Bistro Don Camillo

12/06/09

Loved This Neighborhood Restaurant

by schwartzwoodward at Citysearch

This was our first visit to Bistro Don Camillo. We loved the variety in the menu making it difficult to decide what we wanted to try first. The hot bread and oil were delicious. We tried the mussels, mixed green salad, pork chop w/ mango salsa and halibut with roasted potato's and vegetables. We both loved our selections as well as the house French wine. Jean, owner / Chef greeted us and made sure that we were enjoying our meal. We will definitely go back soon! A great place to do a rehearsal dinner.

• Pros: Food, Presentation, Quiet Setting
• Cons: None

08/05/09

Excellent food, decent service - I'll be going back.

by benjaminaficus at Citysearch

The fresh bread and olive oil/garlic/herb dip served as an appetizer is very nice. The Chicken Cordon Bleu was excellent and the herb roasted potatoes and green beans couldn't have been cooked more perfectly. The dessert menu was very diverse and the creme brulee was spot on. Oddly enough, I found the lunch menu to be more inviting (selection-wise) than their standard menu. I'll definitely be going back there for dinner sometime and hope the experience will be equally as rewarding.

• Pros: Food selection, Food quality, Ambiance, Dessert Menu
• Cons: A little pricey, parking can be tight when busy

05/31/09

Disappointed

by aivod at Citysearch

We went there with a group of friends on a Saturday evening. The place is small but was nonetheless half empty. However, they do not take reservations. You would think that if they can't fill up to 50% of capacity on a Saturday, they might as well take a reservation, but no such luck. So when our group showed up they made us wait for a long time to put tables together. While waiting for the table we ordered a glass of the house merlot for each of us. The house wine was really bad, as in $5 per bottle from Walmart cheap stuff kind of bad.

They appear to be understaffed. All waiters and other personnel were running around and working hard and still they could barely keep up with the half-empty restaurant. As a result, service was less than good. By way of example, when we finished one of our wine bottles we ordered another one and had to remind the waiter 3 times over 15 min to bring out the second bottle. The real disappointment was when the food came out. Friends who ordered steak said their steaks came out cold. The veal was not seasoned well and tasted bland. I ordered duck and it was too salty and overcooked. At the end our checks averaged $140 per couple (which included 3 semi-good bottles of red wine shared among 8 people). Overall, this place is really pricey for the quality of service and food they offer. We will never go there again. There are plenty of other good French restaurants in town to choose from.

• Cons: Mediocre food and service