The Bistro

Came here for a work dinner. It’s located in «old» Bowling Green in a little house. There’s parking on the street or in parking lots next to the restaurant or across the street. We were promptly seated and our waiter came to serve drinks. I ordered a glass of wine but their selection was limited to things that I could easily find in a grocery store. Their beer selection was much larger. The menu looked great with lots of selections and they had several appetizer and entrée specials. I opted for the salmon on pea mash and Yukon potatoes with a orange mustard vinaigrette salad. The salmon and potatoes were good but pea mash was cold (intended) and wasn’t what I expected. The dish overall was good though. Others in my party ordered the prime rib and filet which looked awesome so probably should have gotten that. Dinner regrets. The desserts (turtle pie and cheesecake) looked really good but I was stuffed after eating. Maybe next time. The service was great. Very attentive and knowledgeable about the food

I was very excited to try this Bosnian restuarant, recommended by a local who is in charge of multicultural affairs in the City of Bowling Green! So many daily specials the server needed a cheat sheet and had my mouth watering before the end. Tough choices had to be made– love that there was a good mix of seafood and everything else. The crab beignets were just amazing! Puff pastry outside with crab meat inside and came with a lemon that went nicely over the top. I had a caesar salad to go with my appetizer. When the salmon dishes arrived for other members of the party it looked equally amazing, as did the hot brown, which was recommended by another local. Our whole group of 9 cleaned our plates completely. The service was excellent! Can’t wait to go back.

Best food I’ve had in Bowling Green so far. I got the filet and it was cooked perfectly medium rare.

The wife and I both had the bolognase and we both thought it was really good. Tasted very fresh. Service was really great. The waiter was very attentive and did a great job. We thought everything we ate from the bread with oil, the greens, and main course were great. Worth stopping by if you are in the area.

No clue how to cook a fliet black and blue
No effort to make my filet correct, charged $ 3.00 for bread…
Don’t go here …
Ps: out of all the Saturday night fish specials. Basic menu pitiful

One of Bowling Green’s best. I sat at the bar with a very accommodating bar tender who was very attentive. Good selections of libations including whiskey, IPA and other spirits. For the foodie in me the BBQ pork sliders were on point, the crab beignet was great and my entrée of the Rosemary Shrimp hit the mark. Great staff, solid menu and plenty of street or lot parking.

The barbecue sliders were amazing and were a perfect size and with enough room left we top it off with the chocolate mousse cake. The rest of our group loved every bite. No complaints.

Pinkies Up and get ready for an amazing night! The food is to die for! The drinks are lovely! The service was over the top and the décor is a combination of elegant home and fine dining restaurant. This has to be my favorite place so far!!!

I love coming here for brunch. Their drinks are great, I always get a mimosa, and they have a creative menu to choose from. I have yet to have a bad meal here.

Terrible service. Ate there with 10 girls for a bachelorette party and two individuals food did not arrive until the other 8 of us were done eating. Manager never came out to apologize. No refills and no offers for more alcohol.

The food is really, good, with creative specials and attentive service. The only drawback is the noisiness. With two large parties in the open 4-​room space, we could hardly exchange a word over the loudness level. You really need either partitions or soft furnishings to dampen the resonance. The wooden floors and brick walls are nice, but do the opposite of sound insulating.

First of all this is not the worst restaurant I’ve ever been to, and it is quite possible I just went on a bad day or ordered a bad item. I have never actually written a bad review for a restaurant but the experience was just so terrible and their reputation so good that I’m in shock.
First, when we got there we weren’t even greeted at the door. We stood there twiddling our thumbs wondering if we were meant to seat ourselves or wait for someone to take us to our seat.
When we did sit down the décor was great it’s a great little venue but that’s where the compliments end.
Our server was either new or incompetent. I hope for his sake he was just new. He did not know the specials and did not offer to tell us what they were. In fact I realized there were specials only when I overheard another server tell his table what they were. That server seemed spectacular so at least one server there is quite impressive, ours was not.
We waited an extensive period of time to get coffee because they were apparently brewing another pot however when we actually got the coffee it tasted stale. Also when I drank my coffee the server never offered to refill my cup.
My boyfriend ordered the wedge salad and the crab cakes eggs benedict, I ordered just the crabcake eggs benedict. The wedge salad came with a crisp bread that had been allowed to go stale to the point that it could barely be broken in half. The salad had the minimum amount of gorgonzola cheese on it, not enough to justify the price. The crab cake eggs benedict however is where everything just took a left turn to awful. The crab cake was gritty and bready and tasted like stale canned crab. The egg was over cooked to the point that the yolk was grainy. I didn’t even know an egg could be cooked to that point. Calling the dish eggs benedict puts shame to the name. The sauce was only a thin bland tasting red pepper purée, no tasty hollendaise. The dish was simply a disgusting crab cake with an overcooked egg plopped on top. The potatoes that came with it were ok at best. The fruit salad consisted of white part of watermelon, not even the sweet part. This was one of the worst breakfasts I’ve ever eaten. To top it all off the «eggs benedict» cost $ 14. It would be one thing if this were in a big city or in a fancy hotel where the prices are jacked up but this is in Bowling Green. Prices that high for food that bad are simply unacceptable.
I planned on telling the server about how bad the food was but was never actually given a chance as he never actually stopped to speak with us.
It is possible we just had a horrible experience but this was without a doubt the most disappointing meal I’ve had in Kentucky.
I hope that someone at the restaurant reads this review because I was not able to track anyone down to give this feedback in the restaurant. I think this must be a good restaurant because it does have amazing reviews but our experience was horrendous.

Party of 6 treated very well! We enjoyed our recent evening at the Bistro, from cocktails through paying the check, split 3 ways. Service was attentive but not obtrusive. Food was delicious, though next time, I will stick with one of my favorites rather than being tempted by a special.

Love this place, last time we were here late and stayed until closing we were having so much fun.
This time we are earlier but just as much fun. Excellent food, great décor and excellent mixed drinks.
You must visit this place, I give it a very high rating.
No fear when I return this will be a must stop

Excellent food, excellent service! I am vegan and they GLADLY accommodated me and I had a marvelous dinner! Everyone at my table was happy, well fed and to be honest, we were treated and well cared for as though we were regulars even though we were passing through Bowling Green on our way home to Atlanta. Highly recommend!

The chef really out did himself this time! Had the crab appetizer and the scallops and gnocci special. It was amazing. Leaving full and would recommend this restaurant to anyone wanting to experience a classy and special place in Bowling Green!

Excellent! Great service and excellent food!
From the pasta dishes to the salmon. Everything is great!
If you get a chance… try the Fried Ravioli app. So so so good!

This is yet another prime example of an amazing locally owned restaurant. Places like The Bistro are why I wish we had more family and locally owned restaurants instead of the large franchise fast food and sit down restaurants.
I have been to The Bistro on multiple occasions at varying times of the day. Regardless of how busy it is they always offer amazing service. The staff is always friendly and the cooks are wonderful. My favorite dish is the Penne Rustica. The serving sizes are large and the prices are very reasonable for the quality of food.

I had the vegetable curry daily lunch special washed down with a bourbon barrel ale — really tasty!

Went here the Friday night for the first time. The service was very good, the bread and olive oil mixture they brought out was awesome. The atmosphere is nice. They have remodeled an older house into a restaurant, there was soft live piano music, and a romatic, modern feel.
We got the antipasto which was also very good quality and had a great taste. The blue cheese was especially good on the platter.
The menu items are pretty typical modern american-​italian fare with a few new choices, but they do use fresh local ingredients from what I understand, and their menu changes seasonally.
My lobster ravioli was very good, not too rich, but very tasty. My fiancé’s ribeye was cooked perfectly and was some of the best tasting ribeye I have ever had. That sauce on the steak had a strong mushroom flavor and was very rich for a brown sauce, but was also very good. They even cut the potatoes in to the shape of little mushrooms. An interesting touch that really made the dish feel specially prepared.
Dessert was also very good. We had the layered reaspberry parfait, which was an amazingly light but sweet finish to the meal. It was the perfect after dinner touch since we were already quite full.
Overall a great place with food that has been prepared so that you can tell a lot of care was put into it, and you can taste the fresh ingredients. I definetly will be trying this place again.