Spring House Restaurant Sells Out Opening Weekend

New Farm-to-Table Dining Downtown

The long-awaited Spring House Restaurant opened Thursday, April 12, 2012 to a sold out opening weekend, just in time for the RiverRun International Film Festival.

Previously the estate home of wealthy industrialist, Agnew Hunter Bahnson in the 1920's, on what was then known as "Millionaire's Row", this historic restaurant is located beside the Forsyth County Central Library, at 450 N. Spring Street. The restaurant offers a white tablecloth fine dining experience of New American Cuisine with a strong New Southern influence and seasonal cooking by Chef Timothy Grandinetti as well as artisan cocktails at their bar.

Spring House Restaurant, Kitchen & Bar
450 N. Spring Street, Winston-Salem (Downtown)
www.springhousenc.com
336-782-2824

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Mixed experience

Submitted by guest (not verified) on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 03:40.

We ate at Spring house on 2/7/13, party of 7. We had a very mixed experience. Here's the highlights (pros & cons).

Pros:

The decor and layout of the house is great.
The pork belly, veggie quesadilla (they're known for this), and deserts were delicious. The oysters were fine.
The landscaping around the house is gorgeous.
The smoking stack (something like that) cocktail was amazing.

Cons:

The room we were put in was freezing; we all kept our coats on.
Our waitress, a young lady with a mohawk, was attentive to our needs, but came across as very pretentious and we could hear her complaining about our table behind the wall.
When ordering our drinks, she would take 2-3 people's drink order, leave, and return several minutes later to get everyone else's order. She would frequently whisk away before we had a chance to order anything new.
We arrived at 5:30 (that was the only reservation time they claimed was available before 8:30, despite the fact that the place was half empty). We weren't actually eating our food until 8pm, however.
The Venison dish was completely inedible. Two of us ordered it and sent it back immediately; we've had Venison before on several occasions. The waitress' explanation was that it was "Texas Venison" and we must not be used to that. I don't think Venison starts to taste like crap when it crosses the border. But more importantly, if Spring House is flaunting their "local fare", why are they getting Venison from Texas?
Since we couldn't eat the Venison, and the service was so slow, we ordered off the appetizer menu so we could at least get some food. The short rib spring rolls we ordered were frozen on the inside.

Needless to say, we won't be eating there again anytime soon.

Hope Du Jour

Submitted by Kristi on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 12:45.

Hi Judie!

I hope they participate as well. As this is a news story, you'd need to contact them directly at the website or the phone number listed in the brief. Good luck on your fantastic event!

Hope du Jour

Submitted by a star struck Winston-Salem visitor on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 22:07.

I sure would love to have you as a participating restaurant in Hope du Jour on May 1. Check out the list at www.hopedujour.org.

- Judie Holcomb-Pack

Review - not Spring House

Submitted by a star struck Winston-Salem visitor on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 20:11.

Hi Judie,

Thanks for reading our review however we do not represent the new Spring House Restaurant. You can reach them directly at the number on this page. Best of luck with Hope du Jour and thanks for all you do to keep Winston-Salem wonderful!