Best Romantic Restaurants in Gordonsville

Zero complaints. Absolute perfection. The pumpkin sticky toffee pudding was to die for. Highly recommend the chefs table option. $100 for seating but the chefs personally describe every single dish and send out tons of gifts on the house. We will be back again and again.

This is one of our favorite restaurants and has been for years! You can’t beat the cocktails, they are excellent. The filet mignon is fabulous because of the rub and sear on the outside and it’s extremely tender and juicy on the inside. It was total perfection!! Eric was our server and he made an excellent recommendation for wine as I was struggling a bit on what would go perfectly with our steaks. Their wine list is amazing!! You can’t leave without a piece of the peanut butter pie for dessert and a Godfather to accompany it. The evening was absolutely one to remember!!

Everything about our day at Barboursville was fantastic. Palladio felt like stepping into old world, Italy. The servers were fantastic, even the wine maker Luca came to talk to us. The food was very good from the moment the bread and oil was sat down on the table. The olive oil was so high-quality that I purchased two bottles to take home. Would absolutely recommend for a lovely lunch with a partner or a small group of friends.

We've heard of C&O for years, in the same hushed tones reserved for family secrets and arcane initiations. It's a must, a Charlottesville icon. It's dark and glorious and defies definition or explanation. Go, you Charlottesvillian. Don't ask or argue. Just go. Having been for our first time, I can safely say: we get it now. My fiancee and I had reservations Halloween night. We were ushered past gas lamps and a thick door into a dreamscape of candles, oak paneling, and thoughtful, talented staff (all in coordinated ghostly wedding apparel). We were given a corner table in a downstairs bar teeming with delicious smells and happy regulars. This place is clearly redolent in happy memories and good history. We split house bread, superb cocktails in last-century coupe glasses, steak chinois and duck confit gnocchi that was delicious beyond worss. C&O felt transportive, something special, magical, and meaningful, like a church or hidden garden. The place it holds in the hearts of Charlottesville makes complete sense now. I cannot recommend C&O more highly.

I don’t think I’ve ever encountered the level of personalized customer service that I saw on display here. Left me truly in awe and wanting to tell others about my experience!