bourbons bistro

really good!! nice restaurant. really good food and service. seasoned really well and worth the money. very accommodating when we showed up closer to closing time and food was still extremely well. drinks were made very well also. can't wait to go back for a date night!

3.5/5. good, but wasn't worth the price in my opinion. laid back atmosphere.

overpriced . the irish rover down the road has the same bourbons $2-$3 cheaper per pour. food is pretend to be fancy.

i would rather go to dq than pay top dollar for this place.

great service, friendly relaxed atmosphere. i had the pork chop and it was excellent. strong recommendation for special occasions or just good times with friends.

way overpriced. poor management that doesn’t care. seems like it’s on autopilot. food takes way too long to come out and the dining room smells like a mixture of mildew and sewage gas.

such a great spot! i was anticipatory as to how the first visit would go, considering my picky vegetarian ways. after looking over the menu, i was a bit concerned. when the waitress asked for our order, i explained my predicament. shortly after, the head chef arrived at our table to ask me questions on what sorts of food i did like. twenty minutes later, i had a hand-crafted, custom meal siting in front of me. everything about this place screams quality and value. this is a fantastic location for corporate luncheons or a nice date night. top notch food, drinks, and above and beyond service!

great looking place, not so great food.. my wife and i went to bourbon's for a date night. while the restaurant setting and atmosphere are very nice, the food was not cooked to order and we felt it was a little overpriced. the pork chop was not very large especially for the high cost. it was also raw in the middle. the burger looked great but it was also raw in the middle when ordered medium well. both meats were bland along with the fries and potatoes. the bacon wrapped asparagus was very good though and perfectly cooked. we wanted to like this place but will not be back due to the food issues. our server did not stop by too often. the bus boy / helper was working his butt off and helped us most of the night.

shocked it's still open. uneducated staff. poor service. easily forgettable food. always took forever to get food even though place has always been close to empty. marked it off my list unless they completely rework staff and menu. best of luck (you need it)

wow!. this is one of the best restaurants we have been to. excellent service, very creative menu and a relaxing atmosphere. the owner approached our table to introduce himself and made us feel welcome and comfortable. we will be back for sure..with friends and family. loved it!

great food.. my family and i love eating at our local eateries. this was no exception. i am not a big bourbon drinker so i had a couple of cocktails. they were good but not great. the service was perfect. the food was very good. the dishes had plenty of flavors and they melded very well together. the prices were above average but most everything here was above average so it did deserve the price. will i come back? i sure will.

over priced and so so food. i have had the salmon and chicken dish and they both had no flavor. the service was good though.

great service, lackluster food. rating breakdown:

service - 5 stars, a+, amazeballs
food - 2 stars

i really wanted to at least give bourbon bistro 3 stars based on our wonderful waitresses, they were both sweet and incredibly attentive on what was a busy night, but this was unfortunately one of the very few bad dining experiences i've had in louisville.

to begin with, i was honestly pretty surprised when i saw the prices for what is pretty basic food. i know that haute southern cuisine is trending right now, but dressing up inexpensive foods a little does not make it worth a $40-50 per person price tag for dinner.

i started off with the scallop appetizer. for $13, you get two scallops on a smearing of celeriac. this alone would be pricey, but delicious. but instead, they have chosen to top it off with a truffle "vinaigrette". all i could taste in every bite of this dish was truffle oil. every bite was way too bright and incredibly metallic. there was really no reason to put something so strong on a delicate seafood, they would have been much better off topping the scallops with a real mushroom like a cremini or button instead of the strong artificial tasting vinaigrette.

since i wasn't that hungry, i got a salad as my second course. i tried the heart of palm salad, which was a valentine's day special. it was so-so. the dijon vinaigrette was sparse, and the fact that they mentioned it was topped with prosciutto was entirely laughable. there were 7 little prosciutto slivers. my friend ordered the beet salad in which there was not even an entire beet on the bed of arugula (probably again roughly 7 pieces of beet with a few chunks of goat cheese).

her boyfriend got the pork entree which was good, but nowhere near the quality i would expect if i were paying close to $30 for it. i also thought that was pretty convenient that they slimmed down the menu for the entire valentine's day weekend, eliminating less overpriced options like the burgers which seem to get pretty good reviews on yelp (who has currently hidden my review).

food and ambiance are perfect. my food was really nice and i loved the atmosphere...
definitely will come back....

tuesday dishcrawl event. i visited bourbon bistro as part of the dishcrawl event. while i thought the food was really good the overall experience was not. the wait staff clearly were not prepared for our arrival and did not seem to really want us there either. we had to wait a good 15 min for someone to come and acknowledge our presence and they were really slow to deliver the drinks we had ordered. the table we were told to sit at needed a wipe down. i asked the waitress if she could clean the table. after i feeble attempt and pointed out where she had spilled some water she just tossed a towel at me...i guess so i could finish wiping the table down. after we left i talked to some others that were also part of the dishcrawl event and they too had similar experiences with slow and rude wait staff members. while i do think the food is quite good if the overall experience is not that is a problem. it seems the wait staff may need an attitude adjustment!

fantastic food and service!. every bite is delicious at bourbons bistro! a huge variety of bourbons. we opted for cocktails that were mixed perfectly.
we started out with an appetizer of scallops – perfectly cooked. an arugula salad with beets and blue cheese was delectable. the main course of pan-seared salmon was outstanding – tender and almost buttery.
the special dessert of olive oil cake with mascarpone, orange zest, and strawberries was so good we almost licked the plate. wish they would have this dessert all the time.
the prices are reasonable given the quality for the food. the service was terrific – knowledgeable, attentive server, without being intrusive.
the ambience is pretty laid-back on a weekday night. suits at the bar having an after-work bourbon, then an easy-going, casually-dressed crowd (that’s on a weeknight – i have a feeling folks might dress up more on the weekends). no awful background music, but the place does start to hum when it's full.
reservations needed, but worth planning for. we plan on going back soon to bourbon’s bistro.