121 Artisan Bistro

We went tonight for a graduation party and had 13 people. All of our food was fantastic, and service was great also. I would recommend this restaurant to everyone!!!

Fantastic food, & don't skip the bread pudding

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lauren B's energy really made my Birthday celebration extra special! Happy Hour was a perfect way to celebrate with drinks and apps!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bread Pudding

**** UPDATED REVIEW AT END***

I was unsure if I wanted to write this review or not. I'm writing it in the hope that it can be helpful to the restaurant.
We Have been there numerous times and even met the owner a couple of times. We usually like our experience.
Last night we sat at the bar, which we always do, and we ordered apps and dinner.
My husband ordered a different sauce on his pasta. The bartender even repeated the order back, but it was delivered with wrong sauce. The bartender offered to bring the right sauce to put on top of the wrong sauce. We didn't want to do this. Bartender offered to re-do the pasta, but my husband likes for us to eat together vs waiting for a new order while I already had my food.
Another issue was that as we sat there for a couple of hours, by our choice..not due to service, there was not one dish bused. The entire bar top had dirty dishes from several customers for our entire stay, including our appetizer dishes and empty beer bottles. We addressed this with the bartender and he told us that he could not get a bus boy to come to the bar.
Bartender was sincerely apologetic and took items off of our check to try and compensate for the issues.
On the way out of restaurant, my husband asked why a manager never came to talk with us...the Bartender then informed us that he was the manager. He had not mentioned this before.
We really do look for a higher level of service at this price point. My husband was so disappointed in the service and the excuses given, that he didn't leave a tip. This has happened only twice in 30 years of dining out.
I think the Bartender tried to do what he could to make us happy and we would like to return to this place.
Hopefully the owner sees this and finds it helpful.

****UPDATED REVIEW*****
I wanted to update my review. As you can see in first review, the owner asked us to contact him personally. We did call and agreed to accept his invitation to return to the restaurant.
We arrived and spoke to owner in person regarding the original review and how he wanted to be aware of issues so that he can make improvements.
We sat at the bar and had a great experience. The staff were attentive to everyone in the bar area, the bar stayed clean and our food order was perfect.
We like the homey feeling of this place and will return often!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

So we’ve been coming here for years, and we’ve always loved this restaurant. But ever since the new ownership the quality goes down drastically every time we come back, and it feels like it’s straying away from what the restaurant was originally supposed to be. There’s no more oil and vinegar on the tables, slight changes to every dish. And the one day I came for the new brunch menu, it was incredibly underwhelming.

Not only that, but the owner comes off as arrogant and rude, always coming up to tables and interrupting meals, and when he messes things up he turns into a total suck up, but he’s only ever that kind to customers. He comes off as money and power hungry. I’ve personally overheard him berate his workers directly in front of customers, and just being upright rude to the people who ACTUALLY run the establishment for him. I’ve always gotten 10/10 service from the servers and bartenders here, my favorites being Cheyenne, Lauren, Kaylie, McKenzie, Lexi, and Kelseigh, just to name a few. We will no longer be coming here, because this restaurant will face the same fate as any restaurant Ben has ever sold.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 5

Christian
Is the best, 5 star always, request Christian. Brunch amazing Steak and eggs w/ grits. Bread pudding for dessert. 2 old fashions and finish with Rosemary bourbon smash.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bread Pudding

Really enjoyed this place and had great service thanks

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kinsley B provided great service!!! steak was great!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Christian was one of the best servers I have ever had! Great jokes, always knew exactly what to recomend, super entertaining, I honestly wanted to stay longer because of him. My coworkers and I were just going to get one drink but we ended up staying longer because we were having such a good time.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I recently dined at 121 bistro for lunch. The new menus and the new table tops are a nice change. My server, Cheyenne was first class. She was very friendly and helpful. She did a great job noticing when I was needing a refill and when I was finished with my meal. Very attentive without being intrusive. The food was excellent and I will definitely eat there again because of the food, the atmosphere and the great service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kinslee is very attentive and gives amazing service with the best sparking personality. She checks all the boxes!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Flash Fried Oysters

kinslee knew the menu backward and forward. was accessible and had great follow thru.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Kinslee is & always has been incredible

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Christian did a great job!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Christian was an amazing server! Can’t wait to come back to see him again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5