Figaro Bistro — Restaurant in Sarasota

If you are looking for AUTHENTIC, AMAZING and DELICIOUS french food with a Paris bistro sidewalk cafe atmosphere, look no further than Figaro Bistro on Hillview in Sarasota Florida.

Owned and run by a wonderful french family, David is the chef extraordinaire who makes exceptional food, and Camille is the front of the house, hostess - bartender- greeter that keeps the restaurant feeling like just that - your neighborhood place to eat. She remembers and recognizes you and loves to make you feel at home.

Food to make sure you taste...moules & frites (mussels and homemade skinny fries that are so yummy, and cooked with the perfect crispiness; french onion soup with loads of cheese; the black grouper - ooh lala melts like butter in your mouth; the dover sole with capers, to die for; pate; the sea scallops (of course delicious, we're in Florida); the creme brulee for dessert is heavenly.

They have an amazing selection of french wines and of course champagne as well. But don't expect liquor...and don't expect to be served italian prosecco or california wine. Cami and David prefer an authentic french experience to accompany their amazing french food.

So the atmosphere is warm and inviting. Its small, but Cami runs it with efficiency. Reservations are available - but don't wait to book for a weekend or popular time, as it fills up fast. There is also sidewalk and bar seating. Cami and David have created a slice of France in Sarasota. Although they've just had their one year anniversary, This bistro is sure to be here for years to come, and I can see them expanding because of high demand. Figaro Bistro Sarasota Florida is some of the best French food, and rivals that of great Parisian famous bistros.

Its open Tuesday thru Saturday 5 - 9 /9:30. I'm waiting for a brunch/lunch to be added on. When they do - I will be the first in line!!

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We were completely disappointed with our $200 dinner including tip at Figaro‘s. I ordered the snapper special with crawfish cream and it was two small pieces of fish, and at the bottom of the plate was a red watery liquid. Basically tasteless. My friend’s dinner was tasteless as well. She had the white wine mussels and the broth was like water. We had to ask for salt. No bread and butter was offered. We ordered Kir royale for drinks and the waiter said they didn’t have enough fruit to put a raspberry in each of our glasses when we saw that at the table next to us, a lady had a strawberry or raspberry in her drink - and this may not seem like a big deal but for $15 they could’ve put a raspberry in there. And lastly, we had a visa gift card to pay part of the bill. The waiter said it doesn’t have a chip, it won’t work. And we told him that we use them all the time all over town and no one has a problem. And he just basically refused and said it won’t work. Of course we asked for the manager and she repeated everything that he said and they never even ran the gift card. The food was bland and tasteless - not rich in flavor as all of the other French restaurants we’ve been to. The service was stuffy and they can’t even accept Visa gift cards on their brand new computer system! We will...

Having lived in Paris for 3 years, I'm always looking for a good French Restaurant. I'm sorry to say Figaro Bistro is not at all to my expectations. My son was down visiting from NYC, so I decided to make a res at Figaro. Our res was for 8PM and we arrived 5 minutes early. Our table was not ready, though there was an empty table. We were barely greeted and asked to stand at one of the side tables near the entrance, so we waited and were not offered a drink or anything. We are seated and I had them cork the bottle of Bordeaux that I brought since their wine list was lacking in choice and very over-priced ($20 corkage fee). I started with the frois gras terrine, which was dry and a very small portion. My son had the mussels and there was barely any broth at the bottom and no flavor what-so-ever. While we were waiting for our main entrees, we had to ask several time for bread and butter ( very strange for a french restaurant). I had the Beef bourguignon and my son had the casseoulet. The beef bourguinon was very chewy and burnt tasting (very disappointing) and my son's casseoulet was just OK, lacking in the flavor of all the herbs you look forward to when enjoying casseoulet. This place is not worth a second visit, and over-priced for such a small bistro with a...