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    Bonfire Bistro

    4.0 (22 reviews)
    Closed 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, 4:30 PM - 9:30 PM

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Basia S.

    Great place if you're looking for some good comfort food with some quality ingredients. Asparagus in fettuccine. Mussels from PEI. Pizzas with your not-so-average toppings. For something different, try this cozy but always busy place.

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    DineoutGal A.

    This place expanded into the space next door adding a lot more seating but it's still a long wait on a Saturday night! It's a very popular casual neighbourhood bistro where a wait of 45 mins and upwards is very much guaranteed on the weekends. Yup...there are no reservations here so I'd suggest visiting during off peak hours or on the week days if you hate waiting. There is no real waiting area as you are just standing on the tiny doorway with a bunch of other hungry diners. They also operate a very popular take out service as well. This place is run by the same owner as "Cafe Carlo," though the menus are a bit different, I definitely prefer "Bonfire Bistro" way more. There's a lot more selections available here than Cafe Carlo. Once you do get seated, the servers are friendly and knowledgeable about the food and the kitchen turns around dishes at a good pace during a full house. They always have a huge list of specials available. They are known for their thin crust wood-fired pizzas ($15-$17) - they work well to share as an appy or a lighter main. We shared the wild mushroom pizza: porcini, portobello and oyster mushrooms with wilted spinach, fresh herbs, stilton blue and mozzarella cheese on roasted garlic sauce. This pizza was surprisingly subtle despite the strong ingredients - they seem to balance each other out. The "Atlantic Salmon" ($22.95) - pan roasted and served over a warm creamy baby potato salad with wilted arugula and asparagus. The salmon was perfectly cooked (medium) and had a nice crispy skin. I wasn't sure about the warm potato salad but I really liked it! It wasn't overly creamy, good seasoning and the potatoes were cooked appropriately. Great price and a decent sized portion! Ambiance is lively but not overly noisy so it provides for a great bistro vibe but you're not shouting to your fellow diners. I'd love to go back but probably on a week night (hopefully the wait isn't so long).

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    Luke D.

    Exotic versions of Italian foods! If you're bored of plain food, you need to come here! They have some exciting varieties of pizza toppings including rabbit, artichoke and spiced walnuts! Don't want pizza? No sweat they also have salads and sandwiches, pastas and a variety of entrées! To see more of my review, check out onebitshort.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/the-winnipeg-trip/ Will come again!

    Response for owner over complaint about a bad service. Note the dessert was only one aspect of the bad service.

    Terrible service. Terrible restaurant. Terrible response by owner. Attitude was much more than "forgotten dessert". This is how they treat people who told them about their service. If I could give less than one star I would. Please don't go there as they clearly don't respect customers

    Mixed salad with Fire-roasted vegetables and Spicy Prawns.
    Sylvia H.

    A lovely surprise... quaint, local, seasonally-sourced, healthy and innovative restaurant. Pros: -see above -outstanding, personalized service... the waitress was not only attentive to every need, seemed genuinely to love her job and customized my meal from three different items on the menu and did not charge me extra. She even made my friend happy by confirming the bacon was ethically sourced (with a wink, of course) -comfortable, cozy atmosphere with specials written on a chalkboard (that night they had pork tenderloin, soups etc) and a fire oven in the corner... you can watch the chefs bake the pizzas! -the food is outstanding... the menu varied, seasonal, local, healthy, simple but innovative and constantly changing from what I can see... plus, it tastes amazing! -Bonfire Flatbread with hot spinach artichoke and parmesan spread: delicious, not your average doughy flatbread its more light and baked in their oven to give it more of a crunchy outside. The spreads (which were very generous) were piping hot and warm, melty goodness. -Mixed Salad of baby field greens, red onion, currants, toasted pecans, balsamic vinaigrette and crostini; the crostini was plain and dry, but the salad was fresh and delicious, especially the currants and perfectly toasted pecans -Fire-roasted vegetables were a mix of zucchini, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions and peppers which were well grilled, spiced and toasty warm. Never thought cold lettuce would go well with warm veggies, but it was delicious. -Added spicy prawns to my salad (which was not an option on the menu, but is a pizza topping) which were out of this world... plump, sweet meat perfectly grilled and well spiced (not just your generic hot sauce heat) with a thin glaze. -Wild Mushroom & Maple Bacon Pizza had garlic spread and blue cheese which brought out the flavor of the perfectly cooked mushrooms. Even my friend who doesn't love mushrooms liked these. The crust is perfectly baked and thin, but not too crunchy. -Margherita Pizza: I don't know who Carlo is, but he makes amazing tomato sauce! -Nice wine selection -Great value for the price!!! Cons: -Parking can be tricky on busy nights -We weren't offered dessert, and so I'm pretty sure they don't serve it. Sad because I was hoping after such an excellent meal they might have even better dessert... but I guess they are sticking to what they know. Its commendable that they can admit their weaknesses and not bother ruining their otherwise amazing menu. And I got to keep the night going by heading to another dessert place anyway! -Close at 10:30pm which can be a little early sometimes. -The restaurant is very small... maybe 10 tables and a bar area, which makes for nice ambience (it wasn't noisy at all, in fact, since there was no loud music and quiet conversation with a bustling kitchen which was nice) but I can see having to wait for a bit on busy nights Overall, I can't say enough good things and will definitely be back. Took a gamble on a new place and it definitely paid off. I can't wait to try the Cioppino and see what other specials they come up with.

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    This is our go to restaurant for a night out. A nice relaxed atmosphere, the food is always good. And the service is good to

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    Great food and service in a non pretentious environment. Had the specials they were great

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    Good location with parking and excellent wood fired pizza with different flavour combinations and reasonably priced!

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    I have been here a lot of times. Always good food and service. This last time was an exception. My…read morefriends got there before I did and they had numerous drinks before I arrived. Once I was seated and we had ordered the server proceeded to tell us they had a reservation shortly for this table. Then why didn't you say anything before I was seated and ordered or move us to another table. And the whole time I was trying to stuff food into me we were getting dirty looks from all the servers. I get that it is a pain to have people sit for a bit but we were trying to have a meal and a visit. I guess next time we will got somewhere that allows us to eat slow and relax My friend gave the server her AMEX to pay. She came back to the table and said sorry it didn't go through. How embarrassing for my friend. She used another card. Later called the restaurant and was told they don't accept AMEX. So why didn't the server say that. Instead she said it didn't go through and embarrassed her for no reason. Luckily she was with friends who understood not business clients. May be time to switch to a new favorite restaurant in my location.

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    5.5 km
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    Cibo Waterfront Cafe - Quaint atmosphere

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    When in Winnipeg - you gotta try some Thai food don't you? Well you don't but this place was pretty…read moreyummy so you should! It was around 8 pm when the boy got hungry and really wanted Thai food so we started searching for what was open. On a Tuesday lateish dinner night, unfortunately most options were closed until we luckily found this spot! Ended up trying the Tom Kha Soup - which was delicious, creamy with the coconut milk & plentiful with the veggies. Overall, the soup was great & came in a good portion. We also tried the Basil Fried rice with vegetables, and this was delicious as well. There were lots of veggies here but what I really liked was that the flavor of the rice was light but very tasty. Would recommend one to check this place out!

    5 stars for the customer service! The cashier staff was very helpful and knowledgeable. He worked…read morewith me and my friend to help us pick food items that we would find delicious. We had questions and he was patient and attentive. He answered our questions politely and cheerfully. The server was also earnest and brought out more water when we asked for more. The seafood pad Thai was tasty and very sweet. Maybe a little bit too sweet. I also wish there were a bit more shrimps in the dish. I love that the cashier asked us how spicy should he make the food. I said not spicy at all and my friend said 6 out of 10 spicyness level. The Thai ice tea was a bit too sugary. I got a sugar high from it lol. I would give this restaurant 5 stars but the inside of the building where we were seated had no air conditioning. A fan was all that was there. The outside air was colder than the inside of the restaurant were we were. We ended up sweating a bit. It was uncomfortable for my friend who was also eating a spicy meal. The inside decor of the restaurant wasn't super interesting but it was not shabby.

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