This is an amazing place for dinner. The lamb and roast beef were delicious. Best of all was our server Bruce! He was super nice, so friendly. If you're lucky enough to have him at your table, make sure you get a spooky story from him!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
AMG
Appetizers were underwhelming and main course was ok. Very expensive and over hyped for quality of food. Service was terrible. Cocktail list is small and they don’t make anything not on the list. Very disappointing, especially for the price.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Mark Brill
The 8oz prime rib was tough to cut and chewy. It lacked any type of flavor. By the way, unless it's a Canadian thing, who puts beef gravy on prime rib? It needs the au jus. The baked potato looked and tasted like it had been sitting under a heat lamp all day.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Bessie Nikolopoulos
We held the rehearsal dinner for my son‘s wedding at bistro Stefan. Everything was perfect. The food was great. The service was excellent, great Atmosphere and Joanne was fabulous to deal with. A big thank you to Joanne and her staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Linda Hartley
Excellent food and service
nanc.y.b
What a special find!
From outside you wouldn’t necessarily know there is such an amazing restaurant within this hotel.
We made reservations for three weeks in advance which I recommend. Upon arrival, we were quickly seated in the back by the gorgeous fireplace. The restaurant is quaint, intimate, and quiet, even though there were a few large groups and quite a few couples dining that evening, you wouldn’t have known.
We were celebrating a birthday and truly enjoyed not being rushed. The food was delicious from start to end.
We loved the Amuse Bouche which set the tone for the remainder of the meal.
Our appetizers were equally delish; Beggar’s Purses and Crab Rangoons were different than the usual, a special treat for sure!
We followed those with gorgeous entrées; Seafood Risotto which was the best she’s ever had, the Vegetarian Mushroom Risotto was cooked to perfection, and the Stuffed Ravioli was just the right amount of sauce to pasta.
We will return for sure!
Sam MacLeod
Going on a bit of a rant because I found the experience at this restaurant startlingly excellent.
Hard to express what a pleasant surprise every moment of our time was at Bistro Stefan. It’s a kind of a weird step back to a simpler time… like going for dinner with your grandparents in the late 80s. Remember when restaurants had like themes, it wasn’t all another take on stark Milestones decor. They were warm and welcoming. They had stuff up on the wall collected by the owner while on a civil war battlefield trip. Each restaurant was different and felt different.
This place has a feel to it, it has personality, stone and wood, a fire is going, it’s warm and friendly but professional. Guests are laughing and celebrating. Everyone is having nice wine and seems happy. Their is ambience, but when you are seated, you are in your own little world. It is comfortable.
It takes it self just seriously enough to put out A+ food that is interesting without being pretentious. It’s perfectly clean but doesn’t feel sterile.
Then staff are well dressed and professional but also, like the space, have personality and are warm and friendly. It was my first time but I felt like a regular. We were made to feel special. Some great starter bread with Asiago. A bit more bread, a surprise small bit of cucumber with salmon pate. A surprise strawberry chocolate at the end.
For food, everything was excellent. Fresh, flavourful, beautiful. Started with the thin sliced beef tenderloin, fresh, with delicious aioli. Absolutely brand new, picked that day baby arugula. Just pulling the best out of each ingredient. You know when you eat a piece of meat and it tastes like an enhanced version of the flavour you were expecting. That’s what happening.
The lobster salad come out and your like woah, okay, I’m going to have to fight this thing. It’s a huge head of lettuce, and covered in bacon, sharp cheese, and a bunch of other stuff. It’s maybe seared. It huge and great and you’ve got to cut it up and mix it like a pot pie. If you want the best Caesar salad your mom makes, go to Chez Piggy. If you want to do battle with an ascended salad god, go to Bistro Stefan.
My wife had the seafood resoto. Flavourful, butter-like scallops, just delicious. We did have the desert. My wife had some sort of crepe cake deal, it sounds heavy but is light and sophisticated, a bit jammy. The chocolate cheese cake is intense. Only get it if you want to eat a brick of chocolate. It’s good but wow is it chocolate. It’s like the rest of the food in a way. It delivers on flavour in a way that is more than expected.
Anyway, this is probably the longest thing I’ve written in my life but really needed to say how thankful my wife and I are for such a lovely experience. We will be back when we can afford it. Until then we will be looking forward.
Nathalie J Morin
Excellent service and food. Great price and a very nice cachet. Our table was just by the fireplace.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ian Tongs
Shockingly good meal, I was not expecting food of the quality served. Hidden gem for food and atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Maxx Lavoie
Very good restaurant. Wonderful service. Perfect for lovers or with friends. Bruce is a very nice server and created wonderful service for us!
We had an amazing meal! True fine dining. Bruce our waiter was fantastic! The chef was able to accommodate my dietary restriction and it was the first restaurant in a long time that I could have whatever I wanted with no issues. Definitely would go back.
Barb C
Excellent meal and service!! Very attentive wait staff - Andrea! This is the last of the fine dining experiences in Kingston!!
Carlos
Fantastic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Laura M
A friend and I were staying at the Best Western Fireside Inn and didn't feel like going to far for dinner so decided to try Bistro Stefan. It was a wonderful dinner - food was delicious (we both ordered the prime rib) and our server Bruce was amazing. We would certainly visit again and recommend to anyone in Kingston looking for a nice meal.
This is an amazing place for dinner. The lamb and roast beef were delicious. Best of all was our server Bruce! He was super nice, so friendly. If you're lucky enough to have him at your table, make sure you get a spooky story from him!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Appetizers were underwhelming and main course was ok. Very expensive and over hyped for quality of food. Service was terrible. Cocktail list is small and they don’t make anything not on the list. Very disappointing, especially for the price.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
The 8oz prime rib was tough to cut and chewy. It lacked any type of flavor. By the way, unless it's a Canadian thing, who puts beef gravy on prime rib? It needs the au jus. The baked potato looked and tasted like it had been sitting under a heat lamp all day.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
We held the rehearsal dinner for my son‘s wedding at bistro Stefan. Everything was perfect. The food was great. The service was excellent, great Atmosphere and Joanne was fabulous to deal with. A big thank you to Joanne and her staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent food and service
What a special find!
From outside you wouldn’t necessarily know there is such an amazing restaurant within this hotel.
We made reservations for three weeks in advance which I recommend. Upon arrival, we were quickly seated in the back by the gorgeous fireplace. The restaurant is quaint, intimate, and quiet, even though there were a few large groups and quite a few couples dining that evening, you wouldn’t have known.
We were celebrating a birthday and truly enjoyed not being rushed. The food was delicious from start to end.
We loved the Amuse Bouche which set the tone for the remainder of the meal.
Our appetizers were equally delish; Beggar’s Purses and Crab Rangoons were different than the usual, a special treat for sure!
We followed those with gorgeous entrées; Seafood Risotto which was the best she’s ever had, the Vegetarian Mushroom Risotto was cooked to perfection, and the Stuffed Ravioli was just the right amount of sauce to pasta.
We will return for sure!
Going on a bit of a rant because I found the experience at this restaurant startlingly excellent.
Hard to express what a pleasant surprise every moment of our time was at Bistro Stefan. It’s a kind of a weird step back to a simpler time… like going for dinner with your grandparents in the late 80s. Remember when restaurants had like themes, it wasn’t all another take on stark Milestones decor. They were warm and welcoming. They had stuff up on the wall collected by the owner while on a civil war battlefield trip. Each restaurant was different and felt different.
This place has a feel to it, it has personality, stone and wood, a fire is going, it’s warm and friendly but professional. Guests are laughing and celebrating. Everyone is having nice wine and seems happy. Their is ambience, but when you are seated, you are in your own little world. It is comfortable.
It takes it self just seriously enough to put out A+ food that is interesting without being pretentious. It’s perfectly clean but doesn’t feel sterile.
Then staff are well dressed and professional but also, like the space, have personality and are warm and friendly. It was my first time but I felt like a regular. We were made to feel special. Some great starter bread with Asiago. A bit more bread, a surprise small bit of cucumber with salmon pate. A surprise strawberry chocolate at the end.
For food, everything was excellent. Fresh, flavourful, beautiful.
Started with the thin sliced beef tenderloin, fresh, with delicious aioli. Absolutely brand new, picked that day baby arugula. Just pulling the best out of each ingredient. You know when you eat a piece of meat and it tastes like an enhanced version of the flavour you were expecting. That’s what happening.
The lobster salad come out and your like woah, okay, I’m going to have to fight this thing. It’s a huge head of lettuce, and covered in bacon, sharp cheese, and a bunch of other stuff. It’s maybe seared. It huge and great and you’ve got to cut it up and mix it like a pot pie. If you want the best Caesar salad your mom makes, go to Chez Piggy. If you want to do battle with an ascended salad god, go to Bistro Stefan.
My wife had the seafood resoto. Flavourful, butter-like scallops, just delicious. We did have the desert. My wife had some sort of crepe cake deal, it sounds heavy but is light and sophisticated, a bit jammy. The chocolate cheese cake is intense. Only get it if you want to eat a brick of chocolate. It’s good but wow is it chocolate. It’s like the rest of the food in a way. It delivers on flavour in a way that is more than expected.
Anyway, this is probably the longest thing I’ve written in my life but really needed to say how thankful my wife and I are for such a lovely experience. We will be back when we can afford it. Until then we will be looking forward.
Excellent service and food. Great price and a very nice cachet. Our table was just by the fireplace.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shockingly good meal, I was not expecting food of the quality served. Hidden gem for food and atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very good restaurant. Wonderful service. Perfect for lovers or with friends. Bruce is a very nice server and created wonderful service for us!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Prime rib
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had an amazing meal! True fine dining. Bruce our waiter was fantastic! The chef was able to accommodate my dietary restriction and it was the first restaurant in a long time that I could have whatever I wanted with no issues. Definitely would go back.
Excellent meal and service!! Very attentive wait staff - Andrea! This is the last of the fine dining experiences in Kingston!!
Fantastic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
A friend and I were staying at the Best Western Fireside Inn and didn't feel like going to far for dinner so decided to try Bistro Stefan. It was a wonderful dinner - food was delicious (we both ordered the prime rib) and our server Bruce was amazing. We would certainly visit again and recommend to anyone in Kingston looking for a nice meal.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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