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Our chef was fantastic: considerate and wonderful and funny. However, we had a reservation and still had to wait 50 minutes to be seated. We understand it’s a holiday but the wait was tough with three young kids. Our server seemed harried—she was very sweet but got orders wrong and forgot items altogether. Members of our party were given dirty forks. Fortunately, we weren’t charged for the missed items. So overall the food and chef were great, but the management clearly needs more servers for bigger holidays.

Outstanding meal. Great attentive service. Excellent food from the French Onion Soup and Hamachi Crudo appetizers to classic entrees Trout Almondine, Mussels Mariniere in a sublime white wine sauce with shallots and Creme Fraiche, and Filet au Poivre with a delicious cognac black pepper sauce. Belgian Endive Salad also very solid while the Bartender was on his game. All around great French Bistro vibe. And Chocolate Souffle to cap it off. A winner!

A magical Christmas experience! Service was outstanding and the food was delicious. Every single thing we ate tasted fresh and homemade, which is unheard of these days. And everyone was so kind to us. As first time parents with our four month old in tow, it meant the world!

We have been coming to Mistral for over 30 years, and it has never disappointed. The service is always great, the food is consistently delicious, and we are welcomed like old friends, even if we had taken a long break between visits, as was necessitated by having a newborn And having to eat in family type restaurants for his first 10 years. Even then, we would make sure we got in a visit to Mistral at least three times a year. Prior to that we dined here pretty much weekly. We always joke that it’s our little Manhattan bistro in the heart of Sherman Oaks. Great date night spot!

Food was great. Comes out super quick though so just be ready for that. They kind of messed up the order of how the food was supposed to come out but overall was great.