Famous Bistro

10 Reviews on “Famous Bistro”

• Bluemoon

  I visited here for lunch with a friend and found a dumpy place in need of several coats of fresh paint, but food and service were pretty good. I tried their Ruben without 1000 Island Dressing (I know, it’s not really a Ruben then) and it was very good. My friend got the steak grinder which she also liked. This place will need to kick into higher gear if it’s going to keep up with all the new development along the O’Boro riverfront!

  July 6, 2020, 4:44 am

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• John Crose

  PLEASE READ THE WHOLE REVIEW. I am new to Owensboro and this is my welcome. Let me start that the reuben sandwich was very good and I dont know how my wifes veggie grinder was, because she NEVER got it with the kitchen doing it wrong twice. Next, if I could have given no stars, that would be my rating.My wife had been wanting me to eat here, so Friday night (9/29/17) we stop by at 6:00 or so. The place is packed and the manager, I believe, said there were booked until 8:30, because of the show. We left and came back at 8:30, being able to set outside. Promptly, menus and water were brought to the table. After drinking all the water and waiting over 20 minutes, the waiter comes to the table beside ours, seated well after us, and takes their order. Next, he comes and gets our order. The other table get their food. After about 15 minutes, I light up a cigarette, waiting for our food. Several staff saw me smoking and I was smoking when our food finally arrived, another 10 minutes. My wifes veggie grinder isnt right The waiter responds promptly and states he will get it made right. Just as I finish my reuben (15 minutes), my wife get her sandwich which isnt a veggie at all. This sandwich has meat! The waiter promptly addresses the SECOND WRONG sandwich. Offers to make it at no cost and offers us soup while we wait. My wife loves the soup. The soup is finished, still no grinder I light up my second cigarette and am told that I cant smoke at an outside table, because the owner doesnt like it. Finally, feed up after more than an hour and a half with my wife not getting her food, and that I am told, now, I cant smoke after already smoking being seen by the staff, I go inside to settle up. Understand, there are no NO SMOKING signs like next door. I AM DONE. We go inside and I request the check which comes for only my food. The waiter is and has been trying to do everything he can to salvage this experience for us. I mention the smoking and a co-work over hears. I assume this is the manager, because she never introduced herself. She says it is a city ordnance and states thats that. Then, I explain about my experience, she states we should have been thankful to eat there that night at all Her customer service skills were non existent, after the waiter was trying so hard. Now, this poor service is my fault! I paid my check leaving a 50% tip to waiter who was trying his hardest to get me to give them another shot at a later date. I have not had service and been treated this way as a customer in over a decade. I thought everyone should know how they feel about their customers. I WILL NEVER RETURN TO THIS ESTABLISHMENT!

  January 1, 2020, 2:14 am

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• Jennifer Robinson

  I’m a fan of carbonara and order it any time I see it on a menu.While the dish was good, I personally thought there were way too many peas in it, especially since I’m used to zero peas. They take over the flavor and you miss out on the creamy cheesey goodness.

  October 9, 2017, 10:10 pm

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