The Bistro — Restaurant in Bakersfield

The food is really quite good, but the service is hit or miss. This isn't the place if you have somewhere to be and need a quick bite. I stayed at the Four Points Sheraton and had breakfast here three times - the buffet, decent; the bacon/eggs/breakfast potatoes/toast breakfast, very good & a large portion; and the pancakes/eggs/bacon breakfast, also very good & a large portion. Their quinoa bowl w/a fried egg on top is very tasty as a healthy option and their mesquite chicken sandwich is delicious. The prices are reasonable for what you get, unless you want cereal that is - $6.50 seems...

I went to Lunch with my Girlfriends from Church, we lunch at a different spot each month, I'm not sure we will return to this place anytime soon. It took a while for us to get our food, which we didn't mind because we had each other's company. My salad came with candied walnuts (which I am allergic and no where in the menu does it say there are walnuts on the side salad). I ordered a Party Melt (shown), the onions were very sweet which was odd to me, my Salad in the picture was my new salad after I sent the first back, it didn't have...

The food was good and the server was very nice and attentive. Looks like ownership is in transition. The building is bizarre and entrance to the restaurant is strange, need to walk past banquet rooms down a corridor without any signage. Desperately in need of a massive remodel. However, it was right next to the Sheraton Four Points I was staying at (which also DESPERATELY needs a complete over haul) so it was convenient. In fairness the salmon was cooked well, and the service was fine, so the meal was...