Artisan

For the finest in dining, do not hesitate to try Artisan. Every selection we have had in our three visits has been wonderful. Plenty of food, we didn’t leave hungry. Top notch staff and service. Beautiful atmosphere. Pricing is right in line with the quality. A nice variety on the menu offers something for everyone. Off the menu specials are sometimes available. Tuesday is half off ANY bottle of wine. Other places have exclusions to their deals, but not here. The bar area is perfect for watching the chef in the kitchen, or if you are solo. Don’t think about it, just go. You won’t be disappointed.

From start to finish we had an amazing experience. The food was incredible !! We had the Bison which was so incredibly tender and the Filet melts in your mouth. Too end our amazing meal we had homemade ice cream that was so delicious!!! We can’t wait to go back and bring our family. The staff was very attentive and very helpful.

My husband and I had a great meal at artisan tonight! Everything was delicious. I had the bouillabaisse and my husband had the filet for our main course. The lobster, salmon, mussels, fennel, leeks and broth were sublime in the bouillabaisse! I made sure to drink every last bit of the broth before my bowl was taken away. We also had the oysters for an appetizer and coconut sorbet and kiwi ice cream for dessert! We were needing a perfect meal for our long awaited date night and artisan hit the spot! Our service was also impeccable, which makes the meal in my opinion. Tuesday was also half off a bottle of wine… we took advantage of this deal!

I took my wife to Artisan for her birthday ¹⁄₁₆ at 5:30pm. The food was absolutely fabulous and my wife who is a corporate Interior Designer loved the décor & ambience. We live downtown Chicago so we are avid foodies. Aside from the fact that our server was «pleasantly» dismissive to my wife for some reason which we could have done without especially on her birthday, I would have given the place 5 stars. Artisan is a diamond in the rough. My wife and I love it.

Excellent quality and flavor. Unusual gourmet food found in Elkhart. Small servings but so flavorful and rich you are satisfied. Larger servings of veggies please.

Service top notch. Food presentation as good as it gets. Nice intimate atmosphere. Little pricey but for what you get it is a bargain especially when compared against the high end national chains and it is every bit as good if not better. We had salmon so I can’t speak to compare their steaks against the national steak houses.

Great food. Excellent service. They even called the next day to make sure everything was ok. My husband said he had the best pork chop ever!

I could write a novel but in short, this is the best food I’ve ever had. Also, the atmosphere is amazing.

In town for a ND game. This place lived up to the previous great reviews. Great service and the food was delicious. They make great cocktails too!

Had dinner there this evening. Great ambiance, fabulous service and wonderful food. Quite a gem in Elkhart – so glad to have found this restaurant – we will be back again.

Unilocal does it again! Food and service superb. We had fresh salad with interesting greens and tasty vinegret. Tuna appetizer beautifly presented and delicious. My wife had white bass perfectly prepared and I had waghu, delicious tender beef medium rare… perfect. Very nice wine selection. Finished with crem brûlée. A delightful, albeit expensive, evening… about $ 150 plus tip. We will stop by next week when we return from our trip. We have stopped by Elkhart nearly every year or so over the past 30 years. This was a delightful surprise.

It’s not easy to find fine dining in this area but Artisan fits the bill and does it well. We have eaten at least six Michelin star restaurants in Chicago and Artisan holds its own with the best of them. We’ve been a fan of Café Navarre since it opened so we expected good things here (same owner) and were not disappointed. The service was attentive without being overbearing. The meal was paced nicely. Best of all, the food was fantastic. The charcuterie appetizer was amazing and plenty for two people. My steelhead was sublime and my wife’s ono (wahoo) was excellent. Our visit was to celebrate our 42^nd anniversary so we each got a complimentary dessert which was a really nice touch. If you are a foodie, it’s definitely worth the trip to beautiful downtown Elkhart. We will be returning very soon.

We celebrated our wedding anniversary and overall it was a great experience. My husband had California halibut, served with lavender rice and bok choy, and a wonderful cream sauce. I had the filet with fingerling potatoes and asparagus. We enjoyed the charcuterie plate and the Artisan salad. All of the food was fresh, beautifully presented and delicious. The ambiance was good, except it was a little loud as they were accommodating a large party in the middle of the restaurant. Our service was adequate but not equivalent to the food quality. We have heard mixed reviews about Artisan, but we were very pleased with our experience.

This is a great addition for the city of Elkhart! We had a salad that was awesome with a scallops appetizer. Our main courses of a steak and pork chop were absolutely incredible. I cannot wait to go back sometime soon. The filet is ridiculously good! Don’t miss out on this place. So nice to have places that would fit in big cities in Elkhart and South Bend area!

This place is great! This place is classy and family owned. So support a family and eat at a fancy place!

Overall, really a great experience. I really enjoyed the scallop appetizer, and the dry-​aged sirloin when phenomenal. My wife, however, ordered the gnocchi. The server described is as «light» (that should have been a clue that it wasn’t a typical preparation). What they served wasn’t really gnocchi at all, rather 6 small potato pancakes. I tried them, they were very ho-​hum. The accompaniments to that dish, however, made up for the lackluster atypical gnocchi.
There are a few areas for improvement. The most noticeable deficit was in the bar service. All of our drink orders took substantial time to arrive. At one point, I told our server that if my cocktail had not yet been made, I would just proceed to the wine. She told me that she believed it had already been done. From that point, it still took between 5 – 10 minutes to arrive at the table. Unfortunately, when it did arrive, is was not a well-​made craft cocktail. What should have been a dash of bitters ended up tasting more like they added a spoonful.
Again, overall, this was a great experience. It’s still a new restaurant, and I think they need to work out some bugs. A bit of attention to the bar, and I believe they’ll have it down.

Tried this place last night. Beautiful décor-​very upscale, and reasonably priced domestic beer, but that was the only thing going for it! The front and rear entrance is very odd-​if you use the back, you have to walk all the way thru the dining area to the front and there isn’t much room between tables etc. We tried the BLT appetizer, was very small, mostly fat, lacking flavor. For entrees, we had the duck and gnocchi. You don’t get much food for the price… very underwhelming. The menu selection is slim, wine by the glass is salty, portion size small, and the lights are too bright.

Had dinner here on Wednesday, surprisingly busy for a Wednesday night in Elkhart. Very elegant design, with an outstanding wine selection. The food was next level and the service was attentive and friendly.
Small kitchen so everything arrives hot and beautifully plated. No other place like this near here unless you consider Chicago nearby.
I had the buffalo short rib, amazing! My friend had the duck (cooked to perfection). Small menu, I assume to ensure quality, but I still had trouble making a final choice.
Plan ahead because it is a small resturant and I am guessing it will be the new hot ticket for some time to come.

Beacon of hope and promise for the New Elkhart Food Scene. Well if there wasn’t one before there sure is now. At no point during my visit did I have any notion that this was the opening week! The staff was as perfectly seasoned as the food.
I was alone and traveling for work so I ponied up to the bar. Perfect place for a solo diner. The bar staff was welcoming and offered just the right amount of insight into the food.
Choosing one dish from the menu proved far too difficult so I absolutely had to go for the chefs tasting menu. 6 course because the 9 might have just been too gluttonous. My next visit will absolutely require the 9 course.
I posted photos. The scallops and the bison were the clear winners but the food deserves 7 out of 5 stars from the Unilocal rankings.
Elkhart, embrace this place. Love it and there will be more. Culinary scenes start in cities one visionary at a time. Artisan is one heck of a foundation to build from.

Beautiful renovation on this downtown Elkhart location. Very welcoming staff who took care of us from our first step in the door. They offer plenty of top notch liquors and TONS of fine wines by the bottles. Not a huge selections of by the glass wines but that’s ok.
We sampled the charcuterie board. It was very good.
I tried the French 75 and it was a delightful cocktail with lemon, gin, and topped off with sparkling wine. It was so nice and refreshing.
It was my mom’s birthday and they offered a choice of dessert on the manager. She chose the chocolate soufflé which was heaven. Light, airy, and accompanied by delicious vanilla ice cream. Heaven on a plate.
This is a great new concept for Elkhart and I would love to come back to do a full course menu (with wine pairing… Of course). I will definitely be back!