Reviews for The Bistro At The River in Windsor, ON
Very happy with the food and service my partner and I received in this place.
My sister and I along with my niece and nephew had a late lunch after swimming at the water park near by on Wednesday, July... 27th. Waitress is terrible.. She added 20% tip without my knowledge and charge $18.99 for only kid?s pizza. Waitress did notoffer us what we would like to drink and I have to ask if they have drinks for kids. She returned with drinks and forgotten one,I thought she wrote them down too. I also ask for kid?s menu but she rather say them than bringing them to us so my niece andnephew has meal options. The restaurant is not busy, only two tables were occupied. I have to call the near by waitress that weare ready to order. Close to finishing our meal, the waitress asked if the bill is separate or together? I said, together. Aftertwo minutes she returned with the bill and asking me if I needed debit machine. I told her give us a few minutes. We were stilleating not totally done with our meal yet. After, I reviewed our bill. Waitress added 20% tip without my knowledge and charged$18.99 for just a kid?s pizza with nothing on the side. I can?t justify how much was a kid?s pizza but I found it too overprice.We are finally done, still waiting for the waitress to return so I can pay the bill but she never returned to our table. Idecided to go up to her counter and paid. I should of call for a supervisor or manager but we have to leave as the kids aregetting tired. Read more
We were seated pretty fast. We were allowed to bring our dog on the patio with us and they brought us a bowl of water for him,... which was nice. However, we waited for nearly an hour for our food. The table next to us arrived after us, finished eating theirfood and left well before our food arrived. The server didn?t come by to check in on us or give us any update from the kitchen.We asked another server to check on our food. She didn?t even come back with an answer. When the food arrived it was tastelessand I immediately got a stomach ache after. We had Caesar salad with blackened chicken and chicken parm. They are pretty hard toruin. And they were both terrible. Needless to say, we will not come back. It is not enough to have a place with a view. Theview and food quality need some serious improving. Read more
Arrived at this beautiful waterfront hoping to have our morning coffee. It wasn?t open until 11:30, so we walked and enjoyed the... riverfront while we waited. At opening, sat and asked for two coffees??you?re not eating?? (In a rude tone) So, we politelyasked her to cancel our order. We might well have decided to eat something later, 11:30 is early for lunch. This place in thislocation could be a gem. I?ll never return, sadly. Read more
We were in town on business and found the only restaurant right on the waterfront. The Bistro Grill has a patio with amazing... views of the Waterfront, the huge Canadian flag and the Detriot skyline across the water. The wine bottles were very reasonablepriced for the quality (we had a Joe's? Pinot grigio). The food was very good and fresh, we had the chicken lettuce wrap and thechicken snadwich. The best of all was the service: big kudos to Caryn who made our stay amazing, she was so attentive andsincerely friendly. We stayed longer than planned because of her excellent customer service. Read more
Great outdoor patio along the riverfront. Had a tasty Greek Salad with two sizes offered. The other 3 friends ordered burgers... which all enjoyed. Our waitress handled the whole patio, kept her cool and was very efficient. Read more
The staff is friendly and nice, the food is not good at all. We ordered a burger and a chicken avocado sandwich with salad and a... poutine. The burger was by far the worst burger I have ever had. It smelled and tasted like rotten raw meat, so we only had abite and it was more than enough to leave the rest of it in the plate. The chicken sandwich was eatable, but it had absolutelyno taste. Believe me, it?s not worth the money, and time. The poutine was funny, show this poutine to a Québécois person andsee the reaction. Read more
The waiter was good and funny. Very knowledgeable. It kind of sucked in the manner that they told us the kitchen was closing... soon and they made the waiter rush as we saw someone order food almost 20 minutes after. The appetizer also came after the foodand I tried denying it (It?s hard to enjoy all the flavors when they clash) and they weren?t having it. The pasta was prettygood and the calamari was at least large. The area is pretty cool considering. Side note we had no buzz after 3 full wineglasses of Sangria but I?d still recommend! Read more