The Vandal

Beef Cheek Croquettes and the Foie Mousse are phenomenal would love 5-6 more pickled beans w/ the Foie 5/5!!! Steak Tartare-3/5, too many I believe they were capers. Slightly on the salty side Grilled Octopus3/5, lacked the final overwhelming bang at the end Squash Fritti-cool plating, interesting combo, almost too sweet. Spicy Chicken Rillettes 2/5, Not sure if it was the gorgonzola but dish was very salty. I question 46$ for steak and french fries... Steak was chewy and tough.. Service was great, atmosphere was enjoyable. Nice place! Congrats!

We had our June 2022 wedding rehearsal dinner at The Vandal -- a no-brainer for us as its one of our favorite neighborhood restaurants to enjoy seasonal food and great wine. We had the whole restaurant to ourselves for about 30 guests, and it was intimate, relaxed and truly lovely. We worked with Evan to create a hand-selected seasonal menu and also had input on the cocktail and wine offerings, but they surprised us (in the best way) on the day of and had our picks plus many more cocktail, beer and wine options. Everyone raved about the food, drinks, wonderful hospitality and intimate atmosphere. Thank you to the whole team at the Vandal for kicking off our wedding weekend in the best way!

We were so excited to be able to check out the renovations and new summer menu last night. As always the service was impeccable and the atmosphere had that perfect date night vibe. We can’t help but over order when we come here but everything was so delicious it was worth the need for sweats when we got home. We started with the fresh bread service and olives, the breads crust was baked to perfection but a tip I wish I would have known. Don’t butter all of your bread if you get the olives, dip a little of that crusty goodness into their amazing olive oil. Don’t debate on whether or not to get the pea and ricotta fritters, just do it. Whatever the green sauce is I wish I had a jar on hand at home. I loved the chicken and thought it was perfectly cook but would not have been made if there was more salsa verde for every bite. We also had the bass which was good but I saw the pork and should have gone with that only because the fish was slightly over cooked on the edges and the piece was smaller. Just figured if you are reading this and torn between the bass and anything else on the menu I’d go with option 2. We ended the night with the flourless chocolate cake and could have shoved another piece of that somewhere because it was divine. We both had the white Negroni which we LOVED and split whatever the tawny port with hits on raisins was and it was quite tasty and paired perfectly with the dessert. Definitely worth every penny.

We’ve been meaning to try this place for a while now and finally got a reservation on Sunday for brunch. We ordered the coffee, bread sampler, frittata, and salmon dish. The food was great..but there was something missing (maybe we had high expectation because of all the hype and hard to get table?). That being said, the servers were great and gave us their honest recommendations. I honestly would come here again if the table is readily available. P.S. if you haven’t figured it out already, do reserve a table since they don’t take walk ins. We saw 3 groups getting turned down in the span of 1 hr

The Vandal is a lovely restaurant on busily Butcher Street. The decor is simple yet chic with a rustic charm. I found the restaurant on a local guide in search of eateries for a day trip to Pittsburgh. I ordered the smoked salmon with scrambled eggs. DIVINE. All of the flavors complimented each other perfectly. Delicious food, kind staff who were attentive, and overall beautiful aesthetics. Definitely make a reservation for Sunday brunch.