Erling Jensen Restaurant

Erling Jensen Restaurant
Restaurant Cuisine: Continental
1044 S Yates Rd
Memphis, TN 38119
#1
of 897 restaurants in Memphis
TripZen Score
9.0 / 10 Overall
181% Recommend
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Activities: Health club, Hot tub, Pool (outdoors)
Check-in / Check-out time: 11am / 3pm
Description:Erling has fashioned our approach to cuisine: globally inspired, and classically executed, featuring the freshest, most seasonal ingredients to produce a meal of the highest quality and caliber. As the seasons change, we will reinvent our menu, creating fresh new challenges for us and pleasant little surprises for you. This ...Read more
A breakfast nook.
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Traveler Reviews

TripZen Score
9.0 / 10 Overall
181% Recommend
9Overall9Food
9Food
Overall
  • The entire experience was excellent.
  • if not the best, fine restaurant in Memphis.
  • We have been fans of this wonderful restaurant for years and this visit certainly did not disappoint.
  • This was the perfect restaurant to take a spouse....It was one of our most memorable experiences we have ever had.
  • Our experience was fine dining at its best!
  • Erling Jensen's is still the best restaurant in Memphis.
  • The service is good but the overall experience is very disappointing!
  • Everything on the menu is delicious, the staff is professional
  • Best restaurant in Memphis without a question (and has been for years).
  • reat experience
  • A great place to celebrate special occasions.
  • This is a wonderful restaurant
  • Excellent food and service, a wonderful dining experience.
  • An excellent restaurant which does all the little things to make the diner feel special.
  • This is a pricey restaurant.
  • Would recommend this restaurant to anyone wanting a fabulous dinner.
  • This restaurant was recommended to us and we found it to be excellent.
  • It is easily one of the best restaurants in Memphis....If you're looking for a quiet/intimate dining experience, try to avoid being seated near the large tables, if possible....Overall, I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone with a discerning palate.
  • One of the finest restaurants in the Memphis area.
  • Probably the best restaurant in Memphis.
  • The food was amazing, service outstanding, a totally delightful experience.
  • The best restaurant in all of Memphis, we always enjoy going there!
  • the experience is a bonus.
  • Everything was wonderful and the food incredible.
Food
  • We partook of the wine and food tasting selection and had 5 excellent wines with the 5 courses.
  • Absolutely fantastic meal each time I've been there.
  • outstanding food.
  • They set the standard for fine dining!
  • Great food at a great price (Sunday night special).
  • The food was great.
  • The real surprise was the wonderful prixe fixe menu for the night....So, after a wonderful meal, we left without feeling guilty or overly stuffed.
  • Our experience was fine dining at its best!
  • Food was great, service was great, wine was great!
  • The food was okay, at best.
  • The filet of buffalo tenderloin is the best meal I have ever eaten.
  • Excellent food and excellent service.
  • Great food, nice ambiance, and wonderful service.
  • The Friday night wine dinner is a wonderful opportunity to try different wines and smaller portions of some of Erling's best dishes!
  • The food is delicious and the service outstanding.
  • Excellent food and service, a wonderful dining experience.
  • And the food, wonderful.
  • The food portions were amazingly generous in addition to being wonderful.
  • The food was excellent, beautifully presented and delicious to eat....The combinations of flavors were unique and, generally, successful.
  • The food was excellent....The portions were huge.
  • The food was amazing and our service was outstanding....Would recommend this restaurant to anyone wanting a fabulous dinner.
  • Great food, service and ambiance.
  • My food was fantastic both times -
  • Excellent food and service, as always!
  • We did the Friday wine tasting menu and it was well worth it....Great wine pairings to go along with great food.
  • Food was outstanding both in presentation and in flavor.
  • Interesting memu items that offer refined dining at an acceptable price....The restaurant provides a very welcoming environment with wonderful food, wine, and service.
  • The food was amazing, service outstanding, a totally delightful experience.
  • At Erling Jensen we had the favorite meal of our trip....It was perfect with a glass of pinot grigio....There were generous portions and not a thing to find fault with.
  • Excellent chef and staff, outstanding food.
  • I'd wanted to try Erling Jensen's The Restaurant for a while and the prix fixe menu was an excellent opportunity.
  • food was great and unlike most other 4 star restaurants, the portions were so large we had to take them home.
  • Great food, huge portions, amazing service.
  • Though the food was good, for the price I like a little more atmosphere.
  • The food was very good
  • Server Ken was an excellent source of information on the best dishes and spirits in the house.
  • They have a great room for a large dinner group to enjoy.
  • get small portions, at Erling's you pay for the food
  • The food here is perfect, interesting but not too eccentric.
  • Everything was wonderful and the food incredible.
Service
  • All the wines were explained to us as to the year, region etc. and the service was caring and fantastic.
  • Great staff.
  • The staff was extremely friendly and very attentive.
  • Food was great, service was great, wine was great!
  • The service is good but the overall experience is very disappointing!
  • Everything on the menu is delicious, the staff is professional
  • Excellent food and excellent service.
  • Great food, nice ambiance, and wonderful service.
  • The food is delicious and the service outstanding.
  • The service was excellent.
  • The service was slow.
  • The food was amazing and our service was outstanding.
  • Great food, service and ambiance.
  • Service is attentive, helpful in considering menu choices but not overbearing.
  • The restaurant provides a very welcoming environment with wonderful food, wine, and service.
  • The food was amazing, service outstanding, a totally delightful experience.
  • Our service from Yana was perfect.
  • Great food, huge portions, amazing service.
  • The service was excellent.
  • The service is exemplary, really the best in the city.
Ambience
  • the atmosphere is great.
  • Great food, nice ambiance, and wonderful service.
  • Great food, service and ambiance.
  • If you're looking for a quiet/intimate dining experience, try to avoid being seated near the large tables, if possible.
  • The restaurant provides a very welcoming environment with wonderful food, wine, and service.
  • Though the food was good, for the price I like a little more atmosphere.
  • They have a great room for a large dinner group to enjoy.
Value
  • As always this is great value for money.
  • the sunday night menu is a great price with a lot of options
  • Great food at a great price (Sunday night special).
  • This is a pricey restaurant.
  • The prices are higher than other local restaurants
  • Well worth the price of admission.
  • Interesting memu items that offer refined dining at an acceptable price.
  • Though the food was good, for the price I like a little more atmosphere.
  • We have just discovered the great deal Sunday night prix fixe $35 menu.

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