Table 65 Bistro and Gelato Cafe — Restaurant in New Richmond

THESE are the restaurants we must support. Where to start?

Saturday afternoon in May. Fairly quiet inside. Not overly packed with tables. Comfy couch/chairs in one corner (like a local coffee shop), booth in the next corner, front counter for ice cream, scones, coffee, etc. The other end near the bathroom foyer has an upright piano against the wall. Booths down the next wall, and around the corner to high top 4 seaters with a few tables throughout the middle of the floors.

The walls host large retro French posters of ski resorts, cocktail scenes, and bistro prints. The hardwood floor adds to the all around comfort of this space.

The menu has an amazing variety of items that were a pleasant surprise. From burgers, to paninis, Thai peanut dishes, to pan seared Ahi tuna on risotto.

A decent craft beer and wine menu along with limited mixed drinks.

Our server was warm and friendly and took the time to answer all of our first timer questions. We decided on the Volcano Chicken and Seared Ahi on Risotto. The Volcano Chicken is listed as 'spicy' on the menu, but I like spicy and would call it mild/medium. It was a wonderful mix of sweet heat and I had to resist licking the plate.

The Ahi was a gorgeous piece of tuna perfectly seared rare/medium rare settled on top of an amazingly flavored cheesy risotto. What a dream. My wife rarely eats an entire plate when we're out, but this was an exception.

The menu is extensive and it's one of those "I want to come back and try each item on the menu" places.

The meal wasn't without some "oops-es" from the kitchen, but the folks on staff went above and beyond to make things right. This is not hyperbole. They ensured we would be return customers and just, WOW. THIS is how you stay in business. Astonishing to find a level of customer service like this today.

Is it a perfect place? No. But the welcoming relaxed atmosphere, the service, the food, the prices, the care of the people who own and run it... We're new regulars. Oh, did I mention the Tiramisu Kahlua gelato? They rotate through gelato flavors about every 3 weeks, so if there's one you want, don't wait for next time. The carrot cake will be there, but that particular flavor might be gone.

Give it a try. There's something for most...

It was bad since the begining. The waitress took forever because they don’t have enough staff, had to ask 3 times for water for my kid. The food took forever to arrive, while we were there the other tables had problems too. My husband order bistro filet and it arrived cold he also added “buttered garlic shrimp” and it was absolutely bland, plain, just boiled. I order a curry, ( I had travel to many countries and eat curries everywhere) the curry was good, really really spicy and it didn’t say in the menu, the chef told me she’s from the cities and she knows how a curry tastes, even in Indonesia the asked me how spicy I wanted it, I was planing on sharing ot with my kid but it was imposible, the bottom line was a rock inside of my plate, and the chef accused me of lying, instead of apologizing. We spent there over an hour, we didn’t even eat, and it was a TERRIBLE experience.

Edit to reply: we didn’t walk out without paying, we went to the front desk and waited while the employers were on the phone with the owner, they never gave us a bill, they said they didn’t know and ask for our phone. In the video you can see how many times we asked for water, that we told the waitress that the food was cold and tasteless and her response was “ok”. You can also see that I take the kid for a walk outside while waiting because it was taking forever. You can Also see in the video how I spot a rock out of my mouth and walk to the front desk and tell the chef, she also a used me of lying and putting the rock there my Self. I also don’t like that you are threatening me in your response. Pretty rude. Again we didn’t walk away, we waited for a response while we offer to pay what we ate and there was no answer from the employees or the owner...

My wife and I were looking forward to a nice brunch at Table 65. The atmosphere was pleasant, food was excellent, and the staff was friendly but they could have done so much better in terms of service. I'm rating 3 out of 5 because it seemed the staff was a bit overwhelmed with a large table that seemed to eclipse the rest of their clientele.

When we arrived, it was a little bit until the waitress took our drink orders; however, we were greeted and told we'd be help shortly, which we didn't mind waiting as there was a large table (over a dozen people plus kids) that came in before us.

Unfortunately, the large table seemed to overwhelm the staff as we had to ask for breakfast menus and never were given any silverware or napkins, not even when our food came out. We were going to ask our server if we could have some, but she never returned in the time it took us to finish our meal. We had sandwiches, so we made the best of it and just ate our food and washed up in the bathroom.

After the meal, I was looking forward to trying the layered chocolate cake, but the wait was so long that by the time or server returned I decided I'd just try again next time and asked for the bill.

I believe Table 65 merits another try. I hope the staff was just thrown off due to the large table and that our experience was atypical. With any luck, next time their service will match their staff's demeanor, the food, and the decor, which were all wonderful.

Review to be updated...