nice and comfortable, the place has excellent ventilation and the smell of smoke was minimal. Our server Ilana (I'm sure I spelled it wrong sorry) was great. Not only did she take our drink order she made them as well. We were all please with our drinks. We ordered food as well, the food was also good. We had a great time and will definitely be returning guest.

    Bourbon, Cigars & a Cozy Lounge at Sky River Casino!…read more The Humidor at Sky River Casino in nearby Elk Grove is the first and only dedicated bourbon and cigar lounge in the Sacramento regional casino market. Service: Decent, friendly, and informative. The staff was happy to explain the different drinks and cigar options. Rare Pours: They have 100+ whiskey selections from around the world, including hard-to-find and allocated bottles like Pappy Van Winkle. DRINKS I recommend: * Espresso Martini: A classic espresso martini served in a stemmed coupe glass with a nice foamy crema top. * Yellowstone from the Smoke Box: WhistlePig 6yr, Demerara simple, orange, and Angostura bitters. * Gotham from the Smoke Box: Angel's Envy, Carpano Antica, orange, and Angostura bitters. CIGARS: The cigar room has more than 168 selections. If you like sweeter, aromatic cigars, I'd recommend these popular Drew Estate options: * Lava Toro Latte: Mild-to-medium bodied and box-pressed. It tastes like a premium coffeehouse drink, with creamy mocha, espresso, vanilla, and caramel notes. Smooth and buttery. * Deadwood Sweet Jane: Mellow-to-medium bodied with a strong hit of sugar and vanilla bean sweetness. If you're a regular, you can even request a locker to store your cigar and liquor collection. Seating & Ambience: Big, comfy sofas and a dimly lit, relaxed atmosphere. It's a nice spot to sit back, have a drink, and enjoy a cigar. One downside: The smoke smell definitely lingers throughout the lounge. They do have a specialized air-control and filtration system designed to keep the space comfortable, but you can still smell the smoke pretty much everywhere. Overall, a cool spot if you're into bourbon and cigars or just want a more laid-back lounge experience at Sky River Casino.

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    Prost Beer Hall - salmon Benedict

    Prost Beer Hall

    4.4(339 reviews)
    3.7 mi
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    I am lovin' this place. Brisket and Spatzle, German meatballs, and my pretzel with beer cheese!…read more Omg, I am lovin' this food. I love my tart, vinegar, lemon, capers, and pickled stuff....hubby....eh..not so much. So I ordered German Meatballs and my lovely pretzel with beer cheese. The meatballs are meaty, potatoes are the real deal, mashed and with gravy poured on top! Hubby ordered the beef brisket with spatzle. The brisket was tender and the spatzle was quite mac n cheesy, using gouda as the cheese of choice. So I am loving my lovely pretzel and mustard, loving his brisket and spatzle, and loving my german meatballs. Good heavens this place was made for me! Hubby on the other hand is not a fan of tart or cheesy. So he is less than satisfied. In order to rectify this problem I order the Haus Plate with the sweinschnitzel and mashed potatoes and gravy. It comes with sauerkraut, rotkohl, and seasonal veggies (sauerkraut and rotkohl on the side). The beer of choice is hefeweizen, it goes well with the tang of the dijon mustard. Hubby wasn't a fan of the orange notes. Hubby did appreciate the sweinschnitzel and seasonal veggies though. Hooray! I love coming here and will continue my patronage!! Also a fun little trivia night took place at the end of our meal. We participated and got quite a few answers right. Cool beans!

    Please read this managers. I haven't been there since about the time that this place opened and we…read morewent the other day. September 2026. What we noticed was it took a while for somebody to see us and there was nobody at the tables and only about six people at the bar on a Friday night at about 6 PM. In no way am I doing this review to be mean. If you're running a restaurant and on Friday night, you're not packed that's a serious red flag because all your effort should be going towards filling those stables during the week because Friday and Saturday are a given. So we can already established that that's a serious issue. Second thing that we noticed is that it was overstaffed, and a majority of the staff was just hanging out towards the back room, talking and everything and then back over by the bar away from the customers they were talking for most of the time because there's too many staff there. We ordered a pretzel. Pretzel was awesome. Very well prepared. The beer cheese was mediocre. Need to rethink on how to display and prepare the sauces or mustard for those pretzels. That's the weakness there because serving them in two cold stainless steel cups just isn't doing it plus the sauces didn't match the level of the pretzel. We then ordered a beet salad. First big issue. It wasn't really a beet salad. It was regular salad taken from a bag. You could tell by looking at all the cut ends they were all browned over. It's really not that difficult to order in salad and cut it right before you serve it. But the salad hardly had any beets at all. Next was schnitzel. That was cooked very good. The meat itself was a little bit tough like it had been frozen. Other than that, it would've been superior. In a little bowl next to it with some kind of pasta with cheese bits in it. As my wife had mentioned, and I agreed it looked like it was pasta that was just destroyed into little pieces and then cheese mixed in. Doesn't look good. We could tell that the chef tried to do a good job with it, but the way it was presented was the bad part. Now let's get to the worst part of it. The red Kraut didn't taste good at all and it's like it had no seasoning at all. We didn't even eat more than a bite out of it. It wasn't worth having. The regular sauerkraut that we had on the other side of the plate had no caraway seeds no seasoning it just tasted like pickled cabbage and sour. Although that may sort of be like what it's supposed to be like it's a restaurant and I'll be honest and I'm not saying this to be mean but I could get better out of a jar. That plate should not come with sauerkraut. It should come with fries that are cut in the kitchen right before it's prepared. The other dishes that we saw on the menu were not very fantastic at all. We didn't have the burger, but I would keep that on the menu. So really needs to sit down with the menu and not just think that you need to have German food but you need to do a competitive analysis because you need to know what the restaurants are serving that are surviving like downtown. German food generally has a real issue in the United States surviving and if you don't get this menu right you're gonna wind up going out of business. I would bet you're losing thousands every month right now. I know you don't wanna see this as a review, but I'm trying to save you. The reason why I'm trying to save you is because I could tell that the chef did some things right that I don't often come across like preparing stuff the right way, like the pretzel and the schnitzel. That told me you have some talent back there. I would also put something in between the bar area and the eating area and I would also change the benches out and put some kind of tables. Yes, I'm German and I get the tables, but this is America and I'm sure you're trying to make money. You can take all of our ideas and opinions and throw them in the garbage or you can use them and succeed. This was our experience.

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    Dust Bowl Old Town Tap House - Double Cheeseburger with chips & guacamole

    Dust Bowl Old Town Tap House

    3.9(381 reviews)
    3.7 mi
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    The first time my wife and I went to Dust Bowl, it was pretty good. They were busy and things went…read morea little bit sideways, but we both agreed it was a good place to hang out on a Saturday afternoon but never went back Skip forward a couple of years to today, and we were looking for somewhere to grab a bite and just of of hang out and the wife asked "is that place near the railroad tracks still there?" ..."oh yeah! That place" I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it was good. Really good. Better than I remembered and definitely on the "we need to put this on our restaurant rotation". Double cheese burger and a rice beer for me, fried chicken sandwich and nitro stout for the wife, and a cheese flatbread pizza for the kiddo. Shout to our sever Gabriel who was super chill and there when we needed him.

    Nice Place for Drinks and Friends Gathering!…read more Dust Bowl Brewing Co. has a popular taproom just south of Sacramento, in Elk Grove's historic district. The Old Town Tap House is inside a beautiful historic brick building in the Old Town area. It has two huge 30-tap bars, very high ceilings, beautiful lighting, some private rooms, and a big outdoor area with fire pits and games. I really like the indoor space and the atmosphere here. PARKING: Plenty of parking in the complex. RESTROOM: Decent, clean, and bright. SERVICE: friendly, efficient The outdoor seating is beautiful, but the train tracks are basically right next to the restaurant. The train horn and noise can be very loud and last for a while, so it can be hard to have a conversation when a train comes by. Recommended DRINKS: *Strawberry Margarita Seltzer: Sweet and fruity with nice strawberry flavor, refreshing and easy to drink. *Marionberry Kettle Sour: Tart and fruity with a nice berry flavor. Refreshing without being too heavy. *Dust Bowl IPA: Crisp and hoppy with a nice bitterness and classic IPA taste. Recommended FOODS: *House Salad: Fresh romaine and iceberg lettuce with jack and cheddar cheese, cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, and chunky house-made croutons. Fresh and crunchy with good texture. *Meat Lovers Flatbread: Crispy artisan crust with mozzarella, provolone, ham, bacon, pepperoni, Italian sausage, and marinara. Cheesy, meaty, and filling. *Fried Chicken Bacon Ranch Flatbread: Crispy chicken with bacon, cheese, and creamy ranch. Rich and tasty. *Pulled Pork Sandwich: Tender pulled pork with a savory and smoky flavor. *Cobb Salad: Fresh and filling with the classic Cobb salad toppings. Overall, I think this is a good place for family or casual gathering with friends. There is plenty of space, good drinks, food, and a fun atmosphere.

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