Bon appetit french bistro

This place is the worst ever! My girlfriend was hustled inside by some scummy French dude. When I walked in my girlfriend had ordered a bottle of wine. Usually I would have been happy but the bottle was on ice in a classy plastic bag that looked like it was used to transport hooker shoes. Then I was expecting baguettes or something...nope kettle chips, yum. I picked the first one up and was greeted with a hair, probably from the waitress with the blonde hair and pink frosted tips lol. The host was nice, he looked like he only had one or two small children in the back of his black work van. The food was terrible, I got the ham and cheese croissant and salad microwaved to a stale perfection that only a master college student could match. My girlfriend got the ravioli with lobster sauce, they cooked the ravioli for 10 extra minutes and seasoned the sauce with enough salt my feet were swollen for two days. In all seriousness, this place is disgusting and is probably the worst place I have ever been, if I could give them no stars I would.

Usually I find yelp reviews useful but in this case I am glad I did not check them before eating at this place. I ordered the asparagus quiche and it was great! Tasteful and very well presented. My husband had the lobster ravioli and they were really good. This is a very nice place to eat at a mall but do not expect a fancy place. It is a bistro and that is what you should expect. A real French bistro serviced by French people.

LOUSY MALL FOOD

I give very few 1-star reviews, but this was a miserable dining experience. We were shopping at ONE TWO THREE (that's what we call Miromar Mall because that's the exit number off I-75) & decided to stop in here for lunch. At first glance, it was appealing and we thought we might have found a hidden gem. Indeed, there were quite a few other people eating lunch there as well.

My wife & I ordered the daily specials: spaghetti Bolognaise and pasta (spaghetti) pesto. Both are great favorites of ours. Both meals were the worst of these offerings we've ever had. The spaghetti was limp and way overcooked. It was like the canned spaghetti you serve children. It tasted like it was either out of a can or had been cooking in hot water all morning. The expression al dente is not in this chef's vocabulary.

Ah, but you ask, how was the flavor? Once again, nada. No flavor at all. Both sauces were thinly applied and watery and flavorless. We couldn't eat much of the meals (this is rare for me!) and certainly were not about to take the remainder home.

We clearly ordered the wrong thing. The baguette sandwiches would have been a better choice. I think the problem is that this place has dumbed itself down for the mall. It not only serves a smattering of French food, but also hamburgers (!) and Italian. Not a good idea.

Food - 1 STAR
Ambiance (indoors) - 2 STARS
Ambiance (outdoors) - 1 STAR (you are still in the mall, staring at a Subway)
Location - 3 STARS
Service - 2 STARS (clueless & unconcerned)