J. Paul’s

A diamond in the Douglas/​Sagatuck area! A must for anyone who wants a fantastic meal with ambience to match. The tuna poke was delicious, flat iron steak out of this world! The menu is inventive and even the roast chicken, that at many places would be bland, was succulent and paired with an outstanding spetzle with mushrooms and spinach.
The staff was helpful and attentive, warm and welcoming. No question we will be back the next time we come to town!

The food was excellent, unfortunately the service was horrendous. We made reservations in advance for the special Halloween dinner. We arrived at 7:30 and it was 40 minutes before they even took our dinner order. We ordered off the special menu and it was another hour before the food arrived (and they forgot to bring our appetizer). Then it took 20 minutes to process our credit cards and we missed the beginning of the Douglas Parade (half our party had driven from Chicago to attend the parade).

I’m really torn. I really loved all the food. The risotto and pork chops were amazing. They had a great selection of wine. But the service was absolutely horrible. Took about 30 – 45 minutes to take our order. Then when we paid, it took about 20 – 30 minutes for them to charge our cards and let us go. We had other plans and were running late as a result. I would recommend for the food but they really need to work on service.

We love everything about this place. Great cocktails, great wine list and exquisite food. Mindy and her team deliver every time. If you are visiting or living here, and you don’t go, you are missing it. I travel everywhere and this place ROCKS!!!

We stopped in for wine and dessert tonight and just loved the experience. The atmosphere is warm and relaxing, the wine list was fantastic, the dessert (chocolate layer cake) was perfect. Mindy, the chef and sommelier came over to the table and filled us in on her background (very impressive experience in Chicago at various well-​known restaurants) as well as the history of the building (a hospital until the 1960’s).
We have heard great things about the brunch and dinner service, we will be back.

Excellent all the way around. Our party of five was seated early for our reservations. Our server was prompt and attentive. We shared the cheese and charcuterie plate which was a little sparse for the $ 18 price but oh so good. The three soup sampler was terrific with my favorite the cucumber and lime soup. Amazing! Between all of us we tried just about all the entrees on the menu: pasta, scallops, beef, salmon and pork chop. Everyone’s meat and seafood was cooked perfectly as was my pasta. Wine selection was good and three bottles later we were happy, full and ready for dessert. The guys had port and bourbon flights while the girls had crème brûlée and sticky rice. The bill was around $ 375 for everything which made us all really happy for the walk home.

We just came for wine but were pleasantly surprised by the hip interior and the warm inviting staff. The food menu looked inventive and well prepared and the ladies next to is raved about all the things they tried. Fun place to come for wine and defiantly and place to come to eat. Put this place on your radar it’s a hidden gem!
Located within the Kirby.