Terrace Bistro

Love the hotel– it has a cool and hip industrial look to it and large guest suites. Not too many amenities… free bottle of water and kcups coffee but that will be about it. front desk very friendly and helpful– upstairs bar personnel not so much unfortunately.
Views from the rooftop are cool and you can lay out nicely while enjoying a relaxing afternoon before the crowd hits the bar around 5 ish.
Great hotel– would stay again.

At the NYLO hotel. Beautiful view of Dallas, with a roof top infinity pool. I HIGHLY recommend bringing any guests who are visiting Dallas to this spot. However, plan to pay for the incredible atmosphere.

Eh. Service was so slow, as it appeared to be one gal on July 4^th night. Hummus average. Pizza average. Drinks were good. The homeless man who came in begging from table to table was so weird. The rooftop bar is where it is at here, not the restaurant. Super small did not even seem like a restaurant.

In my opinion from the other reviews, I think this place has stepped it up since their opening night. It is a bit pricey, but the food is delicious. The waitress was very knowledgable and she helped me choose a menu option that was gluten free. The wait for our food didn’t take long. We used a Living Social deal so we had a $ 50 voucher. It was enough to cover the cost for my husband and me. I would eat here again!

Absolute worst expirence I have ever had the room was horrible bistro was horrible sent my food back went to have a drink at the bar waited 30 min and left with no drink. I gave the place 1 star for the view. I never write review but had to for this
isn’t going to last.

Couldn’t understand why the service was so bad. Everything seemed to take about 50 to 100% longer than you’d expect. Even when we anticipated the arrival of a guest and told the server we’d need to add a table, nobody made a move until after he arrived and then only after again being prodded. They weren’t crowded and the surrounding tables were empty so it wasn’t an issue of overload. And the kitchen must’ve been filled with chain smokers because nobody seemed to realize they were salting the hell out of everything. It’s as if they couldn’t taste the food they were sending out. Briny salad, briny soup. The only defense is to claim you’re a heart patient or eat elsewhere. It was really that bad. Rather irritating and disappointing because the food wasn’t cheap and we should have gotten to taste the obvious quality of the ingredients. I just wish it could have been a better experience.

Not bad, but definitely not good either.
Located inside South Side’s industrial-​chic NYLO hotel, almost everything about Terrace Bistro seems odd.
First off, the «restaurant» is more like a sitting room in the lobby and if it wasn’t for my friends who were already sitting down at a table, I wouldn’t have known that that was where we were eating.
Secondly, the menu is strange — it needs to make a decision of what cuisine its trying to be. From Croque Madame’s and risotto to hummus and mussels, it is just confusing. I went with the burger and it was good enough, something I would order again if I had to eat here. My friend got the corn risotto which was fine but had so much lemon in it, there is no way you could eat the entire thing. We also order the gazpacho and although it is in the largest bowl you will ever see it was horrible. It seemed as though the gazpacho was more like chilled canned tomato paste with a few leaves of fresh basil.
The worst part about Terrace Bistro though? The service! Not only was our waiter beyond aloof but we spent 10 minutes trying to flag him down for our bill. There was one waiter for the entire restaurant which sounds rough, but not when there are less than 8 tables and it wasn’t close to being full.
The verdict? If you live in Dallas, don’t go here. Head upstairs to the Soda Bar for a cocktail accompanied by a fantastic view of the city. If you’re staying at NYLO? Still skip Terrace Bistro and head across the street to Cedars Social or Full Circle Tavern!

What a great new space on the south side of Dallas! I went to lunch yesterday with some friends and had a great experience! They were offering lunch at 50% off to try and draw more customers… what a fabulous deal! The hotel is decorated beautifully… such a cool, hip space. The service was excellent… he not only sold the food, but told us the history of the building. I enjoyed the scallops with corn risotto, shared the beet salad and two different desserts (the chocolate cake and lemon cake) — yummy! Excited to come back and try out the Soda Bar on the 6^th floor!

I stayed at the Nylo and decided to just eat in my room one night, so I ordered some simple to go food from this place in the hotel lobby. First, it looks really cool. But with the jazz band, it’s incredibly loud. I have no idea how you could go here for a date or with a group because there is no way to have a conversation. I had to scream my order at the bartender a foot away from me.
Second, my order took a long time. I was told they had a big party, but there weren’t many other tables in the place and my order was incredibly simple.
On to the food. The menu seems pretty creative, but a little pricey. The entrée pricing is reasonable, but the small plates, soups, and sides are over priced. I ordered the lobster bisque and a side of corn risotto. My meal, with tip and tax, was about $ 20. The bisque was supposed to be a bowl, but the portion was somewhere between a cup and bowl. The side of risotto was a good portion though. I thought the lobster meat itself was delicious, but the soup was way over salted. I could only eat half the bisque because of the saltiness. It would be a wonderful dish if there was a more conservative hand on the salt. The risotto however was not good and I’m doubtful on its potential. The rice was mushy, yet dry. There was very little flavor at all. The corn seemed like they just dumped a bag of frozen corn in after cooking the risotto. There was no seasoning, no marriage of flavors, just nothing. Zero stars for texture and flavor. Sadly enough, when I ordered it, the bartender exclaimed how much she loved the risotto. Yikes.
This is a fairly new place, and the menu seems promising, so I wouldn’t write it off just yet. But it needs some refining.

Service and food were good. Lighting was too bright and we waited way too long for our drinks. Other than that, it was a pleasant experience.

Tonight was the opening of the NYLO and its restaurant Terrace Bistro. We just moved next door and I still haven’t fully unpacked my kitchen (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it), so we figured trying a brand new restaurant beat ordering pizza. That it did… but barely. However, I think the problems we experienced were more due to the newness of the staff and not flaws in the restaurant itself. We will definitely go back and update our review. I believe there’s actually a 4-​star restaurant in there.
The menu is very promising and varied. They had me at scallops, risotto and asparagus (2 small plates and a side dish). Unlike the nearby Cedar Social, they asked me if I wanted them all brought out together, so bonus points for that. However, the execution didn’t quite live up to the promise for the corn risotto, which was undercooked. The asparagus itself was average, but it had a tasty and unique fried egg accompanying it. I enjoyed the scallops (the small plate was 2 scallops and a bean purée) and felt they were cooked very well. They frequently asked how everything was and when I pointed out the risotto, offered to redo it or take it off my bill. I opted to have it removed and split a dessert instead — a delicious chocolate cake. My boyfriend got the hamburger and while he insisted it was very good, just looking at it was obvious that it was not medium but medium rare (at least). It came with bacon that wasn’t listed on the menu and they forgot to leave off the tomato (which the waitress later realized and apologized for).
They have a very… interesting…mixed drink menu. My boyfriend and I each ordered 2 different cocktails. ¾ didn’t sit well with us. However, I will say that all 3 of those were ordered by the table next to us and they seemed to enjoy them. So it may be our palettes. They asked for our feedback and said they’d pass it along to the bartender, which is promising. I tried the Frenchie which was offered to us by both of our waiters and it was quite delicious and refreshing.
Service was excellent and very eager. Dinner and drinks took a while coming out and they apologized. They truly wanted us to enjoy ourselves and repeatedly asked for feedback.
Atmosphere is ok — it’s a chic vibe, though you don’t forget that you’re essentially eating in a hotel lobby.