Bongo's Bistro

Reviews about Bongo's Bistro

• 5 / 5

  By Linda Crane
  My husband and I are thrilled to hear that Bongo's Bistro is open again. It has been our all time favorite and best loved restaurant for both of us. The prime rib is the best we have ever had, and my husband has ordered it probably 50 times. I explore the rest of the menu (I get a few bites of his) and think chef Aubrey is a masterful chef. I have never had a bad meal there and we have been fans since before the tornado took them and most of Stockton out some years ago. The staff is always nice, especially Cher, and the prices are not high for the quality of food. The same dinner in Springfield would be 10$ to 15$ more each. The alfredo sauces and pastas, the fish, the wine sauces, are perfection. The salad with house dressing is the best ever. We drove 30 miles twice a month to eat there for years, and can't wait to go this weekend, now that we heard that they have reopened. My kids learned to appreciate good dining there and will agree with this review,too.
  
  April 11, 2017
• 2 / 5

  By Katrina Skidmore
  My husband and I live in El Dorado Springs (about 30 minute drive from Stockton) and decided to try out Bongos since it had wonderful reviews. If I could give two and a half stars I would. The entire experience was okay as a whole but our food was terrible. Our server was very friendly but obviously had his hands full. Upon entering the restaurant there was no "seat yourself" or "wait to be seated" sign so we stood at the door awkwardly for bit before someone told us it was seat yourself. When we sat down our server came very quickly and was very friendly and did a good job of answering our questions and telling us the special and things . Our server was easily the best part of the evening. My husband and I both ordered pasta with salads and breadsticks, and then a fried potato appetizer. Our app. took a good twenty minutes to come out and were freezing cold on the inside but the place was busy so we just ignored it, since we still had entree's coming. Another twenty or so minutes later our meals came out (we never did get salads) and they were terrible. My spaghetti was extremely sweet and the pasta was definitely just from a cheap box of spaghetti. Both mine and my husbands bread sticks were very tough and dry and his looked like it had been smashed and left for a while before they served it. We spent about $40.00 for a meal that could have easily been made by a child. Overall the restaurant may have tried to make our experience a little better had we complained out loud but I personally hate having to complain to get good food when I go out. Was very disappointed. We won't be dinning here again.
  August 23, 2016