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    Cristo's Bistro

    4.1 (137 reviews)
    Closed 3:00 pm - 8:00 PM

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    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed

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    Classic bombas
    Jean K.

    So good. The bolognese sauce is delicious and I like that they have a gluten free option for pasta if you want to substitute the rigatoni. The chicken caprese is my favorite, partially because the sauce is loaded with garlic slices. Both indoor and patio dining are available. Service is excellent.

    Veal that was overcooked, super chewy!

    Ordered Veal parmigiana and this was probably the worst Veal I have ever tasted. The Veal was over cooked making it really chewy and hard, really not eatable. I had 3 bites at different areas in the veal all terrible. Side salad not worth it ice berg. The pasta fagioli was really good. The chicken caprese was average. Veal parmigiana priced at $23 for a veal that is overcooked not edible and maybe 15 penne pasta. I would go to a different Italian restaurant, maybe the lasagna would've been better.

    Virginia B.

    I came here on a weekday afternoon for an early dinner and was VERY impressed. A beautiful place, nicely decorated and so clean! If I ever get asked on a date, I would go here. Good place for a business dinner or lunch too. Located in a Harris Teeter shopping center on Sunset Road in Holly Springs. I was seated quickly and Rene took excellent care of me from start to finish. I hope she is there next time I come. They had some specials that sounded amazing, but I had heard the pizza was good here, so after debating, I decided on the pizza. I got a medium supreme and it was LOADED with toppings! Three kinds of meat, lots of veggies too. This is a eat with your fork pizza, its too heavy to lift it! The only things missing was the cheese. Very little cheese on the entire pizza. Amazing thing was, it was still wonderful. This pizza was three meals for me, it was so loaded. It also came with fresh, soft , yummy bread. I ordered a side salad and it was fresh and delightful too and not overpriced like some places. Beautiful atmosphere, plenty of parking, amazing service and great food. I would give the review a 5 if the pizza had a little more cheese. I will be back to try some of the other dishes....there are many that sound wonderful!

    Rigatoni Bolognese
    James G.

    After walking through the door and feeling like someone had purchased a restaurant starter kit off Amazon, we should have trusted our instincts to eat somewhere else - I will be haunted by that decision for the rest of my life (or at least for the next week). At least 4 people came up to tell us, someone would help us soon. I wondered why they seemed to put so much effort into telling us they'd help us instead of actually helping us but because the restaurant was only half full on a Saturday night - another sign that should have told us to leave - the wait wasn't very long for someone to actually help us. We ordered our drinks and looked through the QR code enabled menu on our phones. The waiter was a folksy guy that meant well but seemed to be a bit clumsy at his job and the interactions with him were fairly awkward. When I ordered the Rigatoni Bolognese he said our Bolognese sauce is great. My wife ordered the Penne Rustica - he didn't comment on that sauce which is weird because when it came out it appeared to be the exact same sauce. The waiter said he would bring out some bread shortly. I was hopeful, maybe this place will be a surprising hole in the wall with great food. And then the food arrived! The bread seemed like a super market French bread loaf thrown in an oven to dry it out just a little to make it crunchy and warm. My wife and I got dishes that looked nearly identical. Runny pasta sauce, over cooked noodles, and a taste that felt like a frozen pasta dish reheated. The Rustica had a few sad looking vegetables and chicken breast that had fake grill marks on them like a package of chicken breast bought next to the lunch meat in the grocery store. The bolognese had ground beef that looked like it had been tossed into a dish after it had been completely compiled. The waiter couldn't understand why we didn't want a box to take the barely eaten food home. I explained it wasn't very good. He tried to be helpful but fell short of actually doing anything to resolve the problem whether comping the items or just asking what might not have lived up to expectations. It just felt like everything else at the restaurant, a bare minimum effort to make things passable. I recognize the owners are probably trying to make a living and support their family. I commend them for taking a risk with a restaurant but I would suggest they invest in improving their experience starting with the food. I don't write reviews like this lightly but I also worked hard that day earning the money that I spent paying for this meal. If you work hard for your money, I suggest you support another business that puts forward that same effort earning your support.

    Pasta Rustica with chicken
    Kelly M.

    Excellent bistro atmosphere. Clean, welcoming environment. Fresh made foods, the bread! Oh, my! Be patient, food cooked to order. Fresh brewed iced tea. Will visit again to try their pizzas.

    Chicken caprese
    Elizabeth C.

    Annie our server was the BEST! I came here tonight with my sister, 2 adult nephews, and my brother in law. Annie suggested items to us as we were taking forever to figure out what we wanted. We ordered fried calamari and fried mozzarella to start with. She came right out with appetizer plates and fresh hot bread. We finally figured out what we wanted and we were all pleased with our choices. The eggplant rollatini I had was so big I only ate one roll out of the three. We were all pleasantly surprised that a sald came with each dinner as a lot of places have done away with that. My brother in law had the chicken sorrentino and he was surprised at the size of his dish as well.he has lived here for years and never been here and will definitely be his new hang out.

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    Just inconsistent, last night order two dinners and just wasn't worth the price going forward pizza only

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    Good food good service nice place and would go back again next I will try the pizza I don't know why this has to be 85 characters

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    They have amazing Brooklyn pies! It's my guilty pleasure!!! I love to order take out from them

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    Food was incredible! The desserts are to die for! Service is always fast & friendly. Great place to have in Holly Springs!

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