Porruthai P.
Yelp
From the restaurant's name - Jules Bistro, I'm sure that you can tell it's a small French restaurant. They offer a wide variety of food to choose from - salad, soup, seafood and steak. The good thing here was that they had different kinds of platters for sharing, including a Prix-fixed menu.
Jules Bistro now has three locations: Spadina, Queen St West and Leslieville. I walked past the Spadina location many times and wanted to check it out. Thanks to my friend who invited me to a wonderful dinner!
AMBIANCE (4/5) SERVICE (5/5)
This place is the second location on Queen St West. The dining room area was cozy and romantic. The owner, David and his staff welcomed us very warmly and took care of us the entire of dining time. Everyone was friendly and attentive.
FOOD (4/5)
We were a large group of people. We had almost everything on the menu, started from appetizers such as pan-seared SCALLOPS which were very delicious, Beef/ Salmon and TUNA CARPACCIO, grilled OCTOPUS, brandy ESCARGOT and many other appetizers. However, it's a bit tricky to talk about everything on the menu. Let me focus on the dishes that I was most interested in. "The MEAT PLATTERS!"
MEAT PLATTERS (4.5/5). They have four fantastic meat platters; Cote de Boeuf, Ravj of Lamb, Magret de Canard and Whole Grain-fed Cornish Hen. Every platter was presented beautifully and served with fries, toasted baguette, mixed green and ratatouille.
- The COTE DE BOEUF (4.5/5) is one of my favourite dishes, also is one of Jules Bistro's most reputable platters. It comes with a 24 oz AAA grade rib-eye, bone-in, sliced and prepared with salt and herbs. The Steak was juicy, flavourful and perfectly seared to medium-rare. I'm not a fan of beef and I prefer my meat to be cooked. However, the Cote de Boeuf was very tasty and it was gone in a second! I was sure that my friends loved it!
- Whole Grain-fed Cornish Hen (4.5/5). I love chicken and hen! Some people might prefer to have Beef or Lamb over the Cornish Hen while the others might enjoy the sweet taste of the Cornish Hen instead of those. Somehow I love to have both beef and chicken platters!
DESSERT (4/5). They had different kinds of dessert such as Creme Brûlée, Mousse au Chocolate and Blueberry pie, etc. I would recommend you to have the desserts with wine. They have amazing choices for both red and white wine. Especially, the blueberry pie which I would love to have again on the next visit!
OVERALL (4.5/5)
It was such a great experience! One thing I'm sure about is that they had great service from start to finish. The service was exceptional! Thanks again David and Jules Bistro for the hospitality!