lonesome dove western bistro

chef loves beef tenderloin was a delicious main entree as well as the rattlesnake sausage. chef love makes it easy to try his appetizers cuz his wait staff is eager to give u deal on those items. you can mix and match appetizers at a good price. the waygu beef skirt was as good as the tenderloin. this is a place i would be a regular at.( if only i lived in ft. worth)

poor customer service. bad service from the start. reservation was for 7:30 p.m. hostess blew us off and told us to wait in the bar; we were seated for dinner 35 minutes later. barstaff acted like we were invisible. received drinks same time as seating. our server acted like he was doing us a favor by taking the food order and then tried to push a bottle of expensive wine at "special pricing" ($180 bottle discounted to $120 - according to server "so worth it" …not an impulse purchase we wanted to make.) we declined and he continued to try to sell other bottles of wine. setting aside poor service, the food was delicious. we will give this restaurant another chance but not at prime time on a weekend.

delicious food, horrible service sounds like a title of a great novel, right? from the moment my party and i walked in we were greeted with the lack of respect that you would receive at places like "dicks last resort" (due to the experience they provide). from too good "shirley" the hostess on the phone and bartender "betty" who ignored us, i figured this was going to be a wild ride. enough with chit chat, delicious food horrible service should really tell you everything you need to know.

great place!. the menu online intimidated me. although we consider ourselves foodies, we weren't sure we wanted rattlesnake, ancho chile in our chocolate cake, etc. we were wrong! we absolutely loved everything here. hamachi tostadas were a hit. i would go back for the chili. get the signature roasted garlic stuffed tenderloin; you won't be disappointed. i had the chile relleno which was great. desserts were all a hit, but the chocolate cake was the hands down favorite. we'll be back.

happy tummy dove. we eat out a lot, many times at fairly nice restaurants but this really sticks in my memory. subtle flavors that i don't get anywhere else and every course was done perfectly. the tenderloin is outstanding and it was cooked to perfection. i don't remember the salad name but it was simply great; flavors i did not expect exploded in my mouth. the missus raved over the pork chop. to top it all off, the red velvet made with mascarpone almost took me to my knees; bar none, the best ever. nice wine list. make reservations as there are only 12 tables and 10 seats at the bar. for good reason, this place is always packed.

wonderful decor but food was ok. i had the lobster hushpuppies very bland inside i added salt which helped a lot! ordered the signature filet which despite being "stuffed" with roasted garlic it was bland, but then filet is always bland but i was hoping they would raise it up in flavor. i ordered the newest dessert apple pie with jalapeño ice cream and white cheddar on the side. it was good and different. pie was a little under cooked but tasty. the cheese was a great chaser to get rid of that lingering sweetness.

delicious!. exotic & delicious but more of a special occasion place because the price, our dinner for 2 was $160. recommend going for lunch as a first visit to get a feel of it.

tim love seems refocused after his foray into nyc. ld is a jewel, and love takes the haute-cowboy cuisine theme to another level, and ranks with fearing, pyles, and del grande. a recent visit shined. i avoid the obsession with weird wild game like kangaroo nachos, and the ever-present take on lobster as state fair food...as corn dogs, hush puppies, etc. the duck confit egg rolls are sublime, the hamachi tostadas excellent. any soup or salad will be a fine part of the meal, but the soups always shone. this is not a steakhouse but they excel here, don't miss them buried on the menu. the venison dish will never disappoint, the tenderloin is always perfect, and the berkshire pork chop just kills. well done.

yeehaw!!. two thumbs up. glad to have a great place in the stockyards to take visitors. must try as many of the exotic meats as possible and the yukon mashed potatoes are to die for

what a great experience. every dish has a story and every detail is recognizable. well worth the money and time.

out of this world awesome!. upon first glance of the menu i was feeling constricted because of the 1st course, 2nd course, 3rd course options, but our excellent waiter walked us though the menu and made amazing recommendations. we ended up (3 people) getting an appetizer sampler where you pick however many appetizers and they make sure to plate enough for everyone at the table to have a taste. this was amazing! the appetizers (1st course) were so good i didnt even want an entree (3rd course) so i just got two 2nd course options at the suggestion of the waiter. these were so great and the flavors were really complementary. my co-worker had a steak and it was delicious as well.

i recommend this restaurant for special occasions especially for out of town guests to give them a little taste of exotic texas offerings. some of the items like rabbit rattlesnake sausage sound crazy, but sausage is a great way to introduce eclectic foods and i was pleased to return to louisiana and tell all my friends i ate rattlesnake for dinner.

it was a great experience. being able to order samples of the appetizers was great. the buttermilk dressing on the butter lettuce salad was a bit watery and bland. my elk and my wifes stuffed tenderloin were great but by the time we got to dessert, they were out of the red velvet cake. shucks. overall, not too bad. about 65 degrees in the restaurant too. a tad chilly for friday night at 9pm

hats off. went here with my fiancee and we were blown away. we sampled a whole bunch of appetizers and i am still salivating over the rattlesnake sausage. our entree's were also above par especially the succotash that accompanied my steak. will be back here for sure

superlative. the food was nothing less than amazing! the suggestions made by the waiter were excellent. my dinner companion ordered a jalapeno margarita that was awesome. it was a perfect evening--the company, the food, the service!

my coworkers' fault, not lonesome dove's. although i'm giving lonesome dove a negative review, i think the food is very good. for the price you pay to eat dinner there, you would expect nothing less. that being said, my one experience eating there was so wrought with annoyances that i vowed never to return.

first and foremost, i went to lonesome dove with a large group of coworkers. being in fort worth, i fully intended to order a steak, but the woman next to me began talking about how she wanted a chile relleno plate but didn't think she could finish an entire plate. being in a good mood at the time, i offered to share the plate with her. when we ordered drinks, she remarked that she'd like a beer but didn't want a whole one, so i offered to share half her beer with her. meanwhile, the rest of the table ordered a gantlet of appetizers, of which a sampled a few, and a large quantity of wine, of which i had none. after the group reached a non-unanimous agreement that we should divide the bill equally, i ended up paying $100 for half a beer, half a chile relleno, and a few samples of appetizers. if that's not enough to leave a bad taste in one's mouth, i don't know what is.

now for my minor grievances. although the food is tasty, the chef clearly goes out of his way to offer a selection of meats that border on bizarre. offering one or two dishes with rattlesnake or ostrich is appropriate, but when you offer at least half a dozen unusual meats, it appears over-the-top and feels like you're in a recreation of the restaurant scene from the movie "the freshman."

during the visit with my coworkers, we were nestled in a back room with a table large enough to accommodate our group. joining us in that room, at a separate table, was a couple that appeared in almost every way possible to be an older gentleman and a young woman who couldn't possibly have been his wife. he was all over her so much that it was creepy-- i'm sure that they were kissing each other with food still in their mouths. in any case, the scene reeked of sleaziness and didn't help the ambiance.

next time i'm in ft. worth and want to spend $100 on a meal, i'll drive over to texas pit bbq and get 25 brisket sandwiches and an iced tea.