We explored several restaurants to celebrate my birthday. After careful research we chose this place and it did NOT disappoint. The waitress was lovely, she gave us great descriptions of the food. I’m so glad we chose the mussels for our starter. The sauce was amazing… they packed the extra sauce for us to take home, apparently we weren’t the first to ask for it. We chose a quiet week day night. The ambiance was nice, the restaurant felt a little too quiet for the amazing food and service. We are planning to return soon, great experience overall.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Braised Scallops Wiy Risotto
lind reiss
Meridian is a high quality restaurant. Don’t let the neighborhood keep you from coming here. There is ample reserved parking around the corner.We - four of us - arrived at 5:15 on a Saturday evening. Since we had been to Meridian several times before, we were not the least bit dismayed to see we were the only ones in the restaurant. In fact, we enjoyed that.Even though our waiter, Dave, was fairly new to Meridian, he described food and drink as though he had been there years. Service was outstanding.Quality of food was excellent. Scallops, NY strip, group with shrimp were our main course orders. Those followed apps of calamari and steak tartar. We recommend all of those dishes.The reason for only four stars is that both scallop dishes came with three scallops, and they weren’t all that large. However, as mentioned earlier, they were very nicely and deliciously prepared.We will return to Meridian when in Winston-Salem.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bread and Garlic Oil, Steak, Steak Tartare with Dressed Little Gem Artisan Lettuce Cracked Pepper & Sea Salt Gaufrettes
Maria Rakintzaki
One of the best places in Winston. If ot THE BEST!
esdubya newcreation
Truly had a great experience. The service was top notch and the food was wonderful. Kelley and David did an awesome job. The setting is very classy, intimate and professional. We look forward to returning and will definitely spread the word.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Deena Lane
Great service, lovely quiet atmosphere and fantastic food, I had never tried duck, I was scared....have the duck! It's delicious. Thank you for a lovely evening. I wish I remembered the servers name, he was so nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
joelrU5895RY
My wife and I enjoyed several wonderful small dishes on our 1st visit and look forward to going back soon. Appetizers to desserts were all wonderful.
Terri Bachmeier
We had a great experience. From the greeter to Norwood our server who made excellent suggestions! The duck and New York Steak was good. It was our first time and we will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee
Christyne Nagaishi
Food is always excellent but Matt makes dining there an experience more than anything. Meridian is fortunate to have him!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Samantha Glynn
Great atmosphere! Yummy food! Excellent service! We got the antelope and pork. Delicious! Wish there were smaller portions so I could’ve gotten dessert ? Keep up the great work ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nicholle Stone
Very disappointed. After reading a write up in the paper, we went for a special night out with my mom who was visiting. Straight up- the food was sub-par. My lobster looked and tasted like it was frozen and defrosted in a microwave and then cooked. It was so over done, I didn't eat it. My spouse's steak was smothered in what tasted like Heinz 57 sauce and it was tough.I am not a complainer but I mentioned to the waiter that the lobster was Way overcooked and he apologized and mumbled whether I "wanted him to do something". Oh boy, really? Because I chose to let him use commonsense, he did nothing.But the fries were great. Remember to ask for salt because everything was underseasoned, except for the sorbet.We spent $180 for 3 people and I don't drink, to give you an idea of the cost. It's in a cool location, but we will not ever go back.
Everything but the steak. Wife enjoyed her food. My steak was prepared as requested but the meat was dry, tough and lacked flavor. It would have been bad at Denny's. Management should reconsider their sourcing or meat storage. This ruined the dining
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Maura E Whitaker
Lobster risotto? no flavor..not risotto more like minute rice. 29 dollars not worth it. And peach cobler...not homemade. It was cold seems like they took it out if a pre-made box served in warm dish. Very disappointing.
Brandon
The service and atmosphere was awesome. The food is a little lacking in flavour but the presentation is on point. Overall good date night.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Kyle Salkeld
First time here, would most likely go back. It is nice place for a dinner date, or a get together with family in a higher level establishment. Service was respectful and the food was good. Some of the options were a little off my taste, but I do not put that against them, that is just opinion. I only knocked it down a start because the layout was a little too basic, I expected a little more.
g g
This restaurant was a huge let down and I should have listened to the other reviews. I had to ask someone why there wasn't a hostess and I was told the chef is too cheap to hire one. So, they had the bartender hosting.. This one bartender cannot do his job and host at the same time, this isn't how this works. We ordered drinks as soon as we sat down, but didn't get our drinks until after finishing our appetizer. The food was subpar and our server did not once ask us how the food was because they knew that it wasn't good. This was my first time in Winston and dinner was basically ruined. Once I arrived on a Saturday night and they weren't full then I already knew I was in for a bad time.
We explored several restaurants to celebrate my birthday. After careful research we chose this place and it did NOT disappoint. The waitress was lovely, she gave us great descriptions of the food. I’m so glad we chose the mussels for our starter. The sauce was amazing… they packed the extra sauce for us to take home, apparently we weren’t the first to ask for it. We chose a quiet week day night. The ambiance was nice, the restaurant felt a little too quiet for the amazing food and service. We are planning to return soon, great experience overall.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Braised Scallops Wiy Risotto
Meridian is a high quality restaurant. Don’t let the neighborhood keep you from coming here. There is ample reserved parking around the corner.We - four of us - arrived at 5:15 on a Saturday evening. Since we had been to Meridian several times before, we were not the least bit dismayed to see we were the only ones in the restaurant. In fact, we enjoyed that.Even though our waiter, Dave, was fairly new to Meridian, he described food and drink as though he had been there years. Service was outstanding.Quality of food was excellent. Scallops, NY strip, group with shrimp were our main course orders. Those followed apps of calamari and steak tartar. We recommend all of those dishes.The reason for only four stars is that both scallop dishes came with three scallops, and they weren’t all that large. However, as mentioned earlier, they were very nicely and deliciously prepared.We will return to Meridian when in Winston-Salem.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bread and Garlic Oil, Steak, Steak Tartare with Dressed Little Gem Artisan Lettuce Cracked Pepper & Sea Salt Gaufrettes
One of the best places in Winston. If ot THE BEST!
Truly had a great experience. The service was top notch and the food was wonderful. Kelley and David did an awesome job. The setting is very classy, intimate and professional. We look forward to returning and will definitely spread the word.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great service, lovely quiet atmosphere and fantastic food, I had never tried duck, I was scared....have the duck! It's delicious. Thank you for a lovely evening. I wish I remembered the servers name, he was so nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My wife and I enjoyed several wonderful small dishes on our 1st visit and look forward to going back soon. Appetizers to desserts were all wonderful.
We had a great experience. From the greeter to Norwood our server who made excellent suggestions! The duck and New York Steak was good. It was our first time and we will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee
Food is always excellent but Matt makes dining there an experience more than anything. Meridian is fortunate to have him!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great atmosphere! Yummy food! Excellent service! We got the antelope and pork. Delicious! Wish there were smaller portions so I could’ve gotten dessert ? Keep up the great work ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very disappointed. After reading a write up in the paper, we went for a special night out with my mom who was visiting. Straight up- the food was sub-par. My lobster looked and tasted like it was frozen and defrosted in a microwave and then cooked. It was so over done, I didn't eat it. My spouse's steak was smothered in what tasted like Heinz 57 sauce and it was tough.I am not a complainer but I mentioned to the waiter that the lobster was Way overcooked and he apologized and mumbled whether I "wanted him to do something". Oh boy, really? Because I chose to let him use commonsense, he did nothing.But the fries were great. Remember to ask for salt because everything was underseasoned, except for the sorbet.We spent $180 for 3 people and I don't drink, to give you an idea of the cost. It's in a cool location, but we will not ever go back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
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Everything but the steak. Wife enjoyed her food. My steak was prepared as requested but the meat was dry, tough and lacked flavor. It would have been bad at Denny's. Management should reconsider their sourcing or meat storage. This ruined the dining
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Lobster risotto? no flavor..not risotto more like minute rice. 29 dollars not worth it. And peach cobler...not homemade. It was cold seems like they took it out if a pre-made box served in warm dish. Very disappointing.
The service and atmosphere was awesome. The food is a little lacking in flavour but the presentation is on point. Overall good date night.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
First time here, would most likely go back. It is nice place for a dinner date, or a get together with family in a higher level establishment. Service was respectful and the food was good. Some of the options were a little off my taste, but I do not put that against them, that is just opinion. I only knocked it down a start because the layout was a little too basic, I expected a little more.
This restaurant was a huge let down and I should have listened to the other reviews. I had to ask someone why there wasn't a hostess and I was told the chef is too cheap to hire one. So, they had the bartender hosting.. This one bartender cannot do his job and host at the same time, this isn't how this works. We ordered drinks as soon as we sat down, but didn't get our drinks until after finishing our appetizer. The food was subpar and our server did not once ask us how the food was because they knew that it wasn't good. This was my first time in Winston and dinner was basically ruined. Once I arrived on a Saturday night and they weren't full then I already knew I was in for a bad time.