We went to dinner here while in the area. It was a cozy setting with a great atmosphere inside. However, they sat us on the closed-in patio by a window which ended up being a little too chilly. For my dinner I ordered the Wood Fried Brussels. The Brussel sprouts were not caramelized like I had at other places but it was very good and probably healthier. There were a lot of good flavors with the beets, candied pepitas, pickled peppers and the saffron aioli. I would recommend this dish. Others at the table ordered the Cobb Salad, classic wedge with salmon, & the Artisan pizza. Unfortunately, the salmon was not completely cooked so it went uneaten. Two people in our party ordered diet cokes which were fountain drinks. The diet cokes were not good because there was no carbonation. The pizza and Cobb salad were good. If you eat here during the colder months, I recommend asking for a seat inside. That seemed like it would have been a cozier experience. read more

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Bistro Roca is an amazing spot! We love the decor, which is rustic but modern if that makes sense. The different seating options are also unique and bring a different ambiance to each section. Food is excellent. I LOVE the duck pizza pie. Honestly the best pizza in my book ever. My husband enjoyed his brisket saying it was tender and flavorful. The starter calamari was meaty and not overly breaded like many calamari! Great kids meals options!! Our waitress was so kind and was thoughtful in letting the girls order before us so their food arrived with the apps. A must go to while in blowing rock, you won't regret it! read more

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Smoked duck ramen had my attention and wow, it did not disappoint. This bistro is great for casual lunch or a nice date night dinner. We enjoyed the wood fired brussels as well! The staff was friendly and attentive. read more

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Absolutely fantastic experience here! Definitely be sure to make a reservation because it books up quick! It's definitely a slightly nicer than casual place to dine and the prices reflect that, but boy is it worth it. The prime brisket was absolutely delicious! Our waitress was very polite and checked in frequently. Literally no complaints about our experience here. Will definitely return if I am back in town! read more

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Waitress was great. Got the Roca pizza. It was great when it was hot, but as soon as it cooled down it wasn't the best pizza I had ever tried. Unique flavors but lacking some substance. The other entrees my group ordered were great though! I'd give it another try for sure. read more

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The service was great. It seems every establishment is short staffed but the severs do their best and are really amazing. GET THE PORK LETTUCE WRAPS. Absolutely incredible. All the food is good, but the lettuce wraps are on a different level. read more

We had a big party come here a few weeks ago. The place was crowded, which is a good thing for a restaurant on a Friday night. My meal was pretty good (I had the pizza) and the staff were fine. A fine 3-star place. read more

Bistro Roca is our Sunday Brunch go to spot when in Blowing Rock. Upscale ambience with eclectic choices on the menu make us go outside our comfort zone of choosing typical bacon and eggs breakfast. Service is fine given that it is a very busy and very popular destination. On this latest visit, the lettuce wrapped pork bbq style appetizer was clearly the table favorite. The brisket Benedict was the least favorite meal. While the meat was tender and cooked well, the portion served was very fatty and offset the rest of the flavor. The crab Benedict was the much better choice. Reservations are recommended busy home game and peak season weekends. read more

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Lovely place to grab a bite when walking through the town. My husband and I were celebrating our anniversary and were lucky enough to get patio dining. The staff was very friendly and the service was as impressive as the food. Be sure to order dessert because ours were amazing. We will definitely be back. Reservations recommended. read more

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This restaurant again served wonderful and delicious food well prepared and well served by our waitress Isabella (Bella to her friends). Added on a few years ago is an extension for more seating, obviously needed at the time of our reservation. For us, I selected a wine ($44 a bottle), Lola, from the California vineyard of the same name. I had never heard of The Vineyard but was quite satisfied with this Chardonnay which was soft on the pilot with a pineapple and almond taste would be my best guess. For my meal, I had the Black and Blue ribeye, which came on a shelf of mashed potatoes and crispy fried onions on top. The steak was cooked to perfection, as requested, a medium that is pink and warm in the middle. As the photo shows it was a large cut, delicious to the last bite, which drink some dying as I was hungry but it was a bit of a struggle to finish it all. You can tell that it was well charred on the extreme edges, with the char enhancing the tender meat. Oh yes, a place to dine, somewhat off the beaten path in Blowing Rock. Reservations are required. Eating in the bar is also enjoyable, but we ate in the large dining room at a table for two. Despite the 80+ temperature outside, our seating area was quite cool, but not chilly. read more

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Really Good Southern style mountain lodge restaurant. Professionally run with solid food& great service. 1 of the top restaurants in the Blowing Rock area. read more

The food is delicious, the atmosphere is cozy, and the service is excellent. My wife and I enjoy making Bistro Roca a regular stop on our visits to the mountains. read more

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Went here for our anniversary and loved it. Service was great, and food was all worth the price. Heads up that the parking lot is brutal. We had to park at a deck a block away because there was no parking at the restaurant, both when we arrived and when we departed. read more

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Always a favorite and good choice in Blowing Rock. The fig and prosciutto appetizer is consistently good. Really enjoyed the Roca appetizer sampler of bread and spreads. Soup is consistently great as is the bread. If you find yourself in Blowing Rock, I think you will enjoy the restaurant. read more

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This was our first time dining at Bistro Roca, and we really enjoyed it! The atmosphere is beautiful and classy. Our server was very kind and made sure we were well taken care of. We started with the mussels in the white wine & sun dried tomato broth and they were delicious! I had the featured dish of the night, which was a tempura fried flounder over jasmine rice in a coconut/carrot/curry sauce with bok choy.The bok choy was tender and perfectly seasoned and the carrot curry sauce was so good, I could have made a meal off of it alone! Would definitely come back here again. read more

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Food, service and ambiance is perfect!! My whole family loves coming here for anything they make. My go to spot for lunch and dinner and the bar area is the best. If you know, you know!! Make a reservation and take someone special you both will have an excellent experience. read more

Bistro Roca is one of our absolute go-to spots in Blowing Rock. Whether you're grabbing lunch or sitting down for a relaxed dinner, it's consistently excellent. The food is always top notch and the vibe is welcoming and lively. Just make sure you get a reservation because the wait can be long, especially on weekends. One of the weirdly fun things about this place is that we almost always run into someone from Wilmington or Wrightsville Beach. It's happened so often it feels like a coastal reunion every time we're there. They used to have a drink called the Pain Don't Hurt and I still ask for it sometimes. If the bartender is game, it's worth it. One of the best cocktails I've ever had. The wood-fired pizzas are incredible and their specials never miss. The brisket is a standout. Also, we are definitely on a mission to get our dog Sunny's picture on the wall in the bar area with all the other dogs and their humans. That wall is one of the coolest little touches and makes the place feel like home. Highly recommend. Bistro Roca is the kind of spot you come back to again and again. read more

Service: 5/5 Ambiance: 5/5 Food: 3/5 Pricing: 2/5 My wife and I went to Bistro Roca for dinner on 6/28/25 we decided to go with steak with our choices as we usually do on our normal outing. Wife choice Wagu flat iron: Overall rating- 2/5 Price:$75 but that changes daily #1 reason for the rating is it was just really disappointing for the price and experience we were sold on when we asked about the dish. The price of the dish is not displayed on the menu so you have to ask before you order and we were told the Wagu would melt and would not even require a knife to cut it. 1) The price was $75 before tax which we thought was steep but hey you pay for what you get so we thought well it's Wagu let's go for the experience. 2) The Wagu itself did not feel like a premium cut, the texture was tough (and we did it the way the waiter recommended which was medium rare) so you had to really chew the steak and the steak had no flavoring. 3) the truffle sauce that came with it was way to strong and honestly could not enjoy it and my wife loves truffles. 4) potatoes were meh 5) asparagus was good but I mean it would be pretty hard to mess that up haha My choice: The black and blue Overall rating 5/5 I really enjoyed this dish and happy I got it! It was a very tender medium rare steak with good flavoring! Mash potatoes underneath were good so was the crispy onions and horse radish sauce. Overall the experience was good but with the huge disappointment from the Wagu dish it kinda dragged the dinner down feeling like we got scammed. I did look around at other tables and other dishes looked really pretty plated and sounded very yummy. So if you're deciding to go here stay away from the Wagu and you'll have a good time. read more

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This place was amazing I just back from a 12 hour shift and thought I would treat my family to something nice well everyone except Derek that my exe if anyone is wondering anyways my family had a blessed time our waiter was amazing I tried setting him up with my daughter my daughter was embarrassed but I need some grandkids the place was a blessing # Have a blessed day read more

I have never been in a place with such great lighting! Until... I got because it was so dark! But I made my way back to the table! Food was amazing until..... I had to use the restroom! #haveablessedday read more

Our family loved our recent visit to this homey, rustic, farm-to-table restaurant near downtown Blowing Rock. Bistro Roca feels like a log cabin deep in the North Carolina high country, with a roaring hearth, cozy booths and a bar that looks like a Scottish tavern. Dog lovers will adore the 'family' portraits that adorn the walls, and wine connoisseurs will love the extensive selection of Reds, Whites and everything in between. There's also a terrific list of local brews on tap, as well as an impressive menu of cocktails. The dinner entrees range from burgers and wood fired pizzas to steaks, salads and fish. My plate of Mountain Trout was delicious, and our kids shared a pizza that was big enough for 3. Service was outstanding throughout our visit, and the restaurant is close enough to downtown to be reached in a short walk. If you come in the summer or early fall, be sure to ask for a table on the spacious screened porch. Bistro Roca is a place we'll be visiting whenever we stay in Blowing Rock. Highly recommended! read more

Cozy ambiance, great service and delicious food! I had the mussels in garlic white wine as a main course and the broth was so good with fresh baguette. Hubby had the flat iron pork with a wonderful fig balsamic glaze. We ate the delectable spring rolls and dessert (lemon-blueberry bread pudding) so fast I didn't even have time to get a photo! Highly recommend this place! (Love the gdig themed drinks menu and magnets. If there was a dog-friendly patio this place would rate 10+ stars). read more

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We really enjoyed BR. Everything was delicious. We had the flame azaleas to start with the fried eggplant appetizer. My husband had the fish special which was stripped bass and I had the salmon. Both were wonderful. Erin was our waitress and she was attentive and very personable. read more

Ordered the beyond burger and Mac and cheese. Good flavor nicely seasoned and perfectly cooked. The Mac was nicely done as well. The trout was lacking in flavor for some reason it was very bland read more

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Celebrated my birthday for dinner and it was fabulous. The tomato based muscles were the best I've ever had. We also tried lobster roll, trout and crab cakes. Easily a 5 star experience. Great wait staff as well! read more

Fantastic Brunch! Food was wonderful! Service was great! Love the vibe! I had the Brisket Benedict and my wife had the French Toast. Overall highly recommend. read more

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Bistro Roca has been one of our favorite restaurants. As summer visitors to the Boone area, we have enjoyed dining there on special occasions. This evening, we had a reservation for dinner at 5:15. As requested, we were seated on the "back porch," with open windows. The ambiance was great. Our server was pleasant. And the food - as always - was delicious. As we were finishing our dinner, I had one sip of wine left. After settling our bill, and leaving a generous tip, we were rudely interrupted by our server, who asked us to vacate our table, with an offer to move to the bar. I finished my wine, and we departed. As we were leaving, we counted 14 vacant tables - nearly half of the restaurant. We asked to speak to the manager - a young lady - who advised us that as a table for 2, we were allowed one hour and 15 minutes at this table to dine. We told her that - as septuagenarians - never in our lives have we ever been asked to vacate a table before we finished our meal. Apparently, their business model is all about money. Diners be damned. This was our second great disappointment in as many visits. On our previous visit, it was very crowded and we were seated at the bar, which was very noisy. When we raised our hand to try to attract the attention of the bar tender, she was extremely rude, chastising us as if we were recalcitrant children, and admonishing us NOT to raise our hands to attract her attention, and that it was rude of us to do so. She immediately turned and walked away, without telling us how we were supposed to let her know that we were ready to order. Notwithstanding, we left her a good tip. Again, we have never been treated so rudely in any restaurant. I would not expect this from such an established restaurant in Blowing Rock. I am VERY disappointed by all of this extremely rude treatment, and do not think that I will return. read more

I love this place. I was introduced by a friend who has a family mtn house in Blowing Rock. Not on the main street of Blowing Rock, but easily walkable and near to the parking deck. The bar area is wonderfully decorated with black and white pictures of dogs. A nice ambiance in the evening is set throughout. The bar tenders are great, and helpful with questions about their speciality cocktails & great at making the classics. Their menu runs with the seasons, and they support local farms & businesses. This time I got the chicken paprikesh for dinner. A Hungarian specialty, which was delicious. Highly recommend! read more

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Foodie, make the Resy for this place, trust me. Cozy atmosphere that rambles through what feels like an old house... pizza oven fire greets you at the door. An intimate bar adorned with framed black and white photos of dogs (!). A garden style back porch with open air windows letting in that cool mountain breeze: we literally saw a mom & baby fawn out the window during an idyllic brunch. Try the Cobb salad, the pastas, pizzas, and cocktails! All sublime. Mac & Cheese is a winner, and the menu is diverse - something for everyone. Our service was great and we would recommend this restaurant to anyone in the Blowing Rock area. Protip: walk to town from the restaurant afterwards and enjoy the scenery on foot. It's just 10 min. read more

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Beef brisket + lobster mac = pure perfection! #FoodieGoals #DinnerDoneRight. A flawless dining experience from start to finish.

Don't be fooled, this restaurant food sucks. It's amateurish at best. They are arrogant about it because they have some following and they are busy. We went for Father's Day dinner. My Rabbit was horrible. I should have sent it back at the beginning but didn't because I didn't want to make a scene with our friends and it had taken about 30 mins for the food to come out, so I suffered through it. We started with the calamari and it was ok. Small portion. My friend had the trout, pathetic. My wife had the pork "ribeye" also blah. She took half home and threw it away. My friends wife had the lobster Mac. That was ok. We had a bottle of wine special that was $35 and that was nice, but the dinner we picked up and it was $260 for a meal that I could cook 10x better myself at home and did a few days later, check the pics. Pathetic Resturant, typical, they gain some popularity and then they drive it to crap. I emailed them twice to vent my frustration on ruing my Father's Day dinner but they just blew me off and never responded. So I wrote the truth of our experence here. read more

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Ok so first time in Blowing Rock and we love it. Bistro Roca is amazing - our server Lilly and the General Manager Mel made our dinner experience perfect - we will be back. read more

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oh my gosh..best food ever and historical place that is a local favorite. Kids menu with real food on it.

How does a restaurant run out of napkins?! That should have been the sign of things to come. Dinner was overpriced and lack luster. The server was cold and inattentive. Ask for sweetener for my ice tea, never brought it. Asked for napkins and he brought two bathroom paper towels (they ran out cause it was late in the evening. It was 730). The trout was bland and had zero seasoning. read more

A very good restaurant. Cozy mountain feeling. Fireplace, wood burning pizza oven, and great burgers,cooked to your liking.. This is not a pizza joint, but a very good restaurant with different menu choices. Seafood, steak etc. Always busy. Try to get reservations or sit in cozy bar area without Don't miss this one in Blowing Rock read more

Ordered the beef Brisket. I guess I'm used to smoked brisket. This was more like pot roast. Good flavor, tender. read more

Bistro Roca - Super good egg rolls. We got the pork egg roll. Crunchy and just right. - Bars Near Me - Blowing Rock, North Carolina

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I live in Blowing Rock and love the ambiance of Bistro Roca, and I am always impressed with the courteous and competent service. But I also am always disappointed when I dine there because, as a vegetarian, the menu has nothing protein-forward to eat. ALL SEVEN salads are NOT vegetarian (seriously? Vegetarians rely on the salad portion of menus, especially when their friends or beloveds are carnivores). Even the incredibly wonderful-sounding "Roasted Acorn Squash" salad with quinoa, squash, kale, pickled cherries, maple sage, and pomegranate seeds is NOT vegetarian because they cook the quinoa in beef tallow. Why do that? Why not offer at least one salad that is completely vegetarian? The falafel burger on the menu also is NOT vegetarian because it's grilled on the same grill as beef burgers and so is "cross-contaminated". In 2025, when being vegetarian is not at all unusual, it just seems rude to have a clearly vegetarian burger that is, alas, not available simply because the kitchen can't figure out how to cook it without splashing it with beef juice (ahem; how about *baking* it in the oven??). The ONE vegetarian "entree" on offer is macaroni and cheese, served in a tight bowl with some broccolini and an egg on top. It was fine, meh. But I am not a child. I don't want mac and cheese for my once a week dinner out on the town. I should add that Bistro is not alone in this problem. Being vegetarian in Blowing Rock is like being vegetarian anywhere in the USA in 1980. The staff look at you like you're some kind of alien. I'd skip the regular establishments and patronize the Asian restaurants, but alas, they too are mediocre at best. I wish the accomplished chefs of Blowing Rock would give just a tiny bit of thought to us vegetarians and a tiny gesture of culinary respect on their menus. read more

Love this place..! Pricey but both the atmosphere and creatively prepared food is worth it..! i always enjoy checking out the B& W wall of interesting dog portraits covering the walls in the bar section... This place is slightly off the beaten path, which only makes the 'find' that much more exciting..! read more

I love, love, love this restaurant! Never had a bad meal. Service, food, ambiance is all fabulous. This restaurant is a must every time we visit. read more

Update: Not sure how TEN years have gone by since our last visit but we had a wonderful brunch here Sunday 1/26/24. One of the best meals I've had in a long time. EVERYthing was delicious, from the warm bread with pimento cheese & bacon jam (OMG bacon jam) to the wonderfully tender biscuits with gravy and top-tier French toast. Bloody Marys were a meal in themselves and the whole thing was made better by our delightful server Jess (?). Cannot recommend this enough. Also a bit off the beaten path in Blowing Rock- sort of behind the park - with its own parking lot. Just an excellent experience. read more