Bistrot De Soleil

Great atmosphere, great service, great food!

I have eaten at Bistro De Soleil 4 times and enjoyed the prix fixe menu selections each time.  On two occasions the service was intolerably slow.  The hostess is rather aloof, which is disappointing.  The food is GOOD.  One disappointment though was the mozzarella and tomato salad.  Way, way too much balsamic vinegar was drowning , rather than complimenting the ingredients.

On one occasion, I sat at the bar while waiting for my husband to join me.  It took the bartender well over 5 mins to acknowledge my presence.  There were only 2 other patrons seated there. Then it took another 10 mins for him to even make my cocktail, which he made wrong!

The service is really lacking, except for Pablo, who is pleasant, attentive without being cloying, and knowledgable. The hostess really needs to warm up.  By the third visit to a restaurant (off-season!) one would expect a big smile and "good to see you again".  Treat the locals right and we'll be coming through the door when it's off-season, the lack of warmth or recognition as well on our way to being regulars has kept us from being regulars.  BTW, my husband and I eat out at least 5 times a week!  Their loss.

A group of 7 of us dined here last night, 6/24, to celebrate a retirement. I ordered a steak, very, very rare. My companion also ordered steak, med. rare.  When the food was delivered to our table and we cut into the meat, my steak was med. well done and my companions was well done. We waited and waited for the waiter to come back to the table. When he did finally return and asked how everything was, I told him my steak was unedible, it was way over cooked, tough and tasteless. He just shrugged and walked away!  Needless to say, the two of us sat and watched the others in our group eat their meals. I did manage to eat the small salad that was on the plate, and a few soggy French fries!  And for this terrible meal, I was charged $25. The price of the steaks should have been taken off the bill, but was not!  My companion took the steaks home for her dog!  Maybe they enjoyed it.
My best advice:  Stay Away from this "joint"!