Bistro 515 — Restaurant in Williamsburg

I have been to this hidden gem three times now. Each time I've had a good experience while in Williamsburg, VA. This last time my husband specifically requested to go here for his birthday dinner. I was absolutely down for another experience. This last trip was the longest and most frequent we have visited. We had breakfast every day for four days, and only ate dinner else where once. We got to know the staff and had the pleasure of meeting Chef Randy for a second time. The staff is overall very nice. Below are just a few things that stuck out in my memory the most or was my one of my favorites. The only reason I am not giving the restaurant 5 is because like any business you can tell the manager happens not to be there. The perfect storms seem to happen, the system crashes, people don't show up to work, and the good consistent associates have their morale go down and it shows. As I told one of the waitress one early morning, "No worries over here, just call my room when it's ready. You give great service so don't stress! Everything comes in full circle." Chef, please recognize your hard workers if you already don't, they go hard for you when you're away my dude! They just need to take a breather and go back to the basics if life happens. We all LOVE your food because of all the quality ingredients you use and and the attention given to it. Thanks for all you do for your customers. You're very personable, and you can tell you actually have a passion for what you do! You have us as customers for as long as...

I was So Very Disappointed. It was our Anniversary and I Booked this hotel because it had a High rated restaurant and Bar. When we arrived We were Given a small paper menu. I Ask about ordering the drink that was listed on the online menu. We were Told they were only serving Beer and Wine. Menu given did not show steak which was what I wanted to order for my husband. We Did order appetizers. There was only one other table who had ordered before us It still Took about 30 minutes after ordering to get the food. Next customers came in asked about the steak and was told that they had it I spoke with the waiter and told him he should had given out the full menu. That if I had known it was available I would have ordered it. I should have asked The food we got was ok. But the experience was not. Took another 15 min once done to get the bill and complete payment. Really upset that the things we wanted were not served on what should have been a Very Special Night for us. Instead I cried because I wanted it to be Perfect for my wonderful husband of 46 years and it wasn't. The Hotel was nice Hope they can get it together...

Two stars on service alone and, to be honest, I had really high hopes for this place when I saw the reviews, but I was highly disappointed. I got the cheese steak omelette and there was SO MUCH pepper on the steak that it nearly rendered it inedible and it left the omelette smelling a little like canned dog food. If you're looking for home fries, don't get their breakfast potatoes as they're simply deep fried potato pieces with seasoning. The pancakes and waffles were INCREDIBLY SWEET. While I understand they're supposed to be slightly on the sweet side, but that should primarily come from adding the syrup and the mix seemed to taste just as sweet as cake mix. It was ok, but not the best. Maybe we'll try again another time after they've improved some things, but, at this time, it's not likely that...