The Dining Room

The Dining Room in Asheville is a Contemporary American fine-dining choice with a business-casual dress code. The confirmed price point is $75 per person, so the decision should be based on whether that cuisine, price, dress standard fit the meal you have in mind.

Choose this for Contemporary American fine dining, especially if the group is interested in hand-crafted pastas, seasonal seafood, or seasonal meats. If you need a dining format, service style, or menu structure beyond those confirmed details, check directly before planning around it.

Contemporary American fine dining defines the menu

Cuisine is Contemporary American Fine Dining, with signature strengths that include hand-crafted pastas, seasonal seafood, seasonal meats. That gives the restaurant a clear fine-dining lane without requiring claims about a tasting menu, chef-counter format, or specific dishes.

At $75 per person, the price is easiest to evaluate against the confirmed basics: Contemporary American cooking, a fine-dining context, a business-casual standard. The available menu information is broad rather than itemized.

The Dining Room also has confirmed Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence recognition for 2026. That is a meaningful signal for diners who care about wine recognition, though specific bottle selections, pairings, or beverage-program details should not be assumed from the available information.

The room is a dress-up choice, so occasion matters

The business-casual dress code is the clearest practical signal for planning.

For diners comparing options, the strongest confirmed facts are the fine-dining category, the $75 per person price point, the business-casual dress code, the Contemporary American menu, the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence (2026). Those details make The Dining Room a sensible choice for diners who want a more refined meal without relying on claims about the room, ownership, service style, or chef narrative.

Who should book, who should pass

Book if the occasion calls for Contemporary American fine dining in Asheville, if the $75 per person price point fits the plan, if the group is comfortable with a business-casual dress code. It is also a good fit for diners drawn to the confirmed signature categories: hand-crafted pastas, seasonal seafood, seasonal meats.

Confirm directly before booking if you need a tasting menu, a casual bar-style format, lunch service, takeout, delivery, a specific chef-led concept, or detailed dietary accommodations, because those details are not confirmed in the available venue information.