This is a seriously great restaurant. Creative dishes that don't go overboard. Servers are friendly and helpful. Visually beautiful without jumping the shark. Try the fried cauliflower. read more

Wild mushroom pasta was definitely a 10/10. The flavor was out of this world. Would come back again and again for that. Tried the lemon cocktail (can't remember the name) was very strong & sweet. Was not a fan so opted for an IPA. No fault to their own just trying something new. Husband got the mushroom Swiss burger and said it was good! Also got the mule and it was delicious. Busy little place for Saturday lunch but our service was great and quick ! read more

I really appreciate how many dietary options they offer here. There are multiple gluten free and vegan bread choices, plus a vegan cheese option, which already makes this place stand out. For vegetarians, you actually have real choices instead of just one default option. You can pick between a chickpea patty, a vegan black bean burger, or a portabella mushroom, which is awesome to see. That said, I do wish the menu was clearer about what can actually be made gluten free. Even if you swap the bread, not every sandwich ends up being gluten free. For example, none of the vegetarian burger options can be made gluten free, which was disappointing and not clearly labeled. The sides were underwhelming. Sandwiches come with a pickle, which was just two thin slices, and "coleslaw" that was more like a small portion of kale with vinegar, about a quarter cup. The salmon bowl was good and came with a nice large filet, it was just very heavy on the rice. Service was a highlight. Our server was really kind, checked on us often, and was super helpful answering my questions about gluten. It is on the pricier side, which is why the small details matter more. Overall, it is still a solid spot, especially for a small town, just with a few things that could be improved. Would love to see "can be made gf" added to the menu. read more

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We ate here on a Tursday night near closing time. The ambiance of this little bistro is very nice, from the outdoor murals to the tables and bar. Not a big place, but nostalgic in a way. The food was not your usual fare, in a good way. There is an effort here to be more upscale and gourmet, but in a casual way. Food was good, but seemed like it could be better for the price. Service was nice and attentive, but you couldn't help but notice all the staff moving around to close the place down while you were eating. It's a good place if you are in the mood for a more upscale casual evening in Loudonville. read more

This is a friendly bistro in a fun small town location with good service and great food. There were multiple specials to choose from. I opted for the salmon bowl from the regular menu, and it was the perfect healthy option to pair with a draft beer. read more

Black Fork Bistro - Shrimp and Salmon with Grits - Salad Near Me - Loudonville, Ohio

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This place rocks! We came in for a good meal and we got it!!! The menu is expansive and has so many great offerings. The service was great and the mixed drinks were inventive and tasty. What more can you ask of a restaurant? read more

I always enjoy dining here! Fabulous food, delicious drinks (love the mocktail options!), a nice relaxing atmosphere, clean bathrooms and beautiful decor. I also love their drinkware and the black forks -- such a fun little touch that makes the whole experience feel extra special. read more

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After a day of hiking ChatGPT recommended this restaurant to eat. The wait staff was timely and consistently checked to ensure our needs were met. I rehydrated with orange creamsicle soda. Hubby had beer. We started with crab cakes as they were out of the large Bavarian pretzel. Excellent real crab and lobster. There were 3 cakes. We were not pressed to order the rest of our food which was nice. I decided on a grown up grilled/toasted cheese and tomato basil soup. The sandwich came with house made chips and slaw. Too much to eat, however I am set for lunch tomorrow! The only complaint is how stiff and sore I felt after sitting for such great food! Oh and they also had hefty silverware not diner flimsy stuff! read more

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First time here at a friend's recommendation. Small space, although I think they also have seating on the 2nd floor. Great vibe for the small town of Loudonville, OH. We ordered the short rib poutine for the 4 of us. Individually we ordered the burger of the day (nor pictured), the Reuben, and two of us got the Portabella Pinsa Melt. Pinsa is a kind of focaccia. Very nice bread. You can also have any of the sandwiches on gluten free bread. With the exception of the Reuben which didn't have enough sauerkraut, the rest was excellent. The Portabella sandwich was quite good. The addition of fresh burrata really made it quite original. Prices are competitive, service was good, parking either metered on the street or free behind the PNC bank across the street. Definitely recommend, will definitely return. read more

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Great presentation!! Food was awesome. Staff were friendly and fantastic!! Will revisit this restaurant. read more

Black Fork Bistro - Appetizers - Salad Near Me - Loudonville, Ohio

My wife, mom, and I made the drive out here to enjoy the beautiful fall day. The place was nearly empty as we arrived in between meals. We ordered a round of drinks only to find out they had no sweet vermouth to make a Manhattan. They did have a bourbon cocktail on their special menu, Forrester, so I ordered that. Not very impressed with it or a bar that does not have sweet vermouth. We ordered their fried pickles to start as well as their housemate chips. My wife and mom both decided on soups while I ordered something I've never had before, their chicken wings. The sauces served with their chicken wings were rather unique. Not something I was looking for in all honesty. I only enjoyed one of the three. Kind of hard to dip your wings in a sauce and then into blue cheese. Believe I would rather have my wings sauced. My wife and mom did not finish their soups. I taste tested both and thought they were fairly good. read more

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Everything was amazing. We went to celebrate my husband's birthday. We had the fried green tomatoes (the pimento cheese on top was a game-changer), and the pretzel with cheese for starters. Honesty, I'd go here just for appetizers they were played beautifully (no photos we ate fast), and tasted better than they looked. Next between the four of us we had, mohican salad, fall brussel salad (a special), brazed stort ribs with gnocchi anf the firehouse burger. Nothing disappointed, it felt like we were at a fancy restaurant in Columbus - but we were close to home and got to wear our jeans! Atmosphere was casual, bar like, but the food was upscale. Our waitress was super kind, gave us perfect recommendations for dinner and suggested drinks too. The downeast pumpkin cider on tap was like drinking dessert. We will be back soon! I cannot say enough about how much we enjoyed our dinner here. Also of note: kid friendly, our under 2 year old had the best time looking out the front windows and waving to everyone. read more

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This place is a hidden gem, especially for people with food allergies! So many choices for gluten and dairy free foods! The service was great and they took extra care making sure I could eat safely. Their vegan veggie soup was was hearty and delicious. I had the classic burger with a gluten free bun that actually didn't fall apart. I skipped the cheese but they do have vegan cheese. I also had a house salad with Italian dressing. My aunt had the tuna ramen bowl and it looked amazing. She said it was very filling and tasty. My uncle tried the chickpea sliders and he really enjoyed those as well. The most exciting thing for me was actually being able to eat dessert! I had a gluten free, vegan chocolate tort with sorbet made in house! It was absolutely amazing. I really wish we had places like this back in Florida. Highly recommend! read more

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Great find on a camping weekend. The wife didn't want to cook and stopped in here. Started out with the Bavarian pretzel. 100% approved and the spicy mustard was great. I have the Rueben which was great and my wife's margarita pizza was huge, tasty too. Had a couple drinks from the menu and happy with those too. Looking forward to our next trip to Mohican to stop again. read more

Black Fork Bistro - Bavarian Pretzel - Salad Near Me - Loudonville, Ohio

Delicious food! Great service, my husband and I really enjoyed our meal, we will definitely be returning. Nicely decorated for Christmas time. read more

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Excellent visit with some girlfriends on a Friday night. Nice atmosphere and good. Service was excellent. Started with some delicious pickle chips and the cherry margarita. Both were excellent. I had the chicken and garlic pizza and took a good amount home since it was a large portion. Friends liked their chicken sandwich, burger, and turkey avocado sandwich and the house made chips. Would totally visit again if in the area. read more

Ambiance busy and nice Service friendly with smiles Food oh my where should I start it was so FRESH and delicious. 1.) portobello mushrooms sandwich with side of amazing salad and homemade chips 2.) blueberry grilled cheese sandwich with side of salad and homemade chips. Leftovers for later. We will come back. read more

Service not good fries cold. Server offered new ones but we were done when she finally came back to check on us. Chicken tenders good. The sandwiches were good. Drinks too sweet. Took forever to get our bill and it was messed up. read more

Great selection and variety of food. Menu is always changing. Great service (we sat at the bar). Cozy ambiance.

The Black Fork Bistro is located in a small, quaint town (Loudonville) and literally makes you feel like you just stepped into a scene from a Hallmark Christmas movie. The bistro is rather small in size, but makes you feel welcomed as soon as you step inside. While we were there, slow 50s/60s music played in the background while it snowed outside making the atmosphere feel romantic to me. I absolutely loved the feeling that I had while I was there. However, the food - shared a different story (insert pouty face). Bavarian Pretzel - The pretzel was served warm and tasted good! While we enjoyed the honey mustard sauce for dipping, we were not big fans of the cheese sauce. The cheese sauce was watered down and lacked flavor. Grown Up Grilled Cheese (waitress recommendation) - I really wanted to enjoy this based on the menu description; however, this was not good at all! The description on the menu states "Caramelized Onion, Tomato, Bacon, Brie, Cheddar, and Mozzarella on Sourdough". This sounds delicious, right? However, it was not delicious! You would think that everything would be blended and melted together to create an ooey, gooey sandwich, but that is not how the sandwich turned out. This was more of a basic sandwich layered with various cheeses versus a warm grilled cheese sandwich packed full of melted cheeses and flavor. Tomato Basil Soup (another waitress recommendation) - Just look at my picture. This was a hard no for me! Instead of a bowl of warm, creamy tomato soup - I got a bowl of stewed tomatoes. While I thought that the grilled cheese sandwich was disappointing, this topped the sandwich! Spicy Aloha Pizza (husband) - My husband enjoyed this! I am not sure if we just stopped in on an "off" night as my husband was really looking forward to stopping in at Black Fork Bistro based on other Yelp reviews (which made me feel really bad that my meal was so horrible), but hope that others are able to have a greater experience with the food here! read more

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We stopped in not knowing how good the food and service were here. We were so pleasantly surprised. Had the Peanut Butter burger, mushroom and Swiss burger and short rib Poutine that had beef,fresh cut fries, cheese curds, onions and jalapeño. It was all fantastic with excellent service. The atmosphere was great too. I would highly recommend this spot to anyone. We really enjoyed it. read more

Amazing lunch! Ordered the tomatoe soup, shrimp tempura, Reuben sandwich with delicious homemade chips, Greek bowl with chicken. Absolutely delicious. Can't want to come again. read more

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Review: Disappointing and Rude Service at Our Former Favorite Restaurant We've really loved this place over the past year and it's been our favorite spot to bring visiting family because the food has always been fantastic. Unfortunately, last night's experience really changed our view. We arrived a few minutes early for our party of five and the hostess said we could have a table marked for "parties of 5+" once our entire group arrived. When our family was parking outside, I let her know, and she acknowledged it. But as soon as we sat down--with our fifth person simply in the restroom--the hostess came over and was rude and insistent that we couldn't sit there. Both the hostess and the waitress tried to move us to a smaller table, essentially harassing us, even though we explained that our full party was there. It was extremely frustrating. Even after clarifying that we did have five people, they refused to take our drink orders until everyone was physically at the table and treated us with attitude the entire time. We spoke to the owners, but we only received a different waitress and no genuine apology. It's disappointing that our former favorite spot turned into such a letdown. read more

Disappointed - pictured is what you get for 30.00 with tip and service fee to take out. Hamburger tasted average more like an 8.00 /10.00 hamburger - "kick" in their monthly burger definitely wasn't there and sadly, the sweet potato fries were inedible - soggy - way too soggy to actually eat... Split them between two dogs. Really wanted to enjoy it but it just wasn't their day maybe? Doubt I'll be returning. read more

Black Fork Bistro - Hamburger of the month & sweet potato fries - Salad Near Me - Loudonville, Ohio

We have been going there for years Always loved everything about it It's almost an hour drive for us Took my family to the loudenvillle Christmas market three of the groups stopped in sat a table by the bar and ordered their Christmas ale When 2 of the party tried to use the restroom they were told they were not allowed and asked to take the drinks and leave. Very disappointed in their treatment. Having a hard time recommending them to anyone any more and not sure we'll be back for a very long time read more

Staying in the area around Christmas 2023 and while exploring the town we stumbled on this place and glad we did. Such a great atmosphere and service. We started the butter board, came with warm crusty bread, marinara crock and herbed butter.....YUM! I chose the creole pasta with chicken and my husband had the turkey melt with bbq season fries. Both amazing and so much food. I wish I could have tried the holiday drinks because the bartender did such a good job. I did have the peppermint mocha cheesecake, another YUM. All the food in passing looked and smelled good too! read more

Nice small town place. Problem is us locals would like a nice bar to walk in with small group 1-3 people and have a drink. Not this place. You have to wait to be seated. At the bar..... read more

What an absolutely amazing little place! My husband and I stopped in during our weekend-long date getaway, and we were so glad we did. The food was delicious, the atmosphere was perfect--especially the adorable Christmas décor--and the service was excellent. We'll definitely be back! read more

Black Fork Bistro - Christmas Decor - Salad Near Me - Loudonville, Ohio

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Drive down from Willoughby for my birthday weekend and had to try the fried Brie, amazing! My husband tried the short rib gnocchi and was extremely pleased with his meal. This was his first time eating there and we are both big fans! We'll be continuing to make the trip down for this favorite spot! The whole menu is incredible. I'm a sucker for sweet potato's fries and they are sooo here! read more

Really loved the food but there were a few drawbacks. The burgers look like frozen patties, great descriptions on menu not what I got to eat. They never asked what temperature, so my patty came too well done. The chips are good but not fresh tasting like other places I have been to. The Brussels were not very good nor crispy. The prices are extreme for this area but the place stayed packed so they are doing something right. read more

Our waitress was wonderful and our food was incredibly delicious! The kids meals are a great deal! The burgers and the Bavarian Pretzel were delicious! read more

Black Fork Bistro - Classic Burger with Sweet Potato Fries! - Salad Near Me - Loudonville, Ohio

Chicken Bacon Ranch Dip (appetizer) 8 Wild Mushroom Pasta 10 Reuben (on sourdough rather than Rye) 8.5 Creme Brulee 9 Server was very friendly 10 (Nice Job!) Atmosphere 7 Price 8 (Good Value) read more

This is our favorite restaurant! Always our first pick when we are trying to figure out where to eat. I am on a mission to try everything on the menu! I am probably half way through the menu, and I haven't found a single thing that I don't like. Everything is always fresh, hot, beautiful, and full of top notch h ingredients. We always have great service and a great experience when we visit this restaurant. It is always clean and the atmosphere is perfect. It is busy on evenings and weekends, so be sure to schedule in some wait time to your dinner plans, but I promise, it will be worth it!! read more

Came into town with friends for the Haunted Schoolhouse. So we had to get some dinner before the scare..Lol. We waited about 15 minutes before being seated. The place was nice and clean. We both started with a pretzel. It was good and the cheese was a good add on choice. My friend ordered a Black Fork salad with chicken and said it was Delicious!! My hubby ordered the Rueben with fries and was very happy with his sandwich. He said the fries were a little cold and chewy. I ordered the Holy Moly pizza. It was a little greasy for my liking. It was all under the crust. It had a good flavor but I didn't taste any honey on it. And it wasn't spicy at all. My hubby tried a piece and he liked it. He said what I thought was grease on the bottom was honey but it wasn't sticky like honey. Who knows??And when we got our food we were so hungry I forgot to get pictures. Also they had cute murals on the outside for great photo ops. Maybe we need to go back and try again. read more

Excellent! Very fresh! We got the cauliflower bites, Black Fork salad with Salmon and Chicken Southwest salad. Delicious. Enjoyed the Round Lake 9-hole course then the Mohican trail. Ended the day here and wasn't disappointed! read more

Fantastic food and service! I definitely recommend this restaurant and I'll certainly return.

Crazy why this great restaurant exclusively serves Breitenbach (local winery) wines. I like Cabernet. I have only had this wine at this restaurant. I've been here about five times over the last year. I've had thick sediment in the wine glass, I've had soured wine that tasted like vinegar. Tonight's wine actually tasted pretty good until I got a mouthful of calcium crystals in my second glass which made me want to spit it out. I ordered the Muffaletta sandwich which tasted great. My husband ordered the Reuben. We both ordered side salads. I ordered green Goddess dressing but it looked and tasted like ranch.. Since I am lactose intolerant, I opted to eat my salad without dressing. On the menu, both sandwiches are offered with house-made chips and a seasonal slaw. The way the server entered the order to the kitchen, he added a salad to my husband's order, but he substituted the chips for a salad on mine. He didn't ask about this option. This resulted in my husband getting chips and a salad, but I got only a salad. On the bill, both resulted in a $5 up charge. After he presented the bill and we discussed this with him, he offered to get me some chips to take home. Since we were already on our way out, this didn't make sense. My husband's coca-cola had low syrup and we asked for a replacement. It took a little while (they were busy) for a replacement to arrive. We pointed out these issues to our server, who was polite, but said it wasn't his fault and he did not offer to have the manager make it right. I'm not sure what it would take to make it right for us. I wasn't looking for a discount. I guess I'd to know the issues will be corrected next time we come here. We live in the Mansfield metropolitan area and we want local restaurants to succeed. We like to have nice places to go out to eat nearby. This was a near miss. Food was good, drinks were bad, accounting was lousy, and service was attentive but unsatisfactory. We deserve better than this. read more

Excellent service and ambiance (although slightly warmer, dimmer lighting might be nice at night), and we enjoyed our food: loaded jumbo tots, Brussels pizza, and wild mushroom fettuccine (without chicken for us). read more

Black Fork Bistro - Wild mushroom pasta (ordered without chicken) - Salad Near Me - Loudonville, Ohio

Super friendly, fast and efficient waitress. Menu seem to have many choices with modest-midrange prices. The French onion soup was lacking ANY onions, was a nice portion, LOADED with bread, good amount of flavorful cheese, but overall the soup lacked flavor. (Hence the 4 stars) The Reuben was grilled perfectly and was yummy. The WARM Bavarian pretzel with cheese and stone ground mustard was the show stopper!! We will return!!! read more

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We enjoyed our lunch. Special grilled cheese w french onion for me. Mushroom pasta for my wife. Blueberry crisp for dessert. A great little place to eat, when in Loudonville. read more