My family and I have dined at Verbena BYOB for dinner several times over the past year and consistently leave impressed. The kitchen at Verbena is helmed by a terrifically talented, always affable, and extremely creative chef, Scott. The ambiance is stellar – nicely appointed...wooden tables, hardwood flooring, and candles throughout the cozy restaurant makes for a beautiful and very refined feeling space. The service from the extremely knowledgeable wait staff who know the frequently changing and smart menu inside and out, is always friendly and exceptional. Chef Scott only uses the highest quality of fresh, and largely local ingredients, and everything is made in house. On our most recent visit, I had the acorn squash soup (wonderful texture and a unique and exceptional flavor), the steak tartare topped with quail egg, crème fraiche, and a dollop of osetra caviar (a beautiful dish brimming with mouthwatering flavors and delicious prime beef), and the braised lamb shank on a bed of Moroccan couscous (a very generous portion of flavorful, fall-of-the bone tender, lamb on a bed of perfectly cooked and delicious couscous). My wife had a salad to start (she just loved it and, having had a bite, I fully agree – fresh greens with a beautiful medley of vegetables served with an outstanding tomatillo “yogurt” dressing) and the fluke with lentils and pork belly (creative, flavorful, fresh, and delectable). Our kids shared the deckle steak entrée which was accompanied by a selection of cauliflower and a piece of potato lasagna in an au jus (tender, perfectly cooked medium rare, incredibly flavorful). The meal ended with crème brulee and a chocolate truffle served with carrot dust (creative and the perfect end to a perfect meal). Verbena is, in my opinion, the no contest best restaurant in Kennett Square, and the food rates right up there in my book with many top metropolitan fine dining establishments. Visit after visit, every course is always not just good, but outstanding.More

Incredible culinary experience. Excellent flavors, high quality ingredients, prepared perfectly in a small, intimate setting. Highly recommend the tasting menu for a first visit.

We did a couples night on Friday with reservations. The place is a BYOB and they don't charge a corkage fee. Excellent parking available in the Kennett Square garage with an easy walk across the street to the restaurant. We were seated prompltly as a...group in the back section. Initially the waitstaff was very attentive but as the night wore on they appeared to be too busy to keep up with the necessary level of service to our table. We ordered from the menu with a breif explaination of what we were getting but they excluded the portion size from the description. The menu is a First Course - Second Course setup for a reason. Some of our second course choices were very small and not very filling. The dishes are meant to be prepared with fresh/organic/local items - When the food arrived the server had a hard time actually explaining what was in the dish. (unidentified items were always mushrooms) Plan on spending about $50 per person to feel satisfied and that is without alcohol. Remember it is a BYOB.More

The food was outstanding and the service equal. Highly recommend the chef's tasting menu! Each course was better then the previous.

everything was great. our first courses (gazpacho and roasted mushroom soup) were phenomenal -- interesting, complex tastes. our main courses -- mushroom ravioli and lamb kofta --- were perfectly prepared, brilliantly conceived, and delicious. desserts -- baklava with honey ice cream and bread pudding with...cream cheese ice cream -- were great. wonderful to talk with chef scott when he came over toward the end of dinner.More

We won a gift card to Verbena in a silent auction to benefit a nonprofit and looked forward to using it on a recent visit to Kennet Square after reading reviews and viewing the website. We were not disappointed. One might not expect a restaurant...of this caliber in little Kennet Square. When the chef came out to visit our table, he told us how many of the things on our plates came in that day from the farmers market across the street. You don't get any fresher or locally sourced than that. And meeting him was a real treat. This was the kind of sophisticated, flavorful food we expect from high end restaurants in Philadelphia. We didn't opt for the tasting menu, although watching diners around us enjoy it, we might try that on a future visit. I enjoyed the salmon which melted in my mouth and was incredibly flavorful. My partner and I shared the avocado and greens salad and the carrots, greens and green bean in it which were purchased that day from the local market were wonderful. My partner enjoyed the linguini and clams. This is one of his favorite dishes and he wasn't disappointed. While I'm typically a chocolate gal for dessert, I enjoyed the baklava and ice cream as well as the panna cotta which was subtly flavored with lavender, one of my favorites. It was delightful and felt like eating a cloud. Service, too, was attentive and pleasant. While the restaurant was sparsely populated with guests, I was a bit surprised that it took the wait staff as long as it did to remove our entree plates. The pace of the meal was just right. The two staff seemed to be fairly busy, so my only advice would be a bit more attention to those little details which are so important in the type of establishment Verbena aspires to be. This is not an inexpensive venture, but we thought that given the wonderfully creative flavors, it was a good value. Since it's a BYOB, you save money on the booze. We got out of there for less than $100 for two people. We often come close to that on much less amazing food in non-BYOB restaurants. Give it a try. Support this creative chef. We'd love to see him succeed and fulfill his dream.More

The space is beautiful. Quaint and cozy but the food is the real star here. We were with friends and were immediately greeted and walked to our table. She gave us plenty of time to chat with our friends and then took our order. 3...of us had the mussels which were out of this world. Such a generous portion and we all enjoyed the broth in a red sauce. It was like a hearty soup. Our friend order the seasonal salad which look as appealing as it tasted. For the main I enjoyed Pork Cheeks. The presentation was wonderful and such an unusual offering I just had to order it. It was delicious . The others had the salmon, and filet. Everyone was very pleased with their choices but we still had to taste the dessert. Baklava and the Creme Burlee. No disappointment here.More