Bistrot Pierre - Ilkley Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is good and there was a decent selection for everyone."
• "Soup was great though, served with a nice basket of bread and butter."
• "Everything delicious and came out quick."
• "Without a doubt the best 3 course meal I have ever had, fresh, perfect portion size, well presented, very good menu and super tasty, everything done to perfection."
• "Food was very good, had the wild mushrooms with smoked bacon, and poached egg on sour dough."
• "The food we had was good from the a la carte menu."
• "The food was delicious, cooked to perfection and accompanying wine spot on."

Cons:

• "Burger Maison was tasteless, masked by too much overly sour relish and served in an oven bottom muffin."
• "It literally smelled and tasted like ash."
• "The coffee was vile."
• "Even some of the food was disappointing- the peas in the kids meals were still frozen."
• "The Beef Bourguignon was a bowl of sloppy stew, again nothing with it such as creamy mash."
• "A vegetarian tagine had a jam like sweetness and no subtlety of flavour or texture, I could barely eat half."
• "The food was ok, not as well cooked as what we had in Wales, one main was missing the green beans entirely."

Service

Pros:

• "Prompt courteous service and food was both well presented and tasty."
• "Excellent service from the attentive staff."
• "Service was friendly and quick."
• "Service and staff here are excellent and can't be faulted, they thoroughly deserved the tip we left."
• "The entire staff helped with all customers and gave attentive service to all."
• "Friendly and efficient service each time we have been."
• "Service was good staff very attentive my steak was cooked to perfection."

Cons:

• "Sadly we will not be coming back here."
• "Service was passive aggressive: a waiter scowling and making snippy comments."
• "Just as we were leaving, all 3 staff were sitting chatting at a table when people still needed serving."
• "Very quiet as well disorganized, only ordered two coffees which came lukewarm after quite a long wait."
• "Service slow, disorganised and haphazard."
• "Poor quality food, passive aggressive service."
• "Service was so slow and all 3 staff were rude and miserable."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Facilities tasteful and very clean."
• "The ambience is lovely, the food is consistently good."
• "A nice atmosphere and some good staff."
• "The bistrot itself is a nice place in a lovely building."
• "The atmosphere was quiet but it was through the day I went. So can't complain."
• "Lovely restaurant. Staff are friendly."
• "Dining at the Bistrot Pierre was a very pleasant experience with its colourful decor, friendly staff and laid back atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Walked out after 5 minutes. Side plates not clean and water glasses looked like toothbrush mugs with all the white stains and everything."
• "Very busy when we turned up and were warned service may be affected but it was friendly and efficient."
• "The atmosphere was quiet but it was through the day I went. So can't complain."
• "The Crescent Hotel is an impressive building in the centre of Ilkley."
• "What a cheerless dump. One supposes it is there to cash in on the transient tourist population."
• "Did feel more like fast food in and out type eatery."
• "The young server didn't seem to be on this planet, and was the worst / badly trained person l have seen in a restaurant for a long time."