Revival on Lincoln

I was highly impressed with this establishment.I was here for a small reception.Wait and Serve Staff were clean, neat, professional and friendly.I am on a special diet, so the chef made me a special meal.I cannot say enough good things about the food.I can honestly say that I had the best chicken I have ever had.Fresh Green Beans.Buttered Mashed Potatoes.Appetizers/Hors-d'oeuvres were Excellent.

This place is a little out of the way for us, but we thought we would check it out for Restaurant Week. Revival, a restored mansion from the 1900's, has so much character and charm. We were seated on the second floor at a cozy table for two right near the fireplace. There were plenty of options to choose from their 3-course PRW menu. The crab cake was amazing!! All crab, no filler, and well-portioned. Service was a little slow - we would have liked to have ordered a second round of drinks, but our waitress was handling most of the tables on the second floor so we didn't get a chance to do so. I also didn't like the fact that they automatically included 20% gratuity on our check. Seems a little sneaky - and if you aren't paying attention (or had a couple drinks), it would be easy to leave additional tip on top of the included gratuity. Parking is a little difficult, too. We had to drive around for a little to avoid parking in the nearby permit parking only areas. All in all it was a great meal, but I don't know if I would go out of my way for this place.

A group of 4 of us decided to try this restaurant tonight. We had a reservation and were seated immediately upon entry. Our waitress was excellent, very knowledgeable about the history of the restaurant as well as the menu which changes weekly per the waitress and attentive. Now for the food; the menu was a little confusing however the waitress explained it well. We each got something from the starter course which were mostly individualized. Caesar salad was kind of basic, good though. Balsamic glazed mushrooms were delicious. Appetizer plate was pretty good. Wedding soup looked small however was full of the good stuff and very flavorful.The second course: the couple we were with both hit the special which was the surf and turf which included a crab cake each, strip steak, vegetable sides. They both loved their meal. My husband had the chicken Romano and felt it was perfectly cooked and I had the salmon over Angel hair pasta; a bit lacking in flavor but cooked well. We passed on the third dessert course as we were quite full! All in all, aside from trying to find street parking; it was an enjoyable experience and we will return.

Revival on Lincoln was a welcomed surprise! Bellevue isn't an area that we frequent often, but this hidden gem is worth the trip! We visited Revival for Pittsburgh Restaurant Week, and it couldn't have been a been a better experience!I love history of the old house where the Restaurant is housed. From the old staircase to the beautifully decorated bathroom, you feel transported to another Era! We sat near the balcony and old fireplace that would have been the original owners' bedroom. It was quaint and had a great view of the rest of the Room.We got a 3 course meal, and the food from beginning to end was excellent. But the star of the show was the CRAB CAKE! The chef is from Maryland, and this crab cake tasted exactly like one that I had at the Rusty Scupper in Maryland's Baltimore Harbor. It was the BEST crabcake I've ever had! Here's what else we had:[Crab Cake]: Filled with jumbo lump crab and perfectly seasoned. Even the potatoes were flavorful without a sauce or much seasoning.[Charcuterie Board]: This charcuterie board was perfectly picked. There were both hard and soft cheeses, and the jams and sauces meshed well. The portion size was great for an appetizer![Tiramisu]: I'm not a coffee person, but I wanted to give it a try! It did not have an overwhelming coffee taste, but it was definitely there to let you know it's a classic tiramisu.I would love to try their regular menu, and I'm already planning to go back for their afternoon tea! You won't be disappointed traveling to this restaurant!

I must go against the general opinion of 5-star experience and land on a less than favorable rating of 2.5. I cannot give a 2.5, so I must round down to 2 and here is why. I will start with the good. Reservations were easy to make through their website. The venue is cool. The building is a (restored) 1900's mansion. It is impressive. The architectural details are beautiful. The space is somehow both cozy and roomy. You feel like you stepped back in time. We were seated shortly after walking in at a small table in the same area the hostess stand. Our server was polite and knowledgeable. I ordered a drink, the Revival Manhattan-$13.00. The drink was good and the price in line for the upscale environment. Next, I ordered a beet and walnut salad-$10.00. Ten dollars seems to be a bargain for a salad in a fine dinning atmosphere, but honestly it fell flat. It mostly consisted of walnuts with two balls of cheese and some slightly too toothsome beets over some boxed spring mix. The salad was also incredibly small. Spread out over a long skinny plate it gave the allusion of more food but what was equivalent to about 5 bites. I was really hoping my entrée would hit it out of the park, though the description of it was quite pedestrian. I ordered the vegetarian bowl. It had a tomato broth base, cubed sweet potatoes, chickpeas, wilted spinach, herbs with a larger (AKA not cubed like the rest of the ingredients) stalk of broccolini lay dead center. What my eyes could only describe to one without a picture is reminiscent of canned vegetable soup. Disappointing is being nice about it. I can't remember the exact price, but I believe it was $22.00. Pretty expensive soup for what was presented. I could not finish the soup and asked to take the remaining soup home. The server collected the leftovers to take to the kitchen and package up, and while doing so asked if we were there for any special occasion. It was our 10th wedding anniversary. He congratulated us and offered a dessert on the house which is classy and appreciated.The dessert was chocolate mousse that he delivered with two spoons. Our meal was not quite what I thought it would be and I left underwhelmed with the experience. Though there were some highlights that night, there were a lot of let downs. The big kicker is when we got home, my husband, who carried my leftovers to the car, picked up the bag that the leftover soup was placed in by the staff, and it was all through the bag. The staff put my leftover soup in a paper to-go-box. A soup, in a paper box that has unsealed flaps, you know put together at the restaurant by the staff at time of take-out. Again, soup in a PAPER box. If you do not offer another way to transport a soup, I wish you would have expressed that. Instead, I was left with a plastic bag (holding my saturated paper box) with some soup still in it, most leaking out and then more leaking out of the plastic bag placed over the paper box "holding" the soup. It went directly into the trash and left a mess to clean up after. I am still stunned that someone did that, it doesn't show much awareness or care for the customer.

We enjoyed their Anniversary 3-course meal last evening. I had the crab bisque, gnocchi bolognese, and cheesecake. Everything was delicious. My wife had the beet salad, salmon, and apple tart. She equally enjoyed her meal. The service was awesome, despite the entree coming in when two bites of the salad were yet to be enjoyed.This is one of our favorite restaurants in Greater Pittsburgh. We highly recommend and will go back.

Revival on Lincoln was an option that came up while I was trying to look for a venue for a small (and slightly last minute) wedding celebration dinner. The pictures online and the menu both looked very promising, so we reached out to the restaurant to see what could be arranged. We spoke with Christine to discuss options, and she was so helpful, accommodating, and kind that we decided to not even bother calling other places on our list and immediately went with Revival. I'm so glad we did- everything about our evening there was wonderful. The staff was terrific and friendly and constantly on top of everything, the food was uniformly excellent (the chef and staff also very kindly accommodated the more limited palate of a preschooler in our party), and the ambience was perfect. We booked the Little House, a small private building adjacent to the main restaurant, and I'm glad we did- the size was perfect, and the holiday decor was cozy, festive, and tasteful, perfect for the occasion. All in all, the entire night was perfect and we couldn't have asked for anything better. I can't wait to come back to Revival the next time we're in the area to see what great new menu options they have. Whatever your occasion is, I can't recommend them enough.

We got reservations for Valentine's Day featuring a select list of options in three courses. The prices were pretty high for the dinner but probably pretty average for Valentine's day menus. We started with two cocktails - a Revival Manhattan that I really enjoyed and a Vodka Sidecar that my better half really liked. We selected a $75 Surf and Turf/Filet and a $70 Filet Mignon for the entrees along with a Mediterranean Lettuce blend and Beet salad that was very tasty. The meat was cooked perfectly medium rare and the sides of Bok Choy, Green Beans, and Panko Crusted potatoes were prepared nicely. The desserts were very good - Strawberry shortcake and Apple Cobbler with ice cream. The rooms are very nicely done although a little bit crowded. We had a very large party seated at a round table next to us that turned into sort of a train wreck as the night wore on. They literally had our server in tears. Granted, on this particular night, their kitchen and service teams were not timing things very well but the real issue seemed to stem from the bar. The drinks were super slow to arrive and the natives were restless. Things got so bad at one point that the waitress offered us free glasses of wine to make up for the delays and the noisy unhappy diners next to us. I have to imagine this situation was probably an anomaly but nonetheless gave us pause. We might try it again but at that price point, there's a lot of other options.

Went to dinner for restaurant week. We sat inside- they had a piano player, who was amazing, and the atmosphere is cozy. Our waitress was attentive and great. I ordered the gumbo, the crab cake and chocolate mouse. My friend ordered the sliced tenderloin of pork tonnato, crab cake, and New York cheesecake. My gumbo was amazing and I tried a bite of the pork tonnato- the mix of pork and tuna sauce were a great mix. The crabcake was all crab and delicious- no filler. We got 1 crabcake- which was really big. During regular weeks- you get 2 crab cakes. I was not big on the corn relish- but it was delish, just not my favorite veggie with the crab. The mashed potatos and roasted potatos.It was also the best chocolate mouse I ever had.

If you're looking for a romantic date night or an event to host, Revival is the place! I hosted my birthday party here recently, and the owner's wife was extremely accommodating with the entire process. I could not have asked for a smoother experience. From the moment you walk in to leaving Revival, I felt welcomed like family. I heard great things about the food from friends and the drinks were wonderful, too. I loved our server as she so graciously gave us complimentary limoncello drinks to end our evening. Definitely will be coming back!!! Thank you, Revival for making my 24th birthday so special!