Bold

OMG, best meal in a long time! We went on a monday and had the chopped salad and some small plates. Outstanding service and food, I told my sister she is not allowed to go there without me!

I’ll be back.
Great local place with a global inviting atmosphere. Food was fantastic, service was great, lovely friendly people.
I’m glad I happened upon this place, I’ll definitely be back.

Great steak. Good people. Classy atmosphere inside despite the strip mall location. A nice find in Kalamazoo.

Really good food! Service was great! The cowboy steak was to die for!!! They do half off small plates on Monday and it’s excellent!!!

There were four of us and when our food came we could only say mmmmm! No more talking. Just eating. The food was wonderful. The service was great. The owner even paid for our drinks! Can’t wait to go back!

Took clients for dinner. We all had a great meal. The crab dip was outstanding, the Cowboy Steak tender and delicious. But dessert stole the show. The BOLD Bananas were delicious and the Crème Brûlée amazing.

Not sure how this place got 4stars. After I went I spoke to others that felt the same. Not bad food but edible at best. Less impressive when you get the bill. I travel and eat all over the world. A14 dollar Manhattan! Save your money and go to red lobster, you’ll get a better meal for much much less. The dinning room is not impressive with the brown paper protection of cheap table cloths.

Always a great experience. Wish they had less Arcadia beers and more variety on tap but otherwise can’t complain. The food is always fantastic and the service is top notch.

Great food and wonderful service. A bit in the smaller side to accommodate large groups and usually need a reservation!

This place is amazing! We visited on a Saturday night for our anniversary and a ‘mmmm’ or ‘oh my gosh’ followed every other bite! We started with the Mojito and a Strawberry Fusion Martini (awesome) and tried a couple small plates-​the Risotto Fritters and Roasted Corn & Crab Dip (double awesome, and we don’t typically like seafood/​fishy dishes). For our entrees we had the New York Strip & BOLD Tenderloin. Delicious, cooked perfectly and just melted in your mouth! Mmmmmm it was good! We took dessert home and it was on the house when they heard it was our anniversary. (the Peanut Butter Cups)
Service was professional, attentive and prompt. The manager came by a couple times to check in on us, which was appreciated. Five stars all day!
My only «complaint» is that when sitting in the bar area, there is too much visibility into the kitchen. It’s a high end place, they should put up a half wall or something, so their guests don’t see that. But regardless, I’ll be back and will happily pay every penny. Delicious!!!

My mother and I were looking for a nice place while we were in Kalamazoo for the weekend. Let me just say that this place is AMAZING! The food is outstanding, the restaurant has a nice ambience, and the service was incredible. Our waitress Kerry was simply the best. She was incredibly personable, friendly, and helpful! Also, the prices are really reasonable for this type of restaurant. 2 people, 2 dinners, 4 drinks, 2 desserts= $ 87 before tip?! Sounds great to me. I only wish that I lived closer so that I could come back more often. But no doubt, it will be my go to place when in the area. Can’t wait to take my husband!

I was here for dinner a week ago the service was mediocre and the food was bland. The menu was not thought out from a chefs point of view.

Seriously. What is there NOT to love about this place! If you haven’t been there before… Well, what are you waiting for! GO!

Zero complaints. every appetizer and meal I’ve have there is worth the price of admission. would higly recommend.

Bold’s food is unique and wonderfully appealing. I have never had a dish I didn’t love and have visited many times.

Ok. So it is a little on the expensive side for the greater kalamazoo area but it is worth every penny. When they say small plates it is not Tapas sized plated, one serving larger. We had four small plates;
Stuffed shrimp with andouille
Pork tacos
Beef tenderloin hash
Goat cheese bake
Chef Havey is a true chef. The food was great, eclectic and fun. The service was better than most restaurants in Kalamazoo. Highly recommend. Great date night spot.

I was in the area on business and first limited my Unilocal search to restaurants that were near where I was staying — Bold looked promising enough that I didn’t bother to search for spots around downtown Kalamazoo.
It happened to be a Monday night, which meant half-​price small plates and apparently a pretty brisk business … I came by late in their dinner service, though, so was able to get a table fairly easily. I decided to have a salad and a couple of small plates for dinner — I chose the chopped salad, their special tenderloin brochette small plate, and the stuffed portabella on the recommendation of my waitress.
The chopped salad was just ordinary. I struggle to say what was in it – iceberg lettuce, cheese, bacon? It really could have used more textural contrast and flavor. Meh. As for the small plates, the special consisted of a skewer of beef tenderloin cooked medium rare served with some sort of white sauce & garnish over a polenta cake. The meat was perfectly cooked and tender, and the polenta cake was perfectly crisp on the outside and creamy on the inside. The sauce and garnish were less successful, primarily due to temperature. The sauce was room temperature and the garnish cold, as if it had just come out of the refrigerator. I found that to be so off-​putting that I scraped everything off and just ate the steak alone. Similarly, there were cold grape tomatoes garnishing the stuffed portabella. I ended up eating those tomatoes separately from the portabella, as they were relatively nice and flavorful. The stuffing for the portabella was a mish-​mash of too many assertively flavored items that didn’t meld at all, and didn’t complement the meatiness of the mushroom itself.
So, all in all, I found the dishes I tried to be rather disappointing. I’d like to think that it was poor selection on my part, as it did seem to be a nice enough place, with a pleasant atmosphere, competent service, and an almost full dining room with numerous groups of people seemingly enjoying their meals. For me, though, I’m sure I would have been much more disappointed if it hadn’t been half-​price night.

Another restaurant with atmosphere problems.
I loved the brown paper on the tables, the lighting was nice and the view of the corn field was amazing… Eerie, but beautiful. What I didn’t enjoy was what looked like fast food restaurant booths and chairs and elementary school carpeting. It’s a shame, because the rest of the restaurant is beautiful, but those poor decisions completely ruin what could be an elegant ambiance.
I couldn’t write this review without explaining how weird it was to sit without a menu for about 20 minutes. I initially thought it was unintentional and they just forgot, but after a while I was just about to mention it and the server actually stopped by specifically to mention they knew it WASN’T time for the menus yet, but they wanted to let me know what the specials were… I sat there thinking to myself, yes, yes it is time for the menus! It was time for the menus 20 minutes ago! Who does this?!? Is this a new thing?!? I’m confused.
To give them credit, the food was presented and prepared beautifully. Spectacular flavor! One of the best fillets around.
This place is pricey — I’d go back for the food, but if they want to win over customers, they need to get rid of those god-​awful booths and chairs — otherwise people are going to want to spend their money in a better looking restaurant with food of equal or lesser quality.

Location from our house: Awesome
Able to accomodate gluten free hubby: Good
Good for kids: Nope
Food: OK, but overpriced for what you get (although I was not a fan of the risotto fritters)
Service: Not good. Took forever to get our food and even longer to get our check. And when we first sat down, the place was pretty empty, so really no excuse. (The real reason for the two star)
Won’t be going back which is unfortunate, since it is close to our house.

Monday night is half off small plates, and it’s AMAZING.
This is definitely one of the best places to go in Kalamazoo. The service is always great, the restaurant itself is tastefully decorated, and the food is killer.
We’ve gone for some of their buffets (they do Mother’s day and Thanksgiving and probably others), and they’re great! The assortment of food is wonderful, and they’re always accommodating to vegetarians.
The prices are high but not for what you get. I haven’t had a bad meal here. Great place for happy hour, for business meetings (this is one of the default places we go when my boss is in town), and for dates. Don’t forget to get dessert.
Definitely make reservations unless you’re going early on an off night. (Monday is not an off night.)