Twisted Cork Bistro — Restaurant in Omaha

My wife and I come in almost every week and sit at the bar. As a result, we've gotten to know restaurant manager / bartender Jennie. She's an engaging and excellent host, and after just a couple of visits, she anticipated our needs based on our past preferences - knowing our favorite wine and mixed drink. This is exactly what we look for in a non-chain restaurant - personal attention delivered with genuine thoughtfulness and care. We've found the greet staff and other waiters/waitresses that Jennie manages to be equally attentive.

Obviously, there's one thing that's even more important than great service - and that's great food. Twisted Cork Bistro has that in spades - over the year and a half that we've been coming here, we've tried nearly every dish - and they are all winners. Of course, we both have our favorites - my wife really loves the Mahi Mahi and the Sea Scallops. I'm a big fan of the Prairie Fire and Hawaiian Ahi. The Bison steak is also over-the-top amazing. The key to most of their dishes is top-notch ingredients and really creative sauce and spice pairings. And speaking of pairings, if you're a wine fan, and you've always wanted to try wines from the Northwest, the selection here of reds and whites at every price point can't be beat.

We moved from Newport Beach in Southern California, where there are any number of amazing restaurants, especially those that serve sea food. The owners are former Seattle, Washington restaurateurs who relocated to Omaha - and they have all their seafood flown in from either the West Coast or Hawaii every 24 hours, so have no doubt about freshness! Their meat offerings feature the best locally grown beef and bison.

Their small bites are equally amazing, and they have a nice abbreviated happy hour menu that will let you get in and out with a great filling meal on a budget.

If you haven't been there, be sure to give it a try. And tell Jennie that Bob and...

Twisted Cork Bistro is a restaurant in Omaha, Nebraska, that serves local, natural food, handcrafted ales, spirits and wines from the Pacific Northwest. The menu features a variety of dishes, including appetizers, salads, entrees, and desserts.

I recently visited Twisted Cork Bistro with my wife for a date night, and we had a great experience. We started with the Crying Crackers appetizer, which was a delicious combination of Piedmontese flank steak, cucumber, pistachio, fiery Jaew sauce, kimchi, and rice crackers. This was our favorite item on the menu, and it was our first time trying kimchi. We really loved it.

For dinner, we had the Prairie Fire flank steak, which is a nine-ounce sliced flank steak with an espresso-cayenne rub, grilled medium rare. The steak comes with fingerling potatoes, apple slaw, and whiskey glaze Granny Smith apples with cinnamon. The steak was cooked perfectly, and the flavors were amazing.

We also had the colossal sea scallops, which were cooked perfectly and served with charred Brussels, pistachio gremolata, and rice. The scallops were incredibly tender and flavorful, and the charred Brussels were a nice touch.

To compliment our meal we enjoyed a bottle of one of the Pacific Northwest wines. The Hedges Family Cabernet Sauvignon did not disappoint. The wine was full-bodied and flavorful, with notes of dark berries, cocoa, and cinnamon. It paired perfectly with the steak and scallops.

Overall, we had a wonderful experience at Twisted Cork Bistro. The food was delicious, the service was excellent, and the atmosphere was inviting. We would definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a great dining...

The lahvosh was thin, crispy, and tasty. The corn chowder was sweet and moderately peppery hot to my taste. My demerits go to the service given to two elderly ladies who came in before me. One of them was helping the other one shuffle, very very slowly, in her slippers, until they eventually reached the hostess station. They apparently didn't have reservations and so were offered seats at the bar! So they went to the bar and the young hostess, maybe 18 years old, pulled out the chairs. Now, bar chair seats are at least a half-foot higher than these elderly ladies can manage safely. They tried, but the one lady can barely lift her feet off the ground, let alone hoist herself into a bar seat. I told the other young hostess a few times that they needed a shorter chair, but she said nothing, like she didn't hear me. I asked the young hostess "helping" the guests if she didn't have a table for them; she said no. This was a disaster waiting to happen. I left, but shouldn't have until I'd asked for the manager. Those teenage hostesses had no clue of the problem or the danger. A good manager would ask some other couple to take the bar seats so that these ladies could enjoy their rare night out safely. Or apologetically work out another time when the ladies could be accommodated. I'm angry that I and the restaurant did nothing in that moment, so I hope all ended...