French Corner Bistro — Restaurant in West Palm Beach

My husband and I always look for local restaurants while we are on holiday. Frankly, I can go to the common Chain Restaurant’s anywhere, anytime. We look for local gems while exploring new towns and we definitely found one in French Corner Bistro & Rotisserie.

I’ve learned to trust my husband, he has a knack for finding hidden treasures. Now I would not call us foodies, we generally do not subscribe to trendy fine dining experiences and culinary snobbery. I'm not willing to pay twice as much for burgers and fries because of Locale or Atmosphere!

We like good food that is as close to homemade as possible. We prefer farm-to-table type restaurants and we really like to support local, independent establishments that do not benefit from name brand recognition.

The French Corner Bistro & Rotisserie is authentic French Cuisine and the owner/operators are French, their accent is unmistakable. This bistro has approximately 10 tables inside that can accommodate 4 people each and there is about the same number of tables on the outdoor patio. I would recommend reservations at peak dinner times. The Bistro is open for lunch at 11:00 am and closes between 2:00 pm and 5:30, when it re-opens for dinner.

We arrived at about 4:30 and my husband really wanted to try the restaurant, so we did some window shopping until the Bistro re-opened for dinner. We were so glad we waited. As I said, I have learned to trust my husband’s instincts! We were the first ones in there for dinner, and several couples arrived while we were there. From the conversations, they seemed to be locals who visited the bistro frequently. The service was great, but not rushed. We spent about 90 minutes there for dinner. The staff checked on us frequently and our glasses were never empty.

Now for the food! Simply amazing!

There are multiple wine selections available. I had a French Burgundy wine that was very good. There is also Champagne, California and German wine available by the glass or bottle.

The French Bistro is high end, there is no disputing that fact. We spent $100 including the gratuity for dinner for two. Obviously we would not go here every week, but it was definitely worth the indulgence. I would recommend trying their lunch menu as it is a little less high-end.

The food was obviously homemade, once we ordered, I heard the steak sizzle on the Grill! I had a steak filet and my husband had lamb, both were fork tender and literally just melted in your mouth! There was a marvelous array of spices, herbs and seasoning used in our foods. I had a blue-cheese salad that was better than any salad I have ever received in a restaurant and I am not even a huge blue-cheese fan! My husband had the butternut squash soup and upon tasting it, it was sweet and silky. This is the kind of food that one would expect in a high-end European restaurant.

They offer Fresh baked French bread, market fresh vegetables and local cuts of grass-fed meats. I heard the owner tell another couple that green beans were not available, she had sent the beans back to the market because she wasn’t satisfied with their freshness. The deserts were also fabulous… we couldn’t resist!

I would definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone, especially those Francophiles out there! My only tip is to dress nice! We had no idea it was such a high class restaurant, so we came in after getting rained on all day at the Zoo! We were wearing jeans, flip-flops and t-shirts, so I felt really under-dressed! However the staff never treated us like the sloppy tourists we looked like!

The French Corner Bistro would be perfect for Romantic dinners, special occasions...

Dover Sole- frozen from Europe Salmon- Farm raised in south America Trout- Farm raised in Asia Swai- Farm raised in Asia Branzino- Farm raised in south America Snapper- Mexico and Bahamas

We are in Florida, on the coast, and this place has absolutely no local fish to offer. A place this small serving this many kinds of fish?

Veal kidneys? From where?

Frog legs? Local? Nope. Frozen from China.

Escargot from Asia.

Chicken from Wal Mart. Steak is ungraded Mexican beef. Lower quality than what is sold for canned pet food in the USA. Disgusting.

Do not eat here.

EVERYONE ON THE PLANET makes their Cesar dressing with parmesan cheese, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and oil and anchovy. Not this place. Water and vinegar and anchovy. Cheap and gross.

Horrible, slow service. Old, spoiled and...

Went here with my boyfriend for some French onion soup and a sand-which. We asked what the sandwich had on it and the lady said “nothing just chicken and bread”. Obviously there was a misunderstanding because we were served a sandwich with Mayo onion lettuce etc. It was lacking flavor and very average. Then the onion soup, seems like whoever was caramelizing the onions was in a rush because they were burnt and still raw and there were only a few shallots in the entire soup but the taste of some-type of alcohol in the soup that was not cooked off and the burnt taste did not go together. We were the only ones there and heard the beeping and slamming of a microwave. Not a...