bloom Restaurant & Wine Bar

This may be my new favorite restaurant in Roanoke. The atmosphere was amazing the staff was attentive and knowledgeable! Everything felt so curated and well thought out. The Trip to Asia tasting menu was well worth it and the wine pairing perfect thanks to the super knowledgeable staff.

Bloom is a charming spot with a cozy, modern ambiance that makes for a pleasant dining experience. The presentation of the food is thoughtful and elegant, and the flavors are refined. While the portion sizes lean on the smaller side, the quality of the dishes and attention to detail make up for it. Ideal for a light meal or a date night, especially if you appreciate a more curated dining experience.

We had an absolutely incredible experience here! From the moment we walked in, the service was outstanding—attentive, friendly, and efficient. The food, though, was the real star of the show. Every dish we tried was delicious, but the Korean fried chicken stole the spotlight. It was perfectly crispy, flavorful, and honestly the best we've ever had! The atmosphere was welcoming and added to the overall experience. Thank you so much for paying attention to the details and making our anniversary a one to remember. We’ll definitely be coming back soon!

We are so grateful for allowing us to come and brunch with you! The manager was lovely and accommodating, and the staff were all friendly and welcoming. The food was phenomenal! I couldn't rave enough about our meal. The American bowl with two over easy eggs, red sauce, bacon, and rosemary potatoes was absolutely devine! The french toast with fresh strawberries was equally as delightful. Thank you again for a lovely meal.

This place is amazing. Some do the best food we’ve had. Everything was excellent. Whipped feta, duck confit beet fettuccini and banana pudding were our favorites, but everything was excellent. The waiter said they change the menu every week or so. The food was creative and delicious. 10/10!

Excellent food, service, and atmosphere! Plenty of unique and delicious food and drink options for dinner and brunch! At dinner, portions appropriately small but still substantial, tapas style, perfect for trying several items and sharing among two to four people. Breadcraft Focaccia and Baked Artisanal Brie (4 oz pictured) are both excellent starters; especially loved the crispy speck ham in the Brie! Cocktails including Lizard King, Tropical Cosmonaut, and Sangria were all well-balanced and very nice - Cosmonaut in particular is a must-try. Winter Salad and Local Carrots are both excellent, especially the unusual hazelnut-caramel corn sprinkled on the Carrots for a touch of sweetness and texture. Entire Valentine's Menu For Two was a home run, particularly the Chocolate dessert, which was our favorite of the four on offer, rich and chocolatey! Raspberry Mango Creme Fresh Bar was light and fine, but perhaps the most skippable item on the menu, though perfect if you want dessert but just something small. Berry Clafoutis was a unique offering, bread-pudding-like with plenty of flavor, though lacking on VA maple. Non-Valentine's Menu "Chocolate" dessert was our second-favorite, especially enjoyed the brandy soak, tart cherries, and pistachio cream. For brunch, the Breadcraft Basket is a can't-miss shareable. Brunch mains all had generous portions and were hearty and flavorful. Biscuits 'N Gravy, Croque-Misto, American Bowl, and Coffee-Cake French Toast were all great, with the French Toast taking the cake as the favorite, with its bread-pudding like texture and wonderful toppings.

Hands down my favorite restaurant in Roanoke. The constantly rotating menu means you’re always ordering something that was created with intention and tastes incredibly fresh. You could blindly pick anything off the menu and be guaranteed a meal that’s both unique and absolutely delicious. The staff here are also so helpful, attentive, and kind. It’s certainly one of, if not the best dining experiences in Roanoke.

Amazing option for a tapas style, small plate restaurant. Main dining area is lively and loud, great atmosphere for fast service and drinks. There’s also an intimate little outdoor area towards the back and an even more special feeling personable area off of that. Back room with more private seating offers a quieter more date like experience, with vinyl playing classic jazz and some seclusion from the otherwise busy front side. Also. At this point they’re offering “wine dinners” on Wednesday nights so be sure to call ahead and reserve a spot, limited to 25 people. Lots of options for all kinds of dietary restrictions, with knowledgeable and helpful staff, talented mixologist and incredible chef. Owners did a wonderful job. We’ll continue to come back. We have attended with a party of 8, also parties of 4. *** late Wednesday evening visit 8:45pm. Everyone was welcoming, we got our order in quick and everything came out hot & fresh, basically in the order of which we ordered. Beef skewers were a big hit for us. Mushroom pie was a close second.

Took a long weekend to visit Roanoke, VA and had dinner at Bloom the first night here. Wow - what a cool spot with delicious food! We didn't have a reservation and the place is pretty small but they were able to seat us at the bar immediately. Awesome bartender/server was friendly and knowledgeable about drinks and the menu. We ordered the whipped goat cheese feta, focaccia bread plate and beef skewer. Every dish was fantastic! They were the perfect portion for a light dinner. Would recommend this place 100 times over!

Eclectic menu, very nice staff, and delicious tastes from front to back, Bloom made for a memorable anniversary dinner. We chose Bloom on a recommendation and got a very early (5:00) reservation for the next night. They open exactly at 5:00; I am habitually early, so we walked to the river and back to kill time. Upon entering, the music was very loud, but was turned down once we were seated. Booths are for parties of 3 or more, so we had one of the six doubles in the center of the room. Bloom is small, and once it filled up it got quite noisy so don't expect an intimate dining experience! As mentioned, the menu is unique with lots of options. A lot of non-meat dishes, and we had many questions. They were all handled with polite, patient answers describing what made the items unique. We had a charcuterie with four options (choose from 8), plenty of nice cheeses and sides. Very tasty, nice start. We ordered the beef skewers and NC sea bass. Both were tasty, offered tastes that complemented the proteins, and just enough to fill us. Dessert was mango sorbet and a tart-like pastry with a very tasty filling. French-press coffee rounded it out, and we had a very satisfying meal. Not inexpensive but worth the price. Only negatives? The loud environment made conversation difficult, and I was forced to drink Woodford Reserve because they don't serve Jack Daniel's! A definite high recommendation and we will return!

I had a great time at bloom! It is a unique restaurant and really does live up to the hype. I went here for my husband's birthday and we ordered the chef choice which is plenty of food for the both of us. Their charcuterie selection was also very good and their cocktails were well made as well. I am glad that I made a reservation because it is such a small place. I will definitely be back here once they get a new menu to try something different.

My husband and I visited Bloom for a date night and had a great time! We decided to be adventurous and try their menu that night that featured "A Taste Around Asia" (menu attached). The food tasted absolutely amazing, but unfortunately, we did find a piece of hair in our Roti and had to ask for it to be exchanged. Our waiter was super kind about it, and we also received an apology from someone in management as well. Overall, the food was great and we definitely would return to try other items on the menu. For this visit, we sat inside, but the restaurant also has seating outside in the back which offers a great variety of places to enjoy your meal!

All the positive reviews were dead accurate. This place is legit. The waitress, Jenny, is a shining star. The beet salad, potatoes, pork loin, sea bass, and carrot cake were absolutely wonderful.

Bloom is not your tipical kind of restaurant. Yet people gravitate to it all the time. Maybe in search of a haven to go to, alone or with close family and friends to enjoy an evening of gourmet food and an amazing dining experience. This restaurant is not big in size but in quality of food and extraordinary customer service. It has a reputation of always being full and because of this there is a need to make reservations early to successfully be able to have dinner there. And that is precisely what I did and was pleasantly surprised with what I found. I arrived at the restaurant just in time of the reservation I had made for last Wednesday evening at 5:00 pm. When I arrived I found a relatively small building with a small restaurant front with a few red bricks, a glass door entrance and two windows one on each side of the door. High above on the right side one can see a non-ostentatious sign with the name "bloom" in lowercase white letters surrounded by a green neon light that captures your attention, especially the darker it gets outside as the sun retires for the day in the horizon. Inside I found a clean organized environment with exposed ceiling painted white; a green counter in front of the bar in the back and of the open kitchen on the right side. The few tables and booths are light colored wood. An there is also a counter facing the windows with some comfortable high chairs. As I arrived an elegantly dressed host gave me a warm welcome and showed me to my table. Starting with her and all the other employees I immediately noticed an unprecedented attention to detail, teamwork, hospitable attitude, and joy of life and work. My server Ginny greeted me with a big smile and warm welcome. She has a wonderful personality and did an excellent job in explaining to me the kind of restaurant this was, the menu, and answered my questions about individual menu items. This restaurant and wine bar is specially tailored to start with a drink or glass of wine, and then enjoy a few tapas from the menu, small in size but large in presentation and flavor. This is the epitome of gourmet fine dining cuisine. The gran finale being an amazing dessert. For a drink I ordered from the Not With Alcohol Menu the Cinna-Mon. It was a creative drink with a mixture of pineapple, lemon, lime, and orange, as well as a ritual NA rum. For the tapas dishes I ordered the Happy Rangoonies, the Shrimp "Caesar," and the larger size of the Beef Skewer. I enjoyed every single bit of them all, savoring each dish and the moment. For dessert I ordered the "Chocolate." It was simply extraordinary. You can read about what it contained from my photograph of the menu and admire it's presentation from my photographs included with this review. It was the perfect "Gran Finale" of an amazing dining experience. I highly recommend this restaurant to all food and drink enthusiasts out there. You will be happy you followed my advice, and will never forget this amazingly memorable culinary dining experience!

Outstanding dining experience! Came on a Fri night just before 6PM and the place was already pretty full. We were able to get seated (without reservation) in the "speakeasy" area....aka a separate dining room next to the main dining area. They're playing albums (yes, you heard right) for background music which was unique and created an enjoyable environment and allowed for great conversation with my bride :) They had decent beer selection (Union Jack IPA :). We ordered the Horiatiki Salad ($13), Pide Flatbread ($13) and full entree of Flounder ($34). All of our choices were simply fantastic and exceeded our expectations! The flatbread was a little on salty side which some may not enjoy :) Service from Ginny was really prompt and super pleasant! If we lived in town this would be a frequent "go to" spot for us.

This is a small venue but cozy and charming. We sat in the main dining room which was nicely decorated for Christmas. The host took our jackets when we arrived which was nice to not have to lug them around. The wine list was fair and varied with several lower price point options from well known viticultural appellations from all over the world. Our party ordered the swordfish, a small charcuterie board, the focaccia, an autumn salad and the vegan veggie and rice bowls. All were small which was expected and fairly priced with the exception of the vegan bowls which were $23 for a simple small bowl of veggies and a couple sticks of rice. For not having any meat and by the look of it I thought that price point was high but the other dishes were fairly priced and very tasty. The salad was okay, the greens were a bit limp/wet and I regretted not getting something else instead even though the portion of the salad was larger than all the other dishes we ordered. The service and the potatoes were excellent and the ambiance was inviting.

Food and drinks are great but patio bar is not. The metal seats are sooo uncomfortable and the bar has this scratchy plastic fake plant covering that hits your knees. If you're in a dress or shorts, you'll need to put a napkin over your knees and on your lap. Very poor design!

We sat at the bar and enjoyed happy hour wine as well as non-alcohol cocktails. Both were great! Appetizers were wonderful. I'm an olive fan and theirs were great! Loved the bartenders too! Cool vibes all around.

We had to find a last-minute venue for a group of 20+, and the staff at Bloom could not have been more accommodating and welcoming. Chef Nate immediately came up with a fantastic food spread within our budget, Stephanie the GM coordinated everything seamlessly, and Ginny our server handled all of us warmly and professionally. The North Carolina ham sliders were memorable, the patatas bravas were some of the best I've had, and they have great wines even at the lower price point that we needed to fit within our budget. Ambiance of their outdoor backyard space was great. Food was great. Wine was great. Craft cocktails were innovative without being fussy. I was in the restaurant business for a long time and it takes a lot for me to gush about a place, but I simply don't have enough superlatives to describe how thrilled we were with our experience. Can't wait to come back next time we're in town.

Food 8.5 + ambiance 5 + value 6 + service 7 = overall 7.3 / 10 (good) I would eat at Bloom again in a heartbeat. The food was just that good. The food. The food. Did I mention the food? Everything you want in food. Attention to flavor combinations. To texture combinations like chew and crunch and smush and smooth. Even size and shape combinations, like heaping, delicate spirals; languid leaves; spirited, sprinkly seeds. FRESH and CREATIVE ingredients. These are not the same thirty ingredients you get prepared roughly similarly everywhere. And color and presentation--Bloom definitely ascribes to "We eat with our eyes." The lettuces in the "Lettuces & Beetz" were, bizarrely, and wonderfully--luscious? I can't believe I'm describing a lettuce as luscious. The "Potatoes Aioli" had the most delicate crisp crusts with mush nuggets inside. The "Beef Skewer" came on a motley bed of perfectly grilled little vegetables of variegated flavors. The "Bocadillo" (a Spanish sandwich, new word for me) did not wow like every other dish, but it was more filling, and, understand, it was in some stellar company. We ended with the "Chocolate." This is a large dessert. You can share this. There were at least three different main elements - a soaked sponge cake, super creamy hollow Easter bunny fragments (OK, probably not actually Easter bunny), and I don't know what they did with that whipped cream, or even if it *was* whipped cream - all strewn with crunch crumbs of, what, mocha Oreo LOL?, again I don't know, and topped with straws of candied lemon. My favorite parts of the ambiance were the food preppers behind the counter, which is front-and-center in the dining space, and the aprons and garb of all the staff, "casually"-carefully coordinated in minimalist shapes and muted colors. The space itself is a bit cold for me, physically and emotionally, and also sound-wise. A bit of a cacophonous din. I would have LIKED to hear the details the server was sharing as she put dishes on our table. The dining room seemed to get darker earlier than it should in the evening, too. Our eyes had to adjust to the sunlight when we stepped out the door leaving. And of course you can't see the beautiful food as well as you'd like when it's too dark. We noticed large patches of paint drooping off the ceiling over the bar area - cover your drinks! Dinner for two, including four small plates, one dessert, and no drinks, came to $88, tax and 20% tip included.

Always an excellent dinner at Bloom. Love the fact they are always changing the menu. Great quality and good times

The place is quiet for such a small venue. The service was excellent. My drink was never empty and the staff were more than happy to answer questions about the menu and the meals. As far as the food goes, my words fail to convey the delicious and delightful taste and textures that each course presented. I wish I had, had the presence of mind to take more photos of the food but I was caught up in the moment and only snapped shots of the deserts. Been in Roanoke 5 yr now and wish I had made the trek to eat here way sooner. Will definitely return and highly recommend you make it a point to try it when you can.

Great food in a great walkable area of town. All of the tapas we had and were presented with a flair!

Five stars for the food (menu changes regularly), the greeting, the servers, and the mixologist (the guy's a magician with the drinks). Been here several times...all food 5 stars.

This place is located in Wasena neighborhood. Like that because it has a Main Street feel. Cozy establishment, with full view of bar and kitchen staff. The staff does an excellent job with taking care of you. Oh, by the way, the food is fantastic, and not crazy expensive. Awesome drinks as well.

This is the best food I've had in a LONG time. It might be one of the five best restaurants I've ever eaten at. The food is artful, fresh, and so flavorful. Everything is like nothing you've ever had before, and it feels like culinary exploration. I got such a sense of place from the dishes, and it was all gorgeous. As a vegan, I was so impressed by their approach to making the vegetables the stars of the plates. I wish all food was like this. It was flawless.

Overall I enjoyed my meal and the cocktail was tasty! I've never had bocadillo anywhere else but it was the most appealing on the menu. The sandwich definitely had a kick to it but in the best ways! The salad was also good, the dressing wasn't heavy and it seemed to have a slight sweetness that balanced out the spicy of the sandwich. While I definitely enjoyed this cocktail, at first I ordered one of their sangrias and apparently they top them with soda water (which is not listed under the sangria ingredients) so when it came carbonated it just felt like a sour taste to me. One of the guests I was dining with tried it and he loved it so that's how I came to get his cocktail, the main st. Plaza and I'm glad I did!

5/25/24 What an amazing dining experience . It was our 50th wedding anniversary and without my knowledge, my husband had called ahead to coordinate a delightful evening. We were seated in the lounge with a spray of red roses on the table. The staff graciously offered "happy anniversary" as they served us. The food was excellent. Very reminiscent of tapas restaurants that we went to when living in Barcelona. When we were nearly ready to leave, the music changed to Elton John's "Your Song" - a song played at our wedding dinner fifty years ago. All of this made for a wonderful evening. A special thank you to all of the staff at Bloom. It was awesome!

Enjoyed an amazing dinner here while in town celebrating with family. Stephanie curated an incredible, intimate experience. We were seated in their private room which is SO cute and had the perfect ambiance. The food was absolutely out of this world. The dishes were delicious, unique, and beautiful. I cannot say enough good things about it! Syd provided attentive service and made us feel so welcome. Thank you so much, and I can't wait to come back!!

Sophisticated little place with small but mighty menu of thoughtfully composed dishes. My traveling partner and I were passing through Roanoke and were looking for a nice dinner. Luckily, Bloom had bar seating available and we were able to be served promptly. It was fun watching the wait and kitchen staff while we chatted with our drinks. This place was busy but seems to run like a well-oiled machine. Food was impeccable.

Really wanted to have a better experience but... I won't share too much about my specific visit since it would be telling of who I am and I'll unfortunately have to visit again since others in the group like the location. We had reservations but at 1 hour in we were made aware we would need to leave within the hour for the next reservation. Makes it difficult to enjoy a long meal with multiple purchases from numerous folks while feeling rushed. The wine list is a joke. I'm a snob, but one wine in particular was so bad I sent it back. Still paid for it Pricing as a whole, on a very limited menu, is remarkably high for the space and portion. In the future I'll eat in advance and sip the one wine I enjoyed.

No wonder it's tough to get reservations at Bloom. Every small plate we ordered, from the best carrots I ever had to the swordfish with peaches on a grit cake, was delicious. The Twinkie dessert and the flan were outstanding. Our server Brooke and the rest of the staff were attentive and knowledgeable about the unique choices on the menu. The small second room is perfect for private parties. We'll be back, even if we have to chance sitting at the bar or outside without reservations.

This is truly one of the most delicious meals I have had. Every dish was so thoughtfully crafted - see pics below. Favorite was probably the potato aioli and the delicata squash. Potatoes not pictured since I devoured them immediately. The service was lovely! If you're ever in Roanoke, you must make a reservation at Bloom.

Service is always excellent and they make a great drink. It's a Tapas menu. the room adjacent to the main dining area is intimate and quieter than the main area. The main can feel cramped and loud. Would love to see a tasting menu with wine accompaniment. Unfortunately, skip the cheese board, it's over priced and not put together very well (basic and needs more)

Great atmosphere .... Delicious small plates and craft cocktails. The cheese and meat plates are small servings. Hard to share. We will be back!

I had the vegetarian options of hominy chipotle dip, and the potatoes aioli. Both were amazing, along with the Breadcraft bread. We loved everything that we ordered, and the service was great. Highly recommend, and I can't wait to keep coming back!

Wow I did not know this place existed I found it searching for another place and I'm so glad I found it. The plates are small but I like that it gave me a chance to try two or three things that would add up to one big plate price wise. Great wine and drinks ,intimate setting and cozy atmosphere great for a date night. Not really a place for large groups or for people expecting all you can eat for 9.99. I loved it and will be back soon.

When we hear people complain that there aren't any good nice restaurants in Roanoke, we always have a few options to give them. However, newly to the very, very top of the list is now bloom. bloom is simply awesome. We're sitting here trying to think of a single thing that wasn't awesome and we have one piece of feedback and that's it. But the rest of it was so phenomenal that honestly, it doesn't even matter. First, the atmosphere and decor. We sat in the back area (small room off to the side) with the record player. It was delightful in all ways. The waitress was PHENOMENAL. She was truly amazing - whomever was working the back room 6/11 at 7:30pm is great. We've been lucky enough to go to some of the best restaurants with the best service and she was as good (if not better) than any of them. Perfect balance of checking in and not checking in. The food was awesome. We had the full charcuterie board and it was perfectly crafted and balanced. It was also very pretty to look at. We also had the chicken and the potatoes with aioli. The potatoes were a DELIGHT. The chicken (here's the one iffy part) was dry. LOL, but honestly, we were full by that point so who cares. The drinks were absolutely crafted to perfection. They were made with incredibly good ingredients - and they weren't fake sweet with terrible pre-made mixes. The mixed drinks should qualify as art. Overall: bloom will be a staple.

My group of friends and I were staying the weekend and Roanoke for my partner's birthday and made a reservation in advance for Bloom on a Saturday evening in August. We had looked up some places beforehand and Bloom seemed like a great choice with a selection of unique tapas and dishes. We arrived for our reservation and parked pretty much right outside. It was a little bit embarrassing because we weren't from the area, so some of our group was not dressed for the occassion (a little more formal than we thought). The space inside was pretty intimate and you could see the chefs cooking from all the tables which was cool. Definitely seems like a date night spot. The four of us ended up splitting a charcuterie board and 4 dishes, but we definitely could've ordered more dishes to have a more filling meal. I think they recommend 1-2 dishes per person. Food: Charcuterie - Chorizo, salami Toscano, whipped Chevre, Farmhouse. The charcuterie board was unique. There were the assorted meats and cheeses we ordered along with flat crackers, pickles, nuts, mustard, etc. The accompaniements were not what I imagined would be placed, but I did enjoy the cheeses and meats. Baba-goodness - Thornfield eggplant, cherry tomato, Curtin's feta, argula, gastrique, flatbread. The baba-goodness was delicious! Smoky babaganoush with pieces of flatbread and the feta + sauce was an awesome addition. Potatoes Aioli - Roasted scallion aoili, harissa, lemon zest, rosemary. I am a big fan of this type of Spanish potato tapa and the sauce was just delightful. Solid dish. NC Shrimp - Full Circle summer squash pasta, "scampi" sauce, herb pistou. The NC Shimp was my favorite dish of them all. The shrimp just tasted so fresh and perfectly cooked and the sauce + herbs really brought out that fresh seasonal taste. 7 Hills Beef Bavette - golden shallot, charred okra, confit baby potatoes, pickled corn, chimichurri. The 7 Hills Beef was also an exciting dish. The potatoes were really good and I enjoyed the chimichurri sauce over the beef. Homestead Peach Ice-cream - The ice cream was just the Homestead peach with a little twist by Bloom, but it was really good. We had tried Homestead ice cream earlier in the day, but the peach was delicious. All the dishes we tried at Bloom were excellent. Not a single one was bad. We were so impressed by the quality and execution of the whole meal. Service was great too. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who hasn't tried!

The service is very friendly, drinks and food are timely and the bartender Brandon was great to chat with on our anniversary date. We had the Agean sea course menu which was fantastic. Will be back asap, can't recommend this place enough!

Food is quite good but don't don't sit at the bar and be subjected to arrogant, incredibly rude and inept bartender. He has attitude that would affront the most fair-minded individual and his bartending skills leave much to be desired.

Very nice place to eat - service was exceptional and food was interesting and delicious.

My awesome girlfriend took me here to celebrate my anniversary of being cancer-free. I am a picky guy and this place was great. Our waiter was very nice and attentive. The bartender was great and made pretty good drinks. The food was plated well and everything tasted fantastic. The steak was cooked correctly and blended nicely with the other items on the plate. The bathroom was very clean and smelled nice. A couple of things to note: The sangria was tasty but a little too spice heavy. The chairs around the tables sit you a little too low. The value is probably the best part of this place. My steak plate was very good and well worth the $15. Great job, Bloom.

So happy Bloom exists! Brunch food and cocktails are really tasty, but portions are on the smaller side for the price. Interior is cute, I brought friends here from out of town and we enjoyed ourselves. Server was very friendly. I will visit again for dinner!

It's so nice when a place gets it right on all counts. Great ambiance, the staff all make you feel welcome and cared for. Creative food with layers of flavor. Interesting wine lists with good values, strong by the glass options as well. Wish we were close enough to make this our regular spot. The "Jazz Room" is like being in someone's home.

Amazing food and beverages A must when in Roanoke. Love their open concept kitchen and the bartenders are always spot on with their mixology of cocktails

Bloom is adorable. Bloom is different. Bloom is fun. We hadn't been to Roanoke since May and were excited to try out a new place. The couple at the next table were finishing up as we were seated and gave us a bit of advise. The portions are small so order the large sizes. For some this may be true, but Schweety and I love to share so the portion sizes seemed fair for the price. (though this is not a cheap date night place.) Our server was great. She was attentive but gave us time to make our decisions. Starting with glasses of wine, we were a bit disappointed in both the pour size and temperature. One can choose a 3oz., 5oz. or bottle of all the wines on the list. The 5oz. pours seemed small but I didn't measure and I'm sure that they did.... The red was a bit too warm and my pinot gris was too cold, not really opening up for quite some time. She recommended the beetz ($9) which were fantastic. Followed by the Farmer's salad ($8) and the pork dish ($14) which were both unique and executed very well. The desserts looked wonderful but we didn't try any on this visit. Bloom has a casual vibe. You can go there for a drink with friends, a romantic date night, or just stop in for dessert and coffee. It's a great addition to the many fine Roanoke dining establishments.

Dropped in for dinner after passing by this restaurant for months. Awesome staff and delicious fresh ingredients. I even got to see them harvesting fresh pea spouts and sunflower sprouts for their garnishing. Really enjoyed the opener of flounder wings (flounder filets fried chicken wing style), the main called wade's cabbage (think blooming onion, but done with a cabbage quarter) and a plum stone fruit crisp with peach ginger ice cream as a dessert. Paired a nice chennin blanc with the cabbage and loved the river mule (like a Moscow mule) as my pre meal drink. The housemade lemoncello paired awesomely with the plum stone fruit crisp. An awesome meal with awesome staff.

Comically overpriced. I ate here with a group last night and wasn't impressed. Don't get me wrong, the food is amazing... but the portion sizes are suited for a small child. I know it's a tapas place, but I've never paid so much anywhere for such little food. We ordered several different dishes and shared around the table. It took way too long to get the food once we ordered. I woke up this morning starving. You'll easily have to drop $60 a person to get enough to eat.

I came here in a group of 4. Two male and two female. We were starved. Their menu is small and very highly priced. I understand they serve tapas and shareable items but if you price a shareable at an an entree price, your guests won't be satisfied at the end of their visit. We ordered 5 plates of food and 5 glasses of wine (between 4 people) and the bill was $130. How do you share a chicken wing and a drumstick with 4 people? I wish it was more unique to make it worth paying for. Meaning, it was something I could make at home. I've made a prosciutto wrapped asparagus with a salad and I wouldn't charge you $15 for it. We were all still hungry. We left and went to Sidecar and had a second dinner. Now, that isn't to say that the food wasn't delicious. It absolutely was. Their plates are made from local farm produce that is in season. However the portion you get for the price being paid screams that the place is trying to be bouchie when it actually isn't. If you're going for apps and drinks before a main course meal somewhere else, I highly recommend it.

We really enjoyed our dinner there. A very comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. Service was excellent. Everyone was courteous and helpful. Then there was the food. There were 4 of us at the table. We decided to try several items and share. We we not disappointed. Every item we tried was excellent from the first to the last. We were told that the portions were small. While they were a little on the small side, each item was perfectly prepared, plated, and seasoned. Still I would rather have a smaller portion of great quality than a larger portion lacking quality. We will definitely go back.

Great service and food. Place is smaller than I thought but they really went out of their way. Server made me feel comfortable about where we parked. Explained the menu, offered recommendations. This was their first Saturday brunch so I thought they were especially together!

NOW THIS IS SOMETHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT! It's so delicious farm fresh and lovely! Such a cute little joint, can't wait to come back!

Hands down, this is THE BEST place for cocktails and tapas in southwest Virginia! The hospitality is phenomenal! The atmosphere is clean with a rustic-modern look, truly fabulous! The food and drinks were top notch. Came here for a birthday, and they were so accommodating and kind, if I didn't have to move back to Las Vegas, this would have been a weekend staple.

The service here is great. Nice atmosphere, and overall the food was good. We especially enjoyed creating a charcuterie board. There were a couple things that keep this from being 5 stars for me. We ordered potatoes for the table to share and I grabbed an undercooked potato. I had the opposite problem with my shrimp, which were very overcooked and dry. I had to work hard to get one of them off the skewer. Disappointed a place like this would send those out to a customer, however I would give it another shot because there were a lot of things I enjoyed as well.

Bloom has become a real hotspot in Roanoke. Wonderful unusual drinks and great small plates make it a place to return to over and over. It is rather pricey.

I came with a group of seven to celebrate a graduation dinner. We sat outside in the courtyard and very much enjoyed the lounge-style seating. Our server was super friendly, knowledgeable, and had great timing. Because this place has small plates and we were a large group, we ordered almost one of everything on the menu. I am not exaggerating when I say all of seven of us enjoyed every single dish (and we had some picky people in our crew). Some highlights were the Ginger Mojito, fried cabbage with spicy aoli, strawberry salad, beef skewer, patatas, and chocolate strawberry dessert. We all left feeling really satisfied. Would definitely recommend! Perfect for a cozy date night or celebration.