*****DESTROYED BY FIRE ON JULY 12, 2012***** Â No word yet on future of business. Â A sad loss for the local community.
Yelp has been alerted to this closure a few times now. Â The ONE STAR rating is not reflective of the quality of the restaurant at all...I felt odd giving a 5 star to a message about the demise of one's dream and source of income, and since Yelp doesn't allow posting without a star rating.... well there you have it.
Let's hope The Bistro will be back with us soon.
A cozy, unassuming beach-bistro with an eclectic & inviting atmosphere served with fantastic food and great service. Décor was a bit cheesy-euro bistro but still fun considering the location. There used to be a magical garden shop next door and so the exterior landscaping creates a quaint setting that draws you in... My second dining experience at the Bistro last night and it was just as fantastic as the first.
Bartenders provide a great yet casual style of service, and add fun to the atmosphere with lively conversation. Oh, and they also serve great drinks, using the freshest of ingredients. -Lolly made fresh whipped cream for my Spanish coffee! She does one of the best Spanish coffee's I have ever had! Loved the attention to detail and prompt service.
Shared and loved everything we ordered:
* The Greek lemon soup and the seafood stew, fabulous. Â
* Crab cakes, delicious
* Pear and Walnut salad, fresh and flavorful
* The linguini with roasted pine nuts to die for!
*Don't miss out on the rich chocolate torte.
Foodies,you have arrived..I have been going to the bistro for 6years now. The food is quality made with flavor. The rib eye is one of my personal favorites..the atmosphere is warm and cozy and the service is prompt. I can see the attention to detail in the way the food is executed. Moreover, the sweedish creme is to die for. I have never found anything more savory or flavorful. I highly recommend this resturant.
Review Source:We stepped into the doorway and were asked if we had a reservation. Â We didn't have one, but it was 5pm and the place was empty. Â Maybe they were expecting to fill up any minute. Â The hostess was rude to us and very condescending. Â She made us feel like we were trespassing. Â We walked to the next street and ended up at Sweet Basil Cafe, and we look upon that as serendipity! Â Sweet Basil was wonderful. Â We don't plan to try the Bistro on a future visit either, given the treatment we received. Â Evidently they are so busy they don't need our business. Â Fine with us!
Review Source:Five big ones with a disclaimer, you have to ease into the place. Â Meaning, at first glance it looks a little, well old. Â But then the surprises begin. Â Survice is great for the coast (but i might add beter then most places in PDX as well). Â Drinks were great, full bar with great wine selection (not your run-of-the-mill rite aid wines at 2.5 times mark-up) but beer options are kind of weak (which is a bummer in the micro beer capital). Â But two out of three, should be safe! The food, well i couldn't find a single thing to complain about. Â Perfect! Same goes for desert. Unbelievable! By the time i left i was sold and would change anything about the place. Â It gets busy (for a reason) so think ahead. Â Probably not a good choice for little ones. Â
A must if in the area.
Short menu had many potential selections. Our group of 3 each had a different entree and they were uniformly good. My favorite, sea scallops, was wonderful. Everything including salads and desserts were excellent, if a bit expensive for a small beach town. I have already recommended this spot to friends planning to visit Cannon Beach.
Review Source:Liked this place a lot. Â Nice food that tries to be a little special for a little beach town and generally succeeds. Â I had some super fresh oysters dredged in flour, fried and served in a light lemon sauce; with a glass of local Pinot Gris, that dish sang to me!
I am a little surprised about yelpers bitching about the service and food. Â I had a great time there. Â I found the service to be very nice if a little casual, and the food to be pretty good. Â The people who worked there were very friendly to me. Â This place would have a tough time competing in Portland, I'd guess. Â But lots of places in Portland would have a tough time in Chicago, and lots of Chicago places would have a tough time in Paris. Â I think having a little perspective helps, and I had a fine time with modest, Oregon coast, beach town expectations.
It's a casual, quirky place and if that's OK with you I think you'll like Bistro.
Chill, everyone.
Oh, and yes, there are better options for kids in town, but don't downgrade the restaurant because of that. Â Just don't bring your kids!
I would agree that Bistro is a little pricey for CB but eh, so what. Â And they did have a meatball sandwich + soup or salad for $6 as an option in the bar--it looked good and that offer provides a value option!
Don't go with Children!! No child's menu and our daughter ordered pasta with olive oil and parmesan. We asked for a few vegetables on the side.
Her entire dish was the size of a coffee saucer which she promptly finished in two bites. We got the bill and her dinner was $13.75.. a dollar less than adult entree at 1/4 the size. The owner/manager could not have been more rude, patronizing and condescending when we complained about the prices. Although adult food was good we would never go back due to the rip-off prices for children and rude manger.
The menu looked great, the environment very "beachy-bistro-like" -- small, cozy, quirky -- and it turned out that the food was MORE than fine.
We were a table of 7 (all of whom like to share, luckily) so we all tried each other's starters and dinners and desserts and everything was GREAT (oh my, that greek/lemon soup...whooda thunk?? eee-yummmm :)
The only reason I didn't give it a five was that our server was rather on the bitchy side and, sorry -- if you're "hostessing" someone's dining experience -- the bitchy thing really doesn't work.
But the food sure did!!
LOVED IT !!
The Swedish Cream here is worth every star I can award. Â It's a dessert, and they always have it (as far as I know). Â It's a sort of semi-solid creamy concoction with a berry (raspberry, I think) sauce poured over it. Â It's like berries and cream. Â Except for instead of pouring the creme on the berries and having it all sink to the bottom, the berries are now poured onto the flat top surface of a semi-solid cream, and every scoop you take out of that cream will be surrounded by berry flavor.
The food here is good. Â I like it. Â I had some nice meat on a stick. Â I probably had a steak or two. Â That's fine. Â But it's the Swedish that brings me back every time. Â If it weren't for the Swedish, this would just be another Cannon Beach restaurant (although, the interior is certainly a bit different than usual, isn't it?).
I usually come to Cannon beach at least once a year (from California) and usually eat at Bistro at least once during my stay.
Swedish Cream is delicious. Â Just eat it.
(Note: They are closed one or two nights a week, so plan ahead)
we came across this unassuming little restaurant called (Bistro Restaurant & Bar), we checked out the menu and decided to try it. our first impression of the decor, very cheesy euro bistro feel, plus they need to change out there napkins (very faded & old). if your going just for the decor, please stop reading and choose different restaurant, now if you like decent service and good food in CB you must stop and check this place out.
my wife had the halibut dinner (daily special), I had the fish Stew, both had wonderful flavor, with super fresh tasting ingredients. we both especially liked the fish stew.
this place overall was very good, i would give Newman at 998 better overall score, but this is a must try place when you come down to OR Coast.
The locals will tell you this place is good but really it's not. Maybe being from a city and experiencing good restaurants at hand has spoiled me.
Had the seafood stew which was totally boring. They need to spice it up.
Portions were small and just ok. Waiter (bartender too) was a total snob and very rude. Look elsewhere.
We had a meal here during a recent trip. It was pretty late and the servers were still very helpful. Â I had a dungeness salad that was tasty. My husband had the razor clams that were phenomenal. Prepared perfectly and delicious. Good wine recommendations. Good food and vaue....good service.....
Review Source:When you are at a place like Cannon Beach, your expectations are a bit lower - at least they should be. Â If this was a restaurant in Portland, or any reasonable sized city, I would never even step in the door... but when you have spent many many nights out on the beach away from the city, sometimes you end up with well... OK food. Â
We went on a Sunday evening close to their closing time and there were no tables except for the 6 person table in the bar area (right at the door). Â While listening to a waiter talk about alcohol poisoning to the bartender we perused the wine list. Â
We both had their fish dishes - a wild salmon special and the halibut standard on their menu. Â Both were just ok, and the white rice on the side (maybe it was basmati) was no so good, yes no so good.
The salads were at least fresh.
Now... the options in Cannon Beach are not so great, so this almost deserves 4 stars in relation to the other meals you can get out at Cannon Beach... but 2.5 is what they should get if not considering their competition.
This was the best food we had during our recent OR coast jaunt. Â It's a tiny place, but they've arranged the tables to maximize privacy. Â Even the smaller 2-person tables are fine--they're not shoved together as we've seen in so many other restaurants. Â
I had the char-grilled salmon and my husband had the beef tenderloin. Â We were both very happy with the simple preparation and portion sizes. Â It's the kind of food you'd like to make for your friends, at home. Â The salmon was served on top of a dill pesto (very mild, not overly garlicky or oily), with steamed asparagus and jasmine rice. Â It wasn't fancy or impressive--just good, solid cooking.
We'll definitely visit again...it was the perfect way to end our vacation.
Not that impressed. We have heard good things about this place and that you pretty much have to make a reservation or you won't get in, so you'd think it would be much better than it was. The server was very nice but the food was just okay. The atmosphere was a little weird. They made our reservation in the lounge which should have been okay but they don't have a lobby or any place for people who are waiting to be seated to wait. The main door leads into the lounge so everyone that was coming in was crowding around our table while we were trying to have this nice dinner. It wasn't cozy or romantic at all. The prices weren't bad which is good but I think this place is way over rated. It took us 2 hours to eat, not because we were taking our time and enjoying ourselves either. Go down the road to Gower St. Bistro! Been there twice and both times was fabulous!
Review Source:Really nice meal here. Â By far the best option available in Cannon Beach. Â I loved the Bistro salad with blue cheese and veggies. Â Scallop entree was quite nice. Â Some of the best prepared scallops I've had, but the sides were just ok. Â Husband loved the lamb with chutney. Â Nice wines, great chocolate cake. Â Ambiance is a bit stuffy and old fashioned, but still nice. Â Not cheap, but comparable to what you'd pay in other nice restaurants in the area with much better food. Â We brought our 2 year old and 4 year old and the waiter was very accommodating of them. Â Recommend it!
Review Source:This is a great little restaurant with a good selection of food and wine. I had the Salad with Pears and Walnuts and the seafood Stew. I have had their Seafood Stew several different times, and although it is never the same because of seafood availability, it is always good with just enough spiciness to make it interesting. The Prawns with Noodles and Green Curry Sauce was good and spicy. We had a great meal.
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