Reviews for The Bistro ? Eat. Drink. Connect.® in Sarasota, FL

Low class, non-ethical practices. During our Saturday evening in the lounge, blond (balayage) female bartender in her 40-ties... decided to grant herself with a extra tip. Dispute with AmEx open. Read more

Just arrived in Sarasota and first stop was here at The Overture. Stephanie was tending bar and quite nice and professional.... Wife and I enjoyed 2 glasses of the New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and a very good entertainer. Nice afternoon. Read more

We ordered the Continental de Overture breakfast entree and it was refreshing! Such a blissful way to start our day! The fruit... medley was delicious — every single piece was perfectly picked and tasted perfectly. Will be back fore more! Read more

Really cool spot in the Art Overture Hotel. They do a changing menu/cuisine. This evening, they were serving Cuban food. We had... tostones with ropa vieja for appetizers. It was delicious. I had the hamburguesa for dinner. My wife had the bistec. Wethoroughly enjoyed our food. Highly recommended. Service could have been a little more attentive and frequent, but overall, areally enjoyable and memorable date with my wife. Read more

The food is hit or miss. My friend's entree was good, but my grouper was overcooked. The worst feature is the service. The... restaurant was practically empty, but we received our appetizer before our drinks, which was a good 20 minutes after our order.We ordered a bottle of wine for the table, and the waitress proceeded to pour the WHOLE bottle out, unevenly to the four diners.They have no clue! Service was continually slow, to the point that our dinner was dragged out to such an extent we were worriedabout making it to the opera on time. Read more

This is for the bar, and food ordered there several times. First off, the bartender, Stephanie, is great! Attentive,... knowledgeable, and efficient. She's handled my needs on several occasions during a large gathering, as well as during a smallart show. Highly recommend. The happy hour has been changed from a reasonable time, 5:00 to 7:00, to 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. I'm notreally a day drinker. They really should change this back to a reasonable happy hour time. Food has always been good, and goodselection of bar drinks.- cocktails and wines Def recommend Would give five stars if happy hour was changed. Read more

The entrees they serve are delicious, albeit a bit overpriced. However, stay clear of any of the buffet options they have; they... are severely over priced for what you get. This place was nothing special, typical Sarasota restaurant that overcharges. Read more

The food was so good it redefined the definition of delicious. My girlfriend and myself couldn’t believe the magic the chefs... performed. The servers were personable and friendly as well. However, the place smelled so heavily of a very pungent perfumeclearly distributed through the air ducts my date and I could taste it. It was so nauseating we almost had to leave but thefood was too good. I would recommend to a friend just be ready for the terrible smell. Read more