Bloomsbury Bistro

Reviews about Bloomsbury Bistro

• 5 / 5

  By Ron Smith
  While traveling through Raleigh, we searched and read the reviews for this restaurant and decided to try it. WOW! is about a word summary. We loved everything about this experience. The menu is completely changed about ever 2 weeks and based upon the local crowd filing in for the dinning experience, I doubt that these two weeks were not the norm. The service was great - always there when needed and not when you don't - the food was absolutely wonderful. - and yes, awesome. My wife wanted to lick her plate, but thankfully didn't. Trying to share between us was hard as we didn't want to give away too much :) I can't think of anything I would change, except for them to move closer to our house. Enjoy...
  January 11, 2017
• 5 / 5

  By Marc Cole
  I'll give Bloomsbury Bistro 5 stars as I've visited on numerous occasions and have never had a bad experience. The place has also become a bit more special and warrants a few Bonus points, as the wife and I have made it an anniversary tradition ... The staff, service, atmosphere, and food are all top notch and we love how the menu changes to offer a broader range of the chef's wonderful skills and flavor building.
  
  I do hate to admit however that my last visit recently did underwhelm and slight disappoint a bit .. again not enough to change my 5 star rating ... but for once the menu was not as "exciting" as it usually is and as such I was stuck to just ordering appetizers ... (the goat cheese "loaf" and beets salad, which I've had before and it was divine and also the Crabcakes, which I tried for the first time) ... the wife tried the Quail ...
  
  Disclaimer: Due to dietary restrictions of beef and pork, I may have been more excited about the menu as there were pork and beef items that I am sure were delicious (or at least sounded delicious) ... As for the crabcakes, this is something that I've have been trying as of late to offer myself a bit more variety than just chicken and turkey, etc ... however, what I have realized is that maybe I am not a big crabcake fan as I have a very hard time with the texture ... I would think the cakes would be more "firm" yet the last three times I've tried and three different establishments, they all have been very soft and "mushy" ... not to my liking ... hey maybe that's how they are made ... but that's not for me ... and the one's here on this night seemed extremely mushy ... Lastly the wife was not very enthusiastic about her dish, but it was a presentation issue that completely threw here off her game ...
  
  But this visit will not deter us whatsoever, as our server Laurie was phenomenal and we know we couldn't possibly have back-to-back "not so great" food experiences at Bloomsbury!
  June 09, 2016