West Plains Bistro

We went to the restaurant yesterday. The atmosphere was lovely and calm. The host was sooo sweet, funny, and friendly! I asked him if he could speak to me in French—since I’m learning the language and wanted to practice—and he agreed 😂 His name is David, and honestly, the restaurant is lucky to have someone with his charisma. I ordered three dishes: • French onion soup: 4/10 • Pasta of the day (it was pasta with meat, vegetables, and a spicy sauce): 8/10 • Fish and chips: 10/10

I received a gift card for WPB and am so glad I did because I usually don't venture to this part of Burlington. We both ordered the fish and chips and it was easily one of the best, if not the very best, fish and chips we both ever had! The fries were in the French bistro style, thin, crisp on the outside, soft on the inside and perfectly cooked. The fish was a generous portion and lightly battered, nice and meaty, and again perfectly cooked; nothing was mushy at all. Coleslaw was light and creamy/tart, my favourite kind. Lastly, the staff was very friendly, helpful and everything was on time. Definitely going back, and I would highly recommend this place!

Tried West Plains Bistro for the first time last week for my wife’s birthday and the overall experience wasn’t great. Booked through open table with a note about the birthday, outside of the hostess, no one acknowledged her, which isn’t the end of the world but it’s also not that difficult for most other restaurants. We ordered some cocktails while we perused the menu, ordered, aps arrived, everything was alright so far, nice presentation good flavour there. When the ap plates were being cleared away , the waiter spilled a full water glass all over the table & my wife and I. The solution, just cover it up with some napkins? The entire experience changed here, the waiter brought some extra napkins to cover up the water, and who I’m guessing is a manager brought me some fresh cutlery. We ordered a bottle of wine to go with dinner, the waitress corked and let me taste, then put the bottle down, didn’t fill any glasses. Mains came, again nice presentation, good flavour, my only complaint really was the veggies for my beef were noticeably a much different temperature than the meat and taters. My wife enjoyed her pasta however the waitress never came back to check how we were enjoying our meals. It felt like after the water spilled we were unwanted guests, despite no one making a big deal of it, I’m a very go with the flow guy (no pun intended), it was just water after all. We ended up getting desert, which didn’t come with any sort of acknowledgment of happy birthday. We received the bill and paid in full, which you would hope they would offer something as a Heck sorry we spilled water here’s an ap or desert on us, nothing. Despite the food being good, the service is so bad I wouldn’t go back or recommend this restaurant. Very underwhelming.

I hould have known when we were given room temperature tap water when we were seated. Our appetizer( calamari) came in a reasonably good time. The entrees , we both had fish and chips that took at least a half hour after our appetizer to arrive.The server said they had a broken fryer. The Cole slaw was a dried out mess that looked as if it had been sitting in the fridge for a day or two. The fish was passable but the shoe string fries left a lot to be desired.Obviously the fries were frozen. A good give away on their quality program is to look at the half full bottle of ketchup,the worn and half missing label is a good indication that they are being refilled with a cheaper product. We were verydissapointed and will not return.

Delicious food with very friendly service. My friend and I felt right at home here and yet it was our first time dining! Cute little spot with great variety!

The food was all very well seasoned, French onion soup had alot of cheese and had some crunchy toast on top. The salmon was also stuffed with some cheese, even the salad had a nice sweet vinegarette. The chicken pot pie came with a flakey biscuit, which was a little dry for me. The fries were very well seasoned. Overall everything was great, only minor criticism is every took quite a while. A little less than an hour to get our food.

The highlight of this meal was definitely the carrot cake since I can almost never find one I love! It was moist and the cake to icing ratio was on point. That being said, the rest of the meal was also delicious and quite filling. A great place to come to for lunch.

Wonderful food, great service & reasonable prices. Good variety of dishes. I had one of the evening specials (fish) & it was prepared perfectly. Would definitely pick this restaurant for another dinner with friends.