Bistro Maison

  Masoom Bistro one of the best tee restaurant in McMinnville Oregon . Service is good , on the slow side . Good wine selection

  The food here was absolutely terrific - everyone enjoyed their dinner (duck, steak, fondue. The appetizers - charcuturie plate and tapenade) were far larger than expected - more than really... read more needed for 5 people to share.

  Wonderful dining experience. Staff was friendly and attentive. Meals were authentic French cuisine. We started with a fondue appetizer for the table it was fun to dip apples potatoes and... read more ham in the fondue. Main course was a pork chop cooked to perfectly. A wonderful dining experience. One friend ordered a glass of wine the waitress brought over two bottles so he could pick which one he liked.

  The restaurant has good ambience, we were seated promptly,the wait staff were friendly and attentive at this point.
I ordered a bottle of pinot noir after discussion with the server... read more a few minutes later the owner came over to our table in a bit of a rush. She said based on our discussion with our server she recommended a different bottle I accepted her advice. On first taste and smell seemed OK. With the second pour probably after breathing, it had a musty woody odor,drinkable but not great on reflection she was probably pushing that particular wine to get rid of it.
For an appetizer we ordered their ROMAGE ET CHARCUTERIE. Which was OK. I ordered CONFIT DE CANARD with Orange Cognac Reduction. It had a breast portion and a leg portion unusual to see a confit Duck breast because it has no fat in it and goes dry during the confit process. The breast was dry and inedible the leg portion was a little dry but ok. The sauce reduction was nothing more than an overly sweet syrup lacking flavor which ruined the dish.
I write this review because of the dish my wife chose, “Hanger Steak, shallot pinot noir reduction”. It was served in a pasta type dish full to the inner rim with a brown gravy no sign of any hanger steak, which is typically sautéed and sliced exposed on a plate. She fished around and there were three pieces of meat in there, she was struggling to eat a piece of it and said it was tough and gristly, I looked at what they had served her, it was FLANK or SKIRT meat in a bowl of onion gravy.discussing!
The sever came over and I told her this was not Hanger Steak, her reply was “well that was what the Chef said it was”. She removed our plates offered us coffee and that was that,I was expecting some feedback but nothing. Being my Birthday and kind of in shock about the whole experience I paid the bill and we left I was not in the right frame of mind for confrontation, on reflection I should have made more of it as it was definitely the worst dining experience ever.

  Group of four for dinner on Saturday night. All outdoor seating and it's not exactly July! Yes, no true heaters, but when you have cocktails and wine, who really needs... read more to waste propane? These wonderful ladies made it into a great night, working their tails off serving up some incredible French cuisine. White truffle fondue, coq au vin, diver scallops and duck, all were amazing. Full round of desserts I can't even begin to recount. Keep it up, looking forward to an inside meal or summer outdoors again.