


French Restaurant and Wine Bar offering casual French fare in the beautiful Old River district of Rocky River alongside local boutiques and businesses. Outdoor patio, Full Bar, Party Rooms, Private Dining Room. Open for Lunch, Dinner, and Saturday + Sunday Brunch.
Petite bistro, centered around a cherry wood bar, for varied nibbles & mains with European flair.
Hours
| Thursday | 12–9 PM |
| Friday | 12–9 PM |
| Saturday | 12–9 PM |
| Sunday | 10 AM–2 PM |
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 12–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 12–9 PM |
Address and Contact Information
Address: 19110 Old Detroit Rd, Rocky River, OH 44116
Phone: (440) 331-0800
Website: http://www.tartinebistro.com/
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Order and Reservations
Reservations: tbdine.com
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Reviews
Let’s start by highlighting the things this restaurant is doing well. I love the location in Rocky River! The venue is also done up fashionably with a cute interior, lovely front patio for dining al fresco, and a beautiful private dining area in the back for events. I also greatly appreciate the thoughtfulness to include a menu featuring a mix of upscale options like steak and risotto as well as more approachable options like pizza and tartines. (However, pizza is clearly not a French inspired item which breaks the theme of the menu for me).
Now let’s address what went wrong with this experience…
Upon entry it took the staff an abnormally long time to greet us and seat us at a table, despite there being many open tables available. Subsequently, it took even longer for the server to swing by and ask about a drink order. When asked about anything on the menu, the server seemed confused and also incredibly disinterested. When asked if he could recommend anything he said he doesn’t eat the food and will never. This doesn’t instill confidence. If a restaurant doesn’t make the staff try the food then how can they help guests with orders? Sort of brazen of the restaurant for letting servers go rogue.
The menu was exciting in many ways because it’s really rare to find French food made vegan. I ordered the steak au poivre, a French classic. Sometimes a French bistro should nail, right? No! The steak ate more like the texture of a pot roast. The sauce which is supposed to be the star of this dish was bland and reminiscent of a subpar store bought gravy. The broccolini was overcooked and the veg hash was lukewarm at best. Worst of all, the broccolini had a hair in it.
The other guests in my party enjoyed their pizza and salad, but I was told the chicken on the salad was bland and the pizza crust was overcooked.
Overall, based on the experience I had, I cannot recommend this restaurant to diners. The service and food experience were disappointing and subpar for the area.
The tartines and pizza were just perfect, and were well complemented by a French wine and splitting a Beet salad.
Restaurant was bust for a Saturday night, but it was not loud and we could enjoy our conversation. Definitely a place to visit when in the area.
UPDATE: The Manager called and offered me a gift card!
I had the Mixed Greens salad – it wasn’t your average salad of greens, some tomatoes and cucumbers, and a generic dressing; it was a delicious creation of greens and tomatoes and artichoke hearts and Marcona almonds and’s vegan feta and an excellent dill vinaigrette. I would definitely order that again.
The Fingerling Potatoes were not good. They were too big to count as “fingerling,” they didn’t have a good taste, and they were wildly overpriced – a small side for $11.00.
The server was very attentive and stopped by 2-3 times to refill our water and ask if we needed anything.
On a Friday night, it was busy and loud, so if you want to have a heart-to-heart conversation, you might want to go at an earlier time.
We started off with the roasted dates with blackberry goat cheese(chevre) and pork belly. It was very tasty, and we loved the combination. I was only disappointed by the lack of pork belly. There were too many dates. I loved them better when it was stuffed.
The crepes were delicious, but not enough gruyere to know it was there. The hashbrowns were great and loved they were not greasy.
The bistro breakfast was good. The poached eggs were perfect. There is not very many gluten-free options, so this was pretty much it.
I can’t expect them to know how to do GF crepes like Crepes in the City.