Bar Blanc Reviews

Another review doesn't understand the concept on prix fix menus... Bless their hearts. This place is fantastic. Steak frites and a starter salad are the menu and all are excellent. Have with a glass of champagne to get the full effect of the fantastic fries on your taste buds.

Bar Blanc is heaven on earth for lovers of the venerable French classic – steak and frites. For a fixed $49.99 price tag, you get amazingly juicy steak accompanied by the traditional bearnaise sauce, superbly crispy fries, a very good baguette, and a salad to boot. It was all exceptional. Since we don’t drink, I can’t comment on the alcohol being served, but the many patrons seemed to be enjoying themselves considerably. While it’s a small bar, the ambiance is charming and somewhat hip. And the service was top-notch. Since they don’t take reservations, I’d recommend arriving early, otherwise be prepared for a long wait. We arrived with a party of nine people and had a great evening. Interestingly enough, I loved the fries the most. The steak was excellent, but the fries were some of the best I’ve ever tried. Thick and very crunchy, just like the doctor ordered. Will coming back very soon!

Let’s start with the only positive: it is a beautiful venue. My husband and I went to dinner at Bar Blanc, we had no idea it is a standard preset menu with only Steak & Frites on the menu. That’s it, nothing else. No appetizers. A few desserts. When the hostess sat us, she gave us was a drink menu and we thought, where is the food menu? Finally our server arrived and we were verbally told about the Steak & Frites. For $59 you get, a salad that consists of mixed greens with a tasteless dressing, a hard stale baguette of bread served in a paper bag-yep a paper bag! The bread is not pre sliced, there was no bread knife to slice the bread, just pull it apart and have crumbs everywhere! The steak choice is either a fatty rib eye or you can upgrade to a Wagyu steak for $20 more. We tried one of each steak cuts and they both were fatty and tough. The frites were burned to a dark brown color and hard. Supposedly the Frites are all you can eat, but why would you want more? Now for the wine. They only have two choices for red wine by the glass! For a French restaurant the wine by the glass was absolutely horrible. We tried both choices and neither was drinkable. We skipped dessert because at that point the we knew this place wasn’t capable of serving anything palatable. Our bill was $189 before tip. One of the worst meals I have ever experienced! If I could give zero stars I would.

My wife and I went here for my birthday. Food was excellent. The steak was cooked to the right temperature. The salad and bread were really good. The fries were perfectly cooked. Ask for the garlic aioli for the fries. The flourless chocolate cake was good. They do take reservations, try to keep the party to about 2 - 4 people.