Bistro 7 — Restaurant in Reno

We were so excited to try this restaurant are seeing all the reviews. The service and appetizers were great, the main dishes were a terrible disappointment. The comments in the last few months were spot on with soot covered food and poor flavors.

We started with the calamari and seared tuna. They both had great flavor and were prepared very well.

I ordered the salmon. Our waitress informed me that it will come out medium rare unless I would like it different. When it arrived, it was medium well. It was still acceptable, but not what was expected. The salmon had a pesto sauce on top that was delicious. Unfortunately the pesto was the only flavor coming from the fish. It was disappointing how little flavor the fish actually had. It was prepared on a cedar plank that was charred heavily and smeared the plate with soot and oils. I had to be sure I kept my mashed potatoes away from it. The mashed potatoes were a good consistency with some clumps but again, lacking any real flavor.

It felts as if the kids food was an after thought. The chicken tenders were saturated in oil as if the oil temperature was too cold when they were dropped. The kids burger was an over sized bun with a skinny piece of beef inside. The fries were good though!

The real disappointment was our broccoli. It was barely cooked and was COVERED in soot. It tasted like they rolled it around in the coals for a second and served it. Throughout our entire meal the dining area was filled with smoke from their fire oven. It felt as if the cooks couldn't get it under control. Raw smoke ruins the flavor of food. I let our waitress know that the food was disappointing and she simply said that she would let the cooks know.

For the pricing and menu items listed at this restaurant, you would assume they would have everything figured out. $200 later I felt it was necessary to warn...

So to start off with, we had a giant party, about 30 of us, for an engagement dinner.

I truly wish I got the name of the server because he was honestly fantastic. It honestly did not feel long at all for anything, not to sit, not to get drinks, not for our food either. The other staff and management were also super helpful. Originally we reserved for a party of 20 and they closed off the patio for us, once people started arriving the number kept going up and we no longer fit. They were super accommodating and got us more space.

I’m not too sure how others felt so I can only speak about my experience but overall this was an excellent dining experience. My portion of the party got a spinach dip, 2 pizzas, a steak, and a surf & turf sushi. All of our meals came out quickly and in great quality. The only slight slight issue was there was no steak sauce :( but other than that, the steak was cooked perfectly and the sides were delicious.

The sushi was honestly a 10/10, we wished we had ordered another one, it was the first thing to be finished. The spinach dip was also another 10/10, serving it with bread was quite new to me, however it made such a great addition. The pizzas were nice and crispy, do wish it had a bit more sauce but overall yum!

I highly recommend this place… trust me...

On 4/30 I was here celebrating my grandma birthday with family it’s my first time dining here. It was a decent dinner we ordered the steak frite, ribeye, and filet mignon the sauce for was very salty but temperature was cooked perfectly medium. The steamed clams came with bread which was soft and nice with the sauce. We had Rachel (server) she didn’t check on us once during our dinner it wasn’t even busy we were checked on by the busser (tall and white male can’t remember his name), the server assistant (hispanic male with glasses can’t remember his name), and manager even check on us once when food came at first. Unfortunately, the only time Rachel came is when we had to pay for the check. In my opinion, I believe she knew she would get 20% for tips ($42.87 in this situation) because we were a party of 5 and if she gave good service or not, it wouldn’t matter she got $42.87 out of us. But I do find it odd how it’s 5 people for auto gratuity usually it’s 6 people for auto gratuity anywhere else dining at a restaurant. The busser and server assistant was really kind said happy birthday even got us a complementary cake for my grandma. Rachel didn’t ever acknowledge that it was my grandma birthday when she first came...