Prelude Kitchen & Bar - Sacramento

We came here for lunch for my mother-in-law’s birthday. The place is really nice. The vibes are really cool and the view is beautiful. The staff was very nice. They decorated for my mother-in-law’s birthday with a cute table set up. A little flower arrangement with a happy birthday sign when we arrived. We sat down and our server came over and took our drink orders, she was very helpful in telling us which ones to order. She also made a custom drink for my mother-in-law. We gave our food order and enjoyed our drinks while waiting. After some time, our food came out. Very underwhelming. We ordered a burger, two salads ,and a pasta dish. The burger was the only one worth the money. The Caesar salad was wilted and brown, very bland, and tasted like a bagged salad. The chicken was tasty though. The Mediterranean Salad was overdressed and bland as well. The “prawns” were just shrimp, but we’re also tasty. The pasta dish was a mess. The sauce was watered down. The green beans were hard, and the noodles were not dressed. Despite all the sauce, this was also bland. The only reason we did not send our dishes back was because we had just driven two hours from the Bay Area and were very hungry. Since it had taken a little while to get the food in the first place, we did not want to risk having to wait any longer to eat and get hangry. We boxed up our plentiful leftovers to give to someone on the street. Our server brought out two chocolate truffles for the birthday girl with a candle, which was very sweet. The service for the lunch menu was the only redeeming quality they were great overall we probably would not come back.