Featuring upscale American cuisine in a beautiful casual setting, the Oak
Restaurant & Lounge also offers an amazing vista view of St. Augustine and
a breathtaking fireplace center piece and is open daily for both hotel guests
and the public—serving an eclectic selection of dishes for breakfast, lunch and
dinner

Whether you’re into health food, snacks, or gourmet food all the way, the Oak Room’s
got something for everyone, including vegetarian selections. Enjoy a full meal
in the beautiful dining room—or unwind in the Oak Room Lounge with
one-of-a-kind handcrafted cocktails, as well as top-shelf beer and wine. Food & Beverage Manager Keith and Executive Chef Baker have worked side-by-side at a number of restaurants, moving as a team to Oak Room Restaurant and Lounge. The two created the dining menu and the special events menus together, and created a diverse, flavorful, and distinctive selection filled with delicious dishes for everyone in your party. 

Seriously. 

The Oak Room Restaurant: A Complete Dining Experience

The Oak Room Restaurant & Lounge makes dining
a complete experience, the kind where you get to leave the world behind for a
little while and revel in great company, transcendent flavors, and a warm,
modern atmosphere—complete with beautiful sunlight or nighttime city lights pouring
in from the tall, arched windows dressed up with luxurious, iridescent drapes,
facing the beautiful and historic Mission Nombre De Dios.

This is a St. Augustine restaurant through and through. And a high-quality, friendly, casual fine-dining restaurant through-and-through. With service so personalized and smooth, you’re certain that no requests or questions will remain unmet—and indeed they’re not. 

Soon to be a very favorite fine dining spot for locals and visitors alike, the Oak Room Restaurant & Lounge belies any idea of what you think a hotel restaurant is like—even some of the best in town—for it infuses its divine and diverse menu with the spirit of St. Augustine itself, offering appetizers like Gator Bites, for instance; fine handcrafted cocktails created with top-shelf spirits courtesy of St. Augustine Distillery; select wines from St. Augustine’s San Sebastian Winery and wherever and whenever possible, the restaurant’s dishes feature local seafood and fresh area fruits and vegetables on a daily basis. 

Dinner Doesn’t Get Much Better: A Night at St. Augustine’s Oak Room

Spare, warm, and modern, The Oak Room Restaurant
offers up the kinds of creature comforts you feel you don’t quite deserve:
plush dining chairs, low-hanging lamps imparting soothing and smooth light,
candle-lit tables ensconced in Moroccan-style lanterns, simple green succulent
centerpieces, and a decidedly contemporary dual-sided stone fireplace. 

Upon arrival, you’re greeted warmly by Food &
Beverage Manager Keith Claybrook,you’re ushered instantly to the best table
possible, and as you’re seated, you feel like the most important person in the
room. He welcomes you as he would an old friend, and pays close attention to
your needs while leaving the rest of your delicious dining experience up to
your professional, patient and extraordinarily
attentive-yet-absolutely-unobtrusive server. 

Ours was Janell. She enjoyed attending to our
every request and was truly enthusiastic to explain details about the menu
offerings.

Pro Tip:
All servers are thoroughly knowledgeable about every drink and dish they serve.
Each attends a full training and tasting of every menu item, every dessert,
every wine, and every cocktail. So you can rest assured that your questions
about the nuances of a dish or what a server recommends come from a completely
educated opinion. This isn’t quite the case at most restaurants.

My fine dining companion and I enjoyed hearty and
tasty breads baked at the restaurant, which certainly whet our appetite. And
I’d arrived without one. Our crostini appetizer was almost eaten before I could
capture its refined plating on camera. Many restaurants all over the world
serve this fine appetizer, but this combination of flavors made it the best
I’ve had in St. Augustine.

We each ordered fish dishes. Mine? I couldn’t
resist. The Honey Maple Walnut Salmon, a heady and filling filet of local
Atlantic salmon baked with a juuust right balance of sweetness, a honey walnut
maple glaze, which complemented the salmon in a way I’d never before had the
privilege to enjoy. 

A completely original and satisfying myriad of flavors I
savored with pure delight. 
My dining companion’s Macadamia Encrusted Grouper,
a crisply clean filet of fish rolled in macadamia nut crumbs pan seared with
hazelnut buttercream, an unexpected combination of ingredient and method
resulting in an earthly medley that was decidedly out of this world. Both dishes were served on the kind of risotto
that makes you say to yourself, “So this is how a risotto is supposed to
taste.” And as any novice cook knows it takes a supremely talented and skilled
chef to create the perfect risotto.  Add to that some divinely prepared
asparagus, and your balance of flavors equals a warm, crisp, creamy, and fresh
balance of flavors most chefs work a lifetime to perfect.

A Divinely Diverse Selection of Dishes

You may not really note it, but it takes great talent to make the perfect menu, one that offers just the right amount of options and tastes. It’s an art. And it’s been mastered here.

Another testament to a skilled vision and
well-planned menu? Its variety and originality. 

Who wants to eat the same sort
of dish you can find anywhere else?

Not many.

Who wants to find a menu that serves up a
balanced selection of entrees, appetizers, and desserts sure to satisfy
everyone in your dining party?
All of us. This menu achieved both. There is indeed something for everyone. In
addition to original veggie and pasta dishes as well the seafood selection—two
entrees of which are noted above. 

A Healthy Sampling of the Oak Room Menu

ENTREES


Entree Salads: The Oak Room’s Caprese Salad—one of several salad
entrees—features mixed spring greens, fresh mozzarella, Roma tomatoes topped
with a house-made fresh pesto, and balsamic vinaigrette.

Steak:The Black and Blue Rib Eye—one among a selection
of the most popular steak varieties, this entree features a 10-ounce Rib Eye
steak, blackened with a Blue Cheese gratin and served with Merlot jus.

Burgers: DoubleTree Burger, a double burger complemented
with thinly sliced ham, deli mustard and provolone, and a single onion on a
Brioche bun.

Chicken & Duck: One option includes this decadent dish: Port Wine
Cherry Lacquered Duck—boneless breast of duck with port wine and cherry
reduction.   

DESSERTS

Flourless Chocolate Cake
Made with blend of four chocolates finished with a Ganache topping.

Salted Caramel Cheesecake
Caramel is blended into a graham-crumb crust, folded into a layer of cheesecake batter then salted and dolloped on top the whole thing. Bruleed with caramelized edge.

Blackberry Cabernet Cheesecake
Cheese cake topped with the star of the show–vine-ripened blackberries blended with a fruity, floral Cabernet. 

(Oh-My-Wow-This-is-Soooo-Good. That’s my pro opinion on the above dessert.)

WINE, BEER, AND SPIRITS

Wines: Order an impressive bottle or half bottle of
high-end varietals by the glass or the bottle. House wines include Chardonnay,
Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, White Zinfandel, Merlot, and
Cabernet Sauvignon. Recommended reds: St. Francis Zinfandel, Sonoma and Cline
Cashmere, Sonoma—a blend of Mouvedre, Syrah, and Grenache. Recommended Whites—St.
Supery Sauvignon Blanc, Napa, and Banfill San Angelo Pinot Grigio, Italy.

SIGNATURE COCKTAILS

DoubleTree Cookies & Milk Martini: Ice cream, vodka, butterscotch schnapps, creme de
cocoa; served straight up in chocolate swirl glass with DoubleTree cookie crumb
topped with DoubleTree walnut cookie crumbs.

Oak Leaf: St. Augustine gin, fresh basil, lime, and sugar—on
the rocks.