Awards & Reviews

• Awards

  • AAA Five Diamond Restaurant Award
    American Automobile Association
    Since 1998
    Five Diamond award winners are acknowledged as the premier establishments, providing ultimate quality and service.
  • DiRona Award
    Distinguished Restaurants of North America
    Since 1999
    Awarded to restaurants exemplifying the highest quality standards in all aspects of the dining experience. The award-inspection program is the only independent and anonymous restaurant-inspection program in North America. Restaurants must pass a 75-point evaluation conducted by trained industry professionals.
  • Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
    Wine Spectator
    Since 1997
    The Seelbach Hilton is the only Kentucky hotel to receive this special award. To receive the award, the restaurant wine lists must display vintage depth, including vertical offerings of several top wines, as well as excellent breadth from several major wine-growing regions. Our wine list offers over 1,200 selections.
  • America's 50 Best Hotel Restaurants
    Food and Wine Magazine
    2004, 2003, 2002
    The Oakroom is the only restaurant from Kentucky to be chosen by Food & Wine magazine for its guide of the nation's finest hotel dining destinations.
  • "Our Favorite Romantic Restaurants"
    Southern Living
    February 2004
    Southern Living editors singled out The Oakroom for their list of Favorite Romantic Restaurants stating, "Cupid makes this restaurant in the the famous Seelbach hotel a perfect place to pop the question."
  • The Gourmet Magazine
    April 2004 Issue
    Top 50 World Hotel Restaurants The Oakroom with Pulled Pork Cheeks & Truffle Gnocchi
  • Fine Dining Hall of Fame
    Nation's Restaurant News
    2001
    Nation's Restaurant News is the preeminent magazine in the food service industry. To be inducted into their Fine Dining Hall of Fame is a real testament to the restaurant staff's commitment to a quality dining experience.
  • Best Hotel Dining Room in the South and Cooking with Spirits Award
    Santé Magazine
    2001, 2000, 1999, 1998
    The Seelbach Hilton culinary team was featured on the February/March 2001 issue of Santé Magazine, a special event as the hotel was a double award winner.

• Reviews

  • "If you can have only one meal while visiting Louisville, this is where to have it."
    John Zoloth, Epicurean Magazine
  • "Fine-dining aficionados wouldn't miss the 'fabulous' Oakroom."
    Zagat
  • "'Kentucky Fine Dining,' down-home recipes with a contemporary Continental twist."
    New York Times
  • "The Oakroom, a rising star among restaurants."
    Gorumet Magazine
  • "Elegant, yet comfortable setting, top-quality ingredients, exemplary service, region's finest wine cellar."
    Courier-Journal, February 14, 2004