La Bistro Italian Grill

Forewarn anyone trying to go here tonight for Valentine's Day:Last year I went with my wife. The food was amazing .....after waiting almost 2 hours even though us and countless others had reservations. It was a complete joke and they still charged full price. Oh! I forgot 1 free glass of wine. I'd go back. Maybe. But not on any busy night. Good luck!

I love their calamari with silky and crispy batter. The calamari is pretty big and tender too. This time I ordered Chilean Sea Bass. It is amazing, Perfectly cooked and delicate seasoning. I liked the idea of the accent of sriracha flavored sauce!

First & foremost, the greeter, management doesn't give a about their customers on a special night for couples. We had an Open Table reservation for 6pm. The greeter said waiting time is 45 minutes with reservation because she admitted they overbooked. OT policy is imminent seating. For a restaurant in business 38 years & they can't count (go back to math classroom), not care too. Management ghosted our request .Patrons flowed through every moment in the sardine size lobby, little light, even an employee was rude to spouse to shut dining door connected to sardine size lobby by saying, "I need to close this door for our table customers are cold from outside air, you need to move", no please or excuse me. Thank you for screwing up a special evening & not having the balls to find a solution.

Valentines evening disaster. Arrived at 6:20P for Reservations of 6 people @ 630P. We checked in and the friendly hostess told us it would be 30-40 minutes before seating. We were a little taken back, but the restaurant was packed and not many of the tables had their food. Something was amiss. Our party worked our way to the bar and 3 of us ordered a glass of wine, one a beer and two ordered a bottle of wine to start. The three received their glasses of wine, one, their beer and it took the 4th choice of wine bottles they were able to fill 30 minutes later with a great bottle of Camus 50 year Anniversary Edition. We had great conversation with another party of 6 who had 7P reservations. We were patient and trying to make the best of the circumstances. We were watching the tables and one person in our party noticed a table of six opening up and went back to the front to check back in when a party of four walked in and went straight to the table of six and sat down. Swing and a miss! You could see the look of panic on the hostess' face, but they must have been regulars, so she said nothing and hence we remained optimistic and stayed at the bar for our second and third glass of wine. 90 minutes after arriving for our 630P reservations, the hostess came back to the bar area and asked the group assembled who had 6, 630 or 7 o'clock reservations. No one with 6P answered and our party of 6 raised our hands for the 630P spot. We were then told it would be another 15-20 minutes before seating. I was ready to punt and grab some drive thru fast food at this point, but in the grand scheme of things, we were All In and what else could go wrong. Well, it did! After being seated an hour and forty five minutes late, we were served water and made our drink orders. Twenty minutes after seating, one in our party had to find our waitress to place our order. Fixed menu for the evening and rest assured there was no hesitation in what we all decided for our choices. Four of us chose the crab cakes and two ordered the chicken based appetizer. Could it possible bet go south from here? YES. Our appetizers arrived about 10-15 minutes literally ice cold. Not room temperature, but ice cold. I won't spare you with the details on how the appetizers ended up back on the plate, but they ALL did. I the initiated my waiving of the white flag and was punting. I was done, my wife was done, our friends were done. At this point we could have walked out. However, our bar service kept telling us to just tell our server what we All ordered on the honor system and they would charge us accordingly. Well, we just did that. My wife's and my bill for wine at the bar at the bottle of Meiomi Pinot Noir for the table was $113.99 before tip. Our friends who ordered the Camus + drinks at the table was $200+ and the third couple with wine/beer at the bar and table was close to $100. We graciously paid our tab, in good faith, at the bar and left La Bistro with empty stomachs and nothing great to say about our dining experience. They processed our bills and payments and apologized over and over. So, here we are. I truly do not think this was the norm, as they have been in business for years, but as my wife and I sit today, we will pass on another chance to experience what I think most people truly enjoy as a dining experience. Good luck to the owners and staff at La Bistro, but we will choose to sit the next one out on the opportunity to dine at this establishment.

This has been one our new go to! The ambiance is authentic, the people are genuine and engaging... creating top tier service. The food.... Oh my... the food. My family is German-Italian... we brought my brothers in laws here who are from Italy. And they were WOWED. This is mid-cities BEST KEPT SECRET. And by far... the best filet and the best gravy (pasta sauce). I've been here three times now since my nieces birthday in September... and I have never been disappointed. Over Christmas, they had live piano music. We were loud, singing a long and it was welcomed! The pianist even came over to the table to talk with us. Just a magical place!!

After too long of an absence we had a wonderful night at La Bistro. We sat at the bar and started off with the fried cheese ravioli which was perfect. Light and crispy. For dinner we had the lobster bisque, a Caesar salad, the minestrone, and the lasagna. All were excellent. The bar staff and members of the owner's family we chatted with were engaging and clearly value the nearly 40 years of patronage from the local community. If you are like us and haven't been in a while, put La Bistro back in your rotation.

Another fabulous Italian bistro located in the North Richland Hills area. Fabulous facility, attentive, staff, lively menu, and a very nice experience.I recommend !

I went to dinner for my birthday tonight and it was my first time here! 10/10 recommend - we had chicken fettuccine and filet cooked on the rock. Melt in your mouth filet It was amazing food! The dressing for the salad was amazing and the salad was super cold! We will definitely be back!!! Our waiter was great too! Loved it!

Dining with our close friends as a Valentine's tradition, we had a terrible experience. I have been going to La Bistro for over 35 years. The food and service has always been good. It's a unique place and "old school." Based on this experience, we will never step foot in La Bistro again.Our reservation was at 6:00pm. The hostess said they had too many tables of two come beforehand and now there would be a 20 minute wait. After 50 minutes, we were finally sat. We sat there for 30 minutes at least before we had any service. We actually never had a waiter. We had 4-5 different people help us, but we had to order drinks 3 times before we actually got a drink. No one followed through and when you did have someone, you better hurry, because they would rush you.We rarely saw wait staff. One nearby diner told us unsolicited to be sure to ask for anything you need well beforehand or you wouldn't have it before finishing your meal. We finally ordered and even with a set menu, they still messed up. After bringing out the appetizer, they brought out the entree and skipped the salad. They took our entrees back and then brought the salads. Much much later, we received our entrees.My wife's chicken marsala was cold. I had the rock steak (which you cook yourself on a really awesome salt stone) was the best thing of the evening. Meat was high quality, but the vegetables that came with it had the texture of pre-frozen vegetables. Cheesecake was so so. Dry and a little flavorless. We waited and waited for the check. The man, who I have always assumed is the owner, waited on us a few time, but was never polite or helpful.There is really no excuse for this restaurant to mess everything up so bad. They obviously overbooked the restaurant. For what reason, I do not know. But with a pre-set menu in which many of the times are pre-prepared, none of the delays made any sense. Worse, they didn't seem to even care. By the way, it was $79.95 per person.

Had a confirmed reservation on valentines day through open table. When we showed up they said they overbooked so there would be a 90 minute wait. Lobby full of unhappy couples with the same situation. They said they would call when our table was ready but they never called so we did not get to eat there.