If Brunch is your plan, find somewhere else. Â Called for reservation for Sunday at 10:30 and was told there was a buffet for brunch. Â When we got there on Sunday, they didn't open till 11am, and there were only about 8 items for "brunch". Â Food was acceptable, not good. Â I hear the Bice in Naples is much better!
Review Source:While on our way to see our daughter in Lakewood Ranch, we had stopped to have dinner at the restaurant since our daughter had recommended the place. Â I had the steak salad and my husband had the shortrib meal. We took our dessert of Tres Leche for takeout and ate it at our hotel destination. Everything was delicious, the server was great and nice atmosphere. When travelling in the area will go back again.
Review Source:I happen to love Bice pronounced Beechay. The food Is great and the price is reasonable. Need i say more? I'm not that picky about slow service, I believe dining should be a total experience not a race. The atmosphere is a 3, it's modern, clean, interesting and has outdoor seating on two sides, I recommend the front, also a bar area with a happy hour and a dining area too. Again, the food is very good, the menu is creative and a lot of items resemble the cheesecake factory for good reason. Great value.
Review Source:Okay; first time we went; couldn't tell if they were open; once inside not very busy; we had good experience cause our waiter was good though. I agree the server makes all the difference.
My boyfriend had the salmon pasta and I had tuna steak on capellini--both very good.
But most impressive was today. I was craving a tuna burger after coming back from California (where the best tuna burgers are)--and I looked online.
According to their online menu they had one so I headed over to order one for take out. The manager was really nice but said they didn't have it anymore (menu change). Whatever; if it's online, then it's online.
Anyway, all's well that's ends well; he had the kitchen make me the sandwich with the tuna steak and it's one of the best things I've ever eaten!
He even said when I left I can special order it whenever I want.
So based on my experience I'm giving them a big thumbs up!
Next I'm going to try their Happy Hour!
Food was horrible, service was horrible. Never coming back.
To begin with we waited about 5 minutes at the front and no hostess ever showed up to seat us. We ended up seating Ourselves.
I ordered a grouper sandwich that was slimy and fishy, not fresh at all. When I squeezed my sandwich it dripped grease and water. Â My husbands Caesar salad was bland and chicken avocado sandwich had no flavor. About this only thing that salvaged my meal were the French fries which were nice and crunchy. Save ur money and go to one of the many other restaurants in the area. Have a stomach ache as we speak... Blek
Bi-chay? Â Not Bice? Â Rice? Â Twice as nice?
I've been here a few times for lunch and this is the first time I've ever heard the correct pronunciation. Â (Scrolling a few reviews down I can see I'm not the only one that thought Bice was Bice.)
If only Blue Water Bistro was open for lunch - this place is painful. Â Painful service, painful disorganization, just...pain.
Coming to FL I expect to slow down a little, but this place pretty much operates in slow motion. Â I can't explain why either - it was a 2:30 lunch with a handful of other occupied tables. Â Things should have been flying out of the kitchen, or at the very least - power walking. Â Not so much.
We had to flag down our waitress for everything, which was especially difficult considering we were sitting outside and she was inside 98% of the time we were there. Â The table next to us waited so long for their check I thought they were just going to up and walk out without paying. Â They probably could have.
Getting refills on drinks was near impossible, and I never knew it could take 45 minutes to create two salads.
For a place that feels like a mini-cheesecake factory in style and menu variations, they sure don't operate like one.
The salads were (and always have been) okay, and the various apps we've tried have always been better than any entre we have ordered. Â The thai lettuce wraps are a carbon copy of what they give you at The Cheesecake Factory (still tasty though) and the various tuna sushi apps we've tried have always been good, though they always bring over ONE set of chopsticks for a sushi app no matter how many people are at the table. But by the time you realize you only have one pair, the waitress is long gone and probably won't resurface for at least 15 minutes. Â
Moral of the story: slow. Â Go here if you like to wait for what can only be described as "food" for what seems like foooor-eeeeevvvv-eeerrrr.
Horrible service, very slow even when not busy. Ordered a seafood pizza, tasted very fishy and didn't come with everything that was listed on the menu, so we sent it back. The "manager" would only take off half of the price of the pizza even though we didn't even eat it. What kind of service is that?? Needless to say I will never be back. Ew, just thinking of that place makes me feel sick.
Review Source:We had been to Bice Grand a few times since last summer. Acceptable bar food and an all-hours happy hour. Nice service.
Our family tried for dinner last Wednesday.....We walked in ,were not greeted by anyone and so took a table ourselves. It was not busy.
Waiters, busboys and , I think, the manager were scurrying by our table for 15 minutes and still no acknowledgement or service, so we left.
Manager's apology on the way out was weak.
This place is off our list.......
We went for a late lunch. Excellent salads - we had Asian Chicken and Steak over mixed greens. Not overpowered by dressing, fresh greens, totally hit the mark.
Appears to have a full bar and wine list - for lunch we did not investigate. Wait staff was attentive, atmosphere was comfortable.
On a whim we stopped by this restaurant on a Monday evening. Â We were so surprised at the atmosphere at the bar lively and active with a super happy hour from 3-7 with 1/2 drinks and 25% off appetizers. Â We like to sit at the bar and have drinks and appetizers so for us it was ideal. Â Our bartender was Jen who was friendly, informative and attentive. We were extremely pleased by the selection, flavor and prices. We had the Thai chicken wraps which were more than enough for two people and the chicken nacho's ..not your average nachos...Next time your in this area BE SURE to stop in and hopefully you will have the pleasure of Jenn as your bartender but go quick cause she's heading West!
Review Source:given my last review, this is where we ended up at coconut point, and thank goodness. Â waitstaff was great, coming to our table at just the perfect moments. food was delicious. we sat outside which was packed, but not too noisy. peeked inside, nice decor. very comfortable, nice price range, great food. would definitely return and bring friends.
Review Source:I have been there twice and both times had great food. Â I was a bit surprised at some of the reviews posted here.. If I had seen them before going, I might not have gone, but wow, the food is great, the seating outside is superb if you are from up north and looking to really feel like you are on vacation. Â Wait staff are knowledgeable and while the service is not super quick, it is at a nice, leisurely pace. So if you are in a super hurry, maybe not a great place to go, but if you are looking to relax with friends, enjoy a great meal and sit is a really neat area, this is it! Â I have had a lunch special with burger, fries and salad, and also a main course salad, both were fabulous!
Review Source:Same restaurant, but they've got a new name -- Quattrocento ("four hundred" in Italian). Â Service on a Friday early in October -- early in season, but in season nonetheless -- was fast and well-paced. Â The food was capably prepared; my fiancee had the chicken marsala, while I had the mushroom ravioli. Â Oddly, my pasta dish was served with mashed potatoes (not a bad thing, just unusual), and her chicken had a distinct Asian flair. Â Perhaps they're trying for a fusion-style menu?
The wine list is unfortunately short, and not terribly well paired with the foods they serve, but it's got a number of well-recognized names, and the pricing is for the most part, decent (although on a couple of wines, I kind of was surprised to see a 3x markup from retail, rather than the standard 2x. Â Perhaps I just shop well for wine). Â Still, for the two of us, with a beer and a glass of wine (almost everything on the wine list is available by the glass -- in some cases, for less than 1/4 the bottle price), the bill was under $50, so it's definitely affordable.
The only oddity was how empty the place was -- even this early in season, with the reasonable prices they charge, I'd have expected it to be busier at 7 PM on a Friday. Â As large as the restaurant was, it had an entire wing left unused.
I didn't love anything about Bice, but didn't hate anything about it either. Most comical were people trying to figure out how to pronouce the restaurant's name.
The place is huge, and features an outdoor patio overlooking the picturesque Mall parking lot. Yipee.  But I will say that for a mall restaurant, the interior was attractive, if not impressive.  High ceilings and rich furnishings in the dining room made it a pleasant experience.  The service however from the waitstaff, and barman was curt if not a little rude.  I will say however, that they prices were more than fair even after the very  popular happy hour.  That said, the house wines we sampled were horrifiically bad. I would recommend sticking to mixed drinks instead, except the glasses they are served in are about the size of a thimble. No Joke.
The bar area of hte dining room is less attractive than the more formal area that is partiioned off although it features the same menu. Â I'd recommend the primary dining room over the bar as it is more attractive and features 'gasp' table clothes? who'd of thought.
OK, so the food is not great, but it's better than say olive garden or fridays, which is somewhat how I'd describe the pricing and offerings. Mixed between steaks/american fare and italian offerings... Â The menu is more sophisticated than those two chains, but not by much. Pricing is more than reasonable as well.
All in all, this  isn't a destination restaurant, but if you'r ein the area or mall and want to sit down for a quick, but decent meal and have a cocktail, this is a great option for you.
I've been here twice more in the past two weeks. Â (House guests both times liked the look of the menu and the happy hour deals.) Â Happy hour was great. Â We sat outside, got chilly and asked if the heater thingies could be put near us. Â We were told they were only for those eating dinner there. Â Talk about making one feel like a second-class citizen! Â Anyway, it did get crowded and we asked if we could be moved inside, they opened more seating and we were fine. Â Anyway, to the food. Â Drinks are 1/2 price and appetizers 25% off during happy hour. Â We each ordered two appetizers and discovered they're huge...one each would have sufficed. Â They were very good. Â I had the eggplant parmigiana and coconut shrimp and found both to be excellent. Â The place was crowded (bargain hunters like us, no doubt) so service suffered. Â But they seemed to be doing as best they could.
Next time I went with another group for dinner. Â I had the Tuscan grilled Atlantic salmon which was delicious and perfectly cooked. Â No complaints at all and our server was efficient and charming. Â Drinks were ample and I'm only sorry I was too full to try the Johnnycake cobbler with berries and ice cream. Â Next time. Â They keep it up, I may have to go to 4 stars.
No, this restaurant is not a tribute to American Idols Bo Bice...in fact it's pronounced Bi-che...or after a few drinks, bitch ;)
This was my second visit to Bice, first ime was for lunch...had a great shrimp/avocado club with sweet potato fries...solid.
This time I was there for dinner, so I had the Farfalle Salmon....well, the smallish cocktails(luckily next door at the Grill Room they are HUGE) caused me to pronounce it Falaffle....ah well. The sauce was very good but I was a little dissapointed...in a place like this you would expect a salmon fillet with pasta underneath, not salmon pieces thrown into and tossed with the pasta....
Now onto the next dish...their signature excellent chicken maderia. The portion size of this dish made it very clear why America has an obesity problem...it came with 2 huge chicken breasts wih cheese and enough mased potatoes for at least 3 people....and asparagus...it was GREAT, but there will be leftovers if you plan to eat this dish alone...if there are no leftovers you are either a fat whompus or extremley high.
Dessert we all got a choclate brownie Sundae to split...it was ok...the brownie was a little dry, and I have better versions of this in my day...if I wasn't so full from the pasta and chicken dish I split with my sis in law, might have had room for another dessert, which all sounded good.
Is the the best place in SW Florida, no, but definatley worth a trip for the chicken dish I mentioned...you will not leave hungry no matter what you get!
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