The Corner Bistro

My boyfriend and I were looking forward to celebrating Valentine’s Day together and sharing a nice meal .
I ordered the filet mignon and he ordered surf and turf, afterwards we both felt sick .
We assumed either the filet mignon was not made correctly or the over abundance of butter or oil in the sauce made us feel queasy.
the wait staff is very attentive… very very attentive … I would compare it to a car salesman –_​– that is just looking to sell you anything. anything at all .
Lastly, I would say the ambiance of the place is very nice. ..

We went there last night with the cases. The service was spectacular. Pete was a waiter and explained all of his favorite dishes in detail. We were all very impressed by Pete. The Décor of the restaurant is very nice. They told us several times that the owner is the chef that is from Guatemala. We were very impressed with the tuna steak. The tilapia was very good as well. The shrimp dinner was a bit small in size and that was probably the only concern. The cappuccino was delicious and although we did not get desserts they really looked fabulous

Great restaurant, had the filet mignon it is very good and the crême brulée is excellent, best I have ever tried! I strongly recommend

Outstanding! Best meal I’ve had in a long time! I’m not sure what was better, the food or the service. First time here, but certainly not the last. Everything from appetizers, to salad and entrees eas delicious. The pork osso bucco was so tender I made the waiter bring the knife back to chef bc it wasn’t needed. The service was just as impressive. Our waiter, Pedro, explained every element from down to the side dishes, this guy makes you want to eat, and you’re glad when you do. Can’t wait for our next trip here, well done!

Tonight was my first visit to the Corner Bistro & I love it! It offers a creative & varied menu, friendly service, and delicious food that is beautifully presented! This is NOT a breakfast place, like Le Peep that formerly occupied this space. In my opinion, it’s much better! If you like sangria, request it upon reserving a table, bring a bottle of white wine, & the staff will prepare it for you — it’s outstanding!

First time. Wonderful warm atmosphere. Chef/​owner greeted everyone. The appetizers, entrees and a wonderful crème brûlée were beyond expectations. We’ll be back! Thank you Harold!

Great restaurant and worth visiting!
My parents, my in-​laws and I came into the restaurant early on a Thursday night unaware that there was a large party reserving the entire restaurant. The owner was kind of enough to invite us inside to eat anyway and we received excellent service, top– notch attention, and delicious food! My family who ordered the Osso Buco said it was out of this world! Appetizers were unique and tasty, and we were treated very well. Definitely coming back!

Excellent food and service! I highly recommend this restaurant… everything I ate was delicious from the goat cheese tart with arugala salad appetizer to the Tartufo for dessert. My entrée was the pork osso bucco, which was a special and it came with fresh cooked spinach and the best sweet potato ever. Hooray for serving such fresh sides.

Second time back today, this time I took advantage of the BYOB and brought my own wine. I had the fried calamari for an appetizer (definitely recommend it with a little Ranch sauce) and a butternut squash and corn soup. The soup was definitely a first time for me, but I enjoyed it very much.
For dinner I had the delicious tuna over asparagus and some rice on the side. I requested the tuna be cooked medium rare, I know usually its prepared raw and just seared. To my surprise (as most places usually over cook it when I ask for it like this) it came out perfect! I would definitely recommend this if you’re a tuna lover, especially with the sauces that it comes with. The other person in my party had the salmon with grilled vegetable and seemed to be very pleased with it
For dessert we ordered the crème brûlée. It was a nice treat at the end.
The staff was attentive, even offering and opening my wine bottle for my table. The waiter came by several times to check on us and was very friendly. Overall experience for the second time here is once again amazing!

I haven’t been back to the corner bistro in a long time, but i really loved it everything was great! Good food, good atmosphere and GREAT service ! Thumps up for the waiter he rememberd everything we asked even though he looked very busy.
every town need a place like the corner bistro ! give it a try

We had purchased a groupon for this restaurant and realized it was going to expire so we decided to go for dinner last night. I followed the instructions and called for a reservation and let them know we were using the Groupon. No problem. We arrived and were the only customers in the restaurant. Since it’s a byob, we brought our own wine. Our waitress came over with glasses and a corkscrew and opened the wine for us, then told us the specials of the day. We ordered the fried ravioli, which were really good. I ordered a turkey burger, which was fine but nothing special, and my husband ordered the San Marzano tomatoes with shrimp and linguini, six shrimp and an adequate amount of linguini. Again, he thought it was fine, but nothing special.
The food was delivered and we didn’t see the waitress again until we were almost done. I mean we didn’t even see her, not that she didn’t come over or was busy. There was no one else in the restaurant and she disappeared. We were pretty much finished by the time she came over to see if it was alright. I could have used some ketchup for the fries a bit earlier than I got it.
She asked us if we wanted coffee or dessert and shared the dessert items with us. They are not written down anywhere, nor do you know their costs. We opted for nothing and asked for the check. And that’s when the real issue occurred. I told her we’d be using a Groupon and that I’d called ahead, and her response was: «We’re having trouble with the Groupon. We’ll take $ 18 off your check and you can get the rest back from Groupon.» OK… We did that, and I am now trying to get my money back from Groupon.
But really? Why don’t they honor the Groupon? Based on the food quality, which was just ok, and the service, which was also just ok, and with this experience, we will not be back.

Easy to find right on RT 10 at center grove rd – ample parking lot
They have specials written on a blackboard outside which for me is nearly impossible to remember so I took a picture (see below). I’d suggest you do the same thing because even though the server announces them unless you have a photographic memory there will be something you will forget. Why any restaurant doesn’t spend a few cents to print out their specials is beyond me.
The place has tables & booths which is ok but not what I’d expect at a «bistro». It didn’t help that the party next to us had an adult who kept banging the back of the seat which I felt – was tempted to bank back but thought better of it. Booth was otherwise comfortable.
They will ask if you want wheat bread – I’d advise to say «yes” – it was hot, dense but very soft & tasty. This is a BYOB so we brought our own.
Appetizers were calamari (coating light but tasty; however, calamari a bit chewy & marinara weak & eggplant parm/​rollatini –was ok needed more sauce.
I got the shrimp bisque soup – it was milky white, watery & had about a dozen small shrimp. Taste was ehh but this was NOT bisque.
Entrees were almond encrusted sole (ok but had more breading than fish), veggies standard & 1 of the specials Bistro Rigatoni short ribs ragu w/​mascarpone & tomato madeira sauce – very tasty. Also, based on this I ordered a togo special braised beef short ribs with mashed pot & grn beans also good.
Desserts were NY cheesecake (they were out of choc mousse) which was blah – def not NY or a very low grade version & brownie ice cream in a long glass standard.
We both finished with very weak cappuccinos which @ $ 2.49/ea got what we paid for.
Service was ok though there was a lapse between appetizers & entrees & leftover appetizer dishes were not addressed until we were almost done with out entrees, my friend’s water glass took 20 mins to be refilled after requesting (even though there was a busboy walking around with a container of it guess he didnt notice ours)
There was an accordion player which was more annoying than pleasing especially at a place that was more diner-​like than restaurant.
We were seated near the entrance & there was a ringing noise that went off randomly (I’m assuming it meant an item was ready to be served) which at times was annoyingly loud. Also, if you’re facing the store front at sundown you will be blinded – it was brought to the attention by another party but rather than turning the blinds closed the employee was taping several sheets of paper???
So for 1 soup, 2 appys, 3 entrees, 2 desserts & 2 caps with tax/​tip came to $ 125 which is ok
BOTTOM LINE: highly doubtful I’ll be returning
I prefer to give a detailed rating as opposed to just saying I liked it or I didn’t.
For me I rate a restaurant in 4 categories in order of importance:
Food
Service
Value
Décor/​ambience/​misc
If you’re wondering why this is the order for me I rather have great food & so-​so service than the other way around. You can always plan around a slower evening to make it just as enjoyable but not around mediocre food whether it’s fast or slow paced.
My 3^rd item I call value instead of price because based on the taste & serving portion of the item compared to similar items at other restaurants tells me if it’s a good value. For instance the best steak I’ve ever had to date runs about $ 44 but besides being delicious (a way to tell is it stands on its own w/​o adding any sauces) it is boneless & about 24oz so you get two good meals.
Food (2.0), service (1.5), value (1.0) & décor/​ambience/​misc (0.5)
I then take the # stars for each category & multiply by the # in parentheses then divide by 5 to get my final rating. If the final average is exactly ½ I’ll round up or down depending on other reviews.
So my calculations are as follows:
FOOD 2.0×2 = 4.0
SERVICE 2.5×1.5 = 3.75
VALUE 3.0×1 = 3.0
AMBIENCE/​OTHER 1.0 x .5 = 0.5
Total pts 11.25 divided by 5 = 2.25 which rounds to 2

Hmmm… considering the more than decent reviews, I was expecting something different. I joined two friends for dinner on a Tuesday evening. Two other tables were occupied.
There were a few things about this place that didn’t sit right with my party.
1. Food was really subpar. While my filet mignon was okay (but pretty chewy), my other friends didn’t even touch theirs. Bad cuts or cooked incorrectly. One asked for medium and had send her rare-​ish steak back.
Our appetizer — the spinach and artichoke dip — was too soupy to stay on the pita. They provided very few pieces of pita — so, we ended up using the last of our bread.
2. Our waitress was very sweet and seemed genuinely concerned that we enjoyed our food, but she was not really as attentive as required and we often gave up trying to get her attention (when we needed a refill, needed more pita for our spinach dip, needed sugar for our iced tea, needed to pay the check).
3. While I am a huge Broadway fan and frequently listen to soundtracks, the sleepy ballad-​only Broadway station they had on was awkward.
4. Every so nit-​picky, but still bizarre, our butter knives were stamped with «China Airlines». I assume they got them at some sort of restaurant auction — but, I would probably not recommend putting them out. Just made it feel cheap.
Since this restaurant is a ways from me, it is unlikely I’ll be back.

A nice little hidden gem! My review is based solely off of their dinner service although I heard they serve breakfast and lunch.
Just as an FYI, this place is BYOB and the location was previously Le Peep, which closed. The restaurant sits at the end of a strip mall but it’s been revamped — nice décor with a casual ambiance.
We ordered the calamari, which was delicious! Calamari was fresh, flavorful, and plentiful. For my entrée, I ordered the chicken scarpariello, which was delicious… i subbed the mashed potatoes for the scalloped potatoes and OMG, absolute buttery perfection. I highly recommend their scalloped potatoes… they’re to die for! Overall my dish was delicious — it was cooked perfectly and the portions were plentiful.
My boyfriend ordered one of their specials for the night — Chicken Murphy, which was a chicken dish (very similar to the scarpariello on the menu but with brown sauce) topped with sausage and peppers, served with a side of mixed veggies (turned out to be a blend of squash and zucchini), and he also subbed the mashed potatoes for the scalloped potatoes. Although his dish was also quite delicious, I found that the portion to be much larger than mine and the plate was very busy and looked a bit cluttered with too many components. I preferred my dish over his, but both were still excellent.
My only complaint is that the server serving our dinners got our dishes mixed up and didn’t know which was which. Most entrees seem to range from $ 15 – 18 with burgers being about $ 10 – 12. I was not disappointed with our first experience here and would definitely return for another dinner date. Definitely recommend! (Don’t forget to try the scalloped potatoes!)

Maybe we came here on a bad day or maybe they don’t typically offer breakfast, but it was bad.
Pro: pleasant service, pancakes were good
Con: hair on my plate, vegetable omelet was folded incorrectly so it was more half peppers half onions, onions tasted like they were cooked in beef broth, hash browns were of the frozen-​square kind.
For 25 $ dollars, we could have grabbed a McDonald’s breakfast, kept the change, and at least I would expected this sick feeling.

The Corner Bistro is a little spot tucked away in a strip mall just off of rt10 in Randolph. I’ve had both breakfast and lunch here and both meals were very good. You’re not going to get culinary excellence at The Corner Bistro but the food has always been fresh and tasty. If you are looking for a quick but tasty meal but want a better dinning experience than that of a NJ diner, The Corner Bistro is a great choice.
The restaurant provides plenty of parking and offers both indoor and outdoor dinning. Outdoor dinning is is nice in the warmer months but is limited and close to rt10 which could make it less desirable than indoor. Bring your own if you want alcohol with your meal.

Fantastic! Great friendly staff, and the food… the food is phenomenal! Only byob around that isn’t Italian! Kid friendly too!