| About: | Soif is a restaurant you wouldn't want to miss. Amidst contemporary decor awaits contemporary food, comprising Crostini, tapas, pasta, salmon, risotto, small plates of Chorizo and Meatballs, and plenty of cheeses. In the dessert section, Creme Brulee and Chocolate Mousse are the perfect meal finales. Around 40 wines, including Regis Minet and Reislings from Pfalz, line up the wine-list. Adjacent to the restaurant is the wine store, where you can buy bottles to take home. The service and ambience leave you happy too, so why wait? Plan a visit today! |
| Hours: | Mo to Th from 05:00pm to 10:00pm,Fr to Sa from 05:00pm to 11:00pm,Su from 04:00pm to 10:00pm |
| Categories: | All Bars, Pubs, & Clubs, Restaurants, Wine, Alcoholic Beverages |
| Payment: | MasterCard, Visa, American Express |
| Specialities: | Specialists In Fine Wine & Champagne |
| Cuisine: | Business, Contemporary, Fish & Seafood |
| Other Contact Info: | Fax: 866 825 6372 Email: info@soifwine.com |
Should you go? YES. This place is fun and the wine is GREAT. Add the cheese plate, try a flight of 2 oz selections and go eat somewhere else. Easily 4 stars, almost 5, but well worth the visit.
As a tourist I asked Yelp expert and local Shanna K. and she suggested SOIF. Great choice Shanna! It's located in the heart of downtown. I made a reservation, parked two hours early and enjoyed walking "keep Santa Cruz weird" Pacific Avenue shopping area. We saw some weird things, for sure, like strange clowns, bongo players not taking money, some hippies sitting in the back of a pickup truck looking at us looking at them, a guy in a donkey outfit, Hell's Angels, joggers going backwards, and plenty of stores with wild weird things.
SOIF chairs and tables are somewhat Spartan as is the decor, but the help is helpful and well versed in wine. You get a HUGH amount of printer matter with lots of choices (five pages printed front and back). Ignore it. Here is the $50 worth of SOIF best bet. Order the $14 Artisan Cheese Plate and the $5 Marinated Olives. Ask the waiter to select three white 2 oz tastes for you and three different ones for your significant other. No entrees, no desert.
Excellent Wine and Food: Creative menu of tasty foods, not a huge menu but food is prepared beautifully. The wine list is awesome...pricey but really good.