Reviews for Dara Bistro - formerly the Cumberland Food Company in Cumberland, ME

Fantastic scratch made breakfast and pastries. They cook with love over there and it shows! Perfectly seasoned, nice portions... and very reasonably priced. Space is clean, lovely and inviting. Service was prompt, pleasant and good for a chat. Can't wait totry dinner--great job guys! Read more

Memorable meal. I can highly recommend this restaurant. The food is the highest quality with unique, thoughtful combinations. I... am impressed with the meal, ambiance and service. A gem! I wish them the success they certainly deserve. Read more

We can?t recommended this place enough. High end food and service with wide open parking and not even 10 miles from Portland.... Smooth atmosphere, ambiance, from the appetizers to the dessert an on point curated selection of food and libations withoutbeing pretentious. We had the pot pie interpretation and the prickly things app was SO GOOD plus the tomato chutney wassomething I never had but now need a jar. I wanted to try everyone! Read more

I had some time to spare before an appointment so I came in and got a breakfast sandwich and coffee. The girls behind the... counter were friendly. My sandwich was very good! made on a home made bagel (sour dough?) With what looked like a home madesausage. I asked for the egg on the side for my dog who was riding with me that day and it was individually wrapped and when Iopened it it looked absolutely beautiful with a nice color and it was perfectly cooked and my dog was very happy to have itafter a long ride. The coffee was also hot and fresh. Read more

Dara is hitting all the high notes of delicious food, great service, and comfortable vibe. When every dish brings praise from... the table, you know something is right. We will be back. Read more

What an amazing dinner!!!! A night to remember with my husband of 29 years - we enjoyed everything about our evening at Dara... Bistro. Great service, relaxing atmosphere & the most delicious meal - we will definitely be back for more! Thank you Brian foryour special attention on our anniversary! The only thing left to say is YUM! Read more

Though we miss Cumberland Food Co breakfast, dinner was fantastic! We had the herb salad, warm olives and short rib and the... Grownup Ice-cream cake was amazing. I highly recommend Dara! Read more

On a pleasant summer evening, I had dinner in the shady outdoor space at Dara Bistro with my daughter and preteen grandsons. ... We'd been to its previous incarnation as the Food Company in past years for casual outdoor summer lunches or hot cocoa andmuffins in winter in the charming old building. But we were delighted to sample the elegant, appealing new dinner menu. Weshared two appetizers and each had a different entree from the relatively short but varied menu including steak, cod, and tofu(they have a couple of choices for kids), all of which were perfectly done and accompanied by delicious vegetables. Thehighlight was the desserts: the boys were entranced by their cloudless chocolate cake with homemade toasted marshmallow, and mydaughter and I were equally happy with our toasted rosemary pound cake with raspberry sorbet and the blueberries and lemon curdwith a sugar cookie. Everything was beautifully played, and our waitress was incredibly kind and professional. Definitely aPortland-worthy dining experience in the nearby countryside. Read more