Cafe Bistro

Reviews about Cafe Bistro

• 4 / 5

  By Carlos Gato
  Cafe Bistro is an oddity because it is located inside of a Nordstrom department store, but I would still classify it as a Hole-in-the-wall. I say this because I have never actually visited this Nordstrom and was having difficulty locating the restaurant. As a matter of fact, I actually had to ask one of the employees in the perfume section where it was located. So here I go up to the second floor not knowing what to expect.
  
  The process of ordering a meal from Cafe Bistro is a little confusing but after observing the other patrons, I figured out that you grab a menu from the stand, walk up to the cashier and place your order. You then grab a seat and wait for delivery of your meal.
  
  I chose the BISTRO FLAT IRON STEAK FRITES - a 10 ounce flat iron steak prepared to your specification, herb butter, organic arugula salad, bistro french fries with kalamata olive aïoli. $19.75
  
  It was heavenly, the meat was cooked to a perfect medium rare and the french fries are now considered some of my favorite ones in Miami. I'm not much of a salad person but the organic arugula salad was surprisingly satisfying. I was also pleased to see that the menu included the calorie counts of each item. (FYI mine was 1339)
  
  It wasn't a bad experience at all. I did however decide to take away one star because of the awkwardness that occurred when it came time to leave a tip. We asked our waitress how we could leave tip if we didn't have cash. Apparently you need to make the cashier line again and I guess they run your card again to charge for tip. I really don't know how the process works because i just didn't have the time to wait for the four people in line to place an order just so I could leave a tip.
  February 09, 2017