Bishop Grill

If you’re in the San Ramon area, drop by the Marriott Bishop Grill for some awesome services and hospitality. The crews of Scott, Tan, Andy, Alex, Ellen, and Diana will make you feel right at home.

Scott, Ellen, and Diana… Trio of perfection.
Great service, Great conversation. They all just know how to treat their guests.
Thank you so much. You know I’ll be back.

Great place for a laid back drink. Food compliments whatever your favorite spirit is. Denay takes great care of us every time we’re in. The office is close by so this bar is always a go-​to. It is a hotel bar, but there re plenty of great couches to lounge in.

Very generic hotel bar/​restaurant. The beer selection was pretty poor and my Anchor was flat. None of the drafts had any head. The truffle fries were decent but those are pretty hard to mess up. The environment was modern but not comfortable. It is what it is… a generic hotel bar but I wouldn’t go there if given a choice.

Stayed here at the San Ramon Marriott for 10 nights. I looked forward to eating here nearly every night.
The Salmon was incredible. I ordered this twice during my stay. The presentation was very good. Gourmet is the best way to describe.
I saw some other reviews indicating a «lack of acknowledgement» by the wait staff. This might be due to the fact it’s a self-​seating restaurant.
The Hummus and Guacamole were both great appetizers.
The grilled chicken sandwich was very tasty.
Ellen, on of the bartenders, was very helpful and friendly. She got to remember my name and what I liked to order.
If I return to San Ramon, I will most definitely eat lunch or dinner at the Bishop.

I love this place! Tan is the Man and Miss Natalie is the best. Percy is always a friend you look forward to seeing and Ellen is like family, plus she makes the best Chocolate Cake shots in the state! I practically live here and I’m never disappointed! 5 Stars for the wait staff and management!!! Thank you all!

Waited to be seated for over 10 minutes. All servers didn’t even acknowledge our presence. When we finally got someone’s attention, she simply said the hostess will be with us. 10 minutes without a hostess? The Bistro wasn’t even busy. Had to pay for parking too! Terrible Service. Don’t know what the food was like… never got to eat. We left after being ignored.

Best onion rings in my memory.
Great staff: friendly and efficient.

We came here for Mother’s Day. We booked the 9:00 am reservation well in advance. They emailed me twice and also called to confirm. We had the exact same experience as Glen L. but we showed up at 8:45 and were told we were «too early» and they «weren’t ready to seat people.» We sat down and waited and waited. I started thinking my reservation must be for 9:30 because in the background you could see the employees scurrying around to set up at the last minute. The hostess had no idea what was going on. We finally got seated but felt ignored by our server. When they finally noticed us, two different people took our drink orders and we ended up with two drinks a piece. No one instructed us where to get our plates or where to start with the food. Instead of having all the food in one place, there were stations in one room that had the meats and salads, eggs benedict, potatoes, breads, cheeses and veggies and then you had to walk through the dining area to go to the omelette, desserts and seafood stations. To me it was confusing because I have never seen the food separated like that before. There is definitely room for improvement, especially if you want people to keep coming back. The food was good, but like Glenn L said, for $ 40 you would expect a little bit more and better customer service.

Came here for the Mother’s Day Brunch — I had to book this at the last minute since our out of town plans got cancelled. 9 AM reservation and they were not letting people be seated until about 9:05. I finally figured out that they opened at 9 and just were not ready. They could have said, we are still setting up, but instead just said, please wait 5 minutes. We finally get our seats and we are through our first plates of food when we have to catch a manager to get a server to come over to get our drink orders. Our server claimed there was a mixup in who got what tables and we were somehow left out. I counted at least four managers running around — apparently they were less concerned about customer service. Not the best start and certainly not something that you would expect at $ 40 per person!
Some of the good stuff — eggs benedict was very good. Nice light hollandaise sauce. Mussels and king crab — nice and fresh. Omelette station had plenty of options.
Not so good — no prime rib (it was advertised on their menu), only turkey and lamb. A strange layout of food — They moved an omelette station and the cold seafood during the serving time. Not the biggest selection, although they had some nice salmon available for bagels.
Seems like they prepped for a fixed seating time because we were the last ones in the restaurant by 10:30. Instead of the ebb and flow of multiple seatings, it appears they wanted to seat people all at once, even though the staff could not deal with the crush.
Overall, this place was just okay. It worked in a pinch. My preference for Mother’s Day would have been Scott’s Seafood in Walnut Creek (more $$ but worth the expense) or Eddie Papa’s in Pleasanton.

For a restaurant in a hotel, they serve pretty high quality food. I’m honestly rather impressed. Their brunch buffets for Easter, Father’s Day, etc… are the times we end up there the most. Moderately priced for holiday brunch buffets (which I really can’t say for other local restaurants).
We will find ourselves here every once in a while for breakfast other than for their buffets. The food has always been impressive.
Kudos!

I was here for a conference. Beef barley soup was a hit. Very friendly and accommodating employees.