Lowville Bistro

Wish I could rate zero stars. Ridiculous that it was closed Sun Oct 13, with people lined up to get into the parks nearby! When I looked up the hours, it said open, so it’s not like we didn’t plan ahead. I asked and was given the lame excuse that the cooks wanted the day off. The day after, I could understand, being Thanksgiving. Ruined our plans, as we were planning on going to another one of the parks close by with our visitors from overseas. If you are advertising as being open, BE OPEN!

Slow service and the food was cold when I got it. The management staff was very rude and aggressive when we asked for the food to be reheated. Will never return.

Disappointing

I must have driven past this place a hundred times, and always wanted to try it. As they say, don't judge a book by its cover. The setting is great, the restaurant - not so much. This is a very negative review of this restaurant and the two reasons for this are, the attitude of the person who 'welcomed' us and the very ordinary food. We arrived and were met by the manager who looked mildly annoyed that we were there. His first words 'do you have a reservation' and at this stage (early evening) only two tables were occupied (both couples). No I reply. Are you here for dinner? he asks. Yes I reply although I can hardly think of another reason a family of five would enter a restaurant at DINNER time. Weelll I guess we can find a place for you here, he says. I had roasted butternut soup and penne with veal, goat cheese and saffron oil sauce. The soup simply had no discernible flavour – not of butternut, or of anything else for that matter. The penne were cooked al-dente but were not of good quality – nothing that couldn’t have been bought at a local supermarket. The tiny pieces of veal were gristly – all 5 of them! The goat cheese was the best part. Overall the dish was very disappointing. I left the restaurant hungry, and believe me I don’t have a huge appetite. Only once I came to post this did I notice other similar reviews of this place, and was hardly surprised with what I found. Next time I will be sure to read on here before going out and trying a new place. I will be sure to give this restaurant a miss in future, at least until I know some personnel changes have been made (read new chef and manager).

A nice restaurant on the outside, but not so much on the inside

A nice looking restaurant tucked away but we were deceived. trying to find our way into the restaurant was a challenge with signs all over telling us to use the patio entrance..... in winter???? Then once we were inside, we understood why we could not come through the front door as they sat us in front of it, the place was just too small and tables crammed in. The staff were too busy chatting in the corner and the "manager" (term used loosly as he didn't seem to manage anything). Fish was dry and over cooked. Not sure if this is coincidence but both my wife and I were sick a few hours after eating the fish, not a chance I want to take.

pretty good

Been twice for lunch in the past 3 months, once on a weekday , once on a saturday. Very busy on Saturday, and understaffed, but the servers did a great job considering the number of tables. Burger was excellent, melted in my mouth, a tiny bit of hot pepper mixed in was subtle, but a tasty novelty. Everything seemed freshly made with fresh ingredients. Fries were shoestring style, but piping hot and very good. Dry ribs were a tiny portion and virtually no meat, but my son liked them anyway. Rather expensive, over $100 both times. Clientele is a$ you would expect for the neighbourhood.