Bistro a la Mode

Quaint, local spot with so many yummy options! For what the offer, the prices are great. I’ve loved everything I’ve had: beef pot pie, filet sliders, homemade chicken nuggets for kids are awesome, the dessert. 5 stars for sure!

A hidden gem in Mesa! This quiet, off the beaten path garden oasis is tucked in to an industrial area with perfectly assembled, high quality lunch plates (can’t attest to the breakfasts as I haven’t tried them) with delicious fares in a relaxing environment. I HIGHLY recommend the chicken caprisi. Everything sounded great and the chicken delivered. Try it if you are around the Mesa area!

I’ve been here for breakfast (Saturday’s only) and lunch. It’s great food for anywhere especially for North Mesa where non-​chain restaurants and innovative food is difficult to find. I had the summer salad, sweet potato tots and tried the potato salad. All were excellent. For breakfast I had the bruleed oatmeal and honestly one of the best things I’ve ever eaten in my entire life. It’s quaint and quiet. The grounds are clean and beautiful and the prices are great too. I’m counting down the days until I get my hands on that oatmeal again. Truly a gem of a place.

Beautiful setting on the patio. Service is a little slow. We like to be seated and then have something in front of us, be it water and menus or drinks. We ordered the soup of the day, tour de france with sides of sweet potatoe tots and house made chips. Waited quite a while then everything came at once. Beautifully presented. Would have liked the soup first. Bean soup was a little thin, sandwiches were great and sides were ho hum. Dessert platter was overly sweet — sickly sweet. Iced teas were also very sweet. Portion sizes are a little on the small size but prices were very reasonable. Wait staff was friendly. I’m not sure we would go back but will recommend it

Food and service outstanding!

Lovely little out of the way bistro you’ll never find unless you’re looking for it. The menu is interesting, the sandwiches were good, the service was excellent. Nice way to spend a lovely, sunny day. While you’re there, take a look at the facility where they do the weddings… really a lovely spot.
Only has outdoor seating so bring a jacket if it’s cool out…

The staff is amazing and super attentive! Even tho it was 5 minutes before closed they welcomed people to sit down. Anything and everything we tried was beyond 5 stars! Definitely coming back again and again!

Excellent cuisine… Amazing dishes… even the pickle that came with the sandwich was unique and delicious. We enjoyed the flavored and seasonings! Delicious!

I’m totally a regular here. Everything I said in my previous review is true except I think the current chef (the same chef from my earlier review) is even better than all the ones before. I am in love with so many things here, from the beautiful presentation of the dishes, to the perfect portion sizes, to the flavors and deliciousness of the food, to the friendly service. The food has been consistently good in the past year I’ve been coming here since Bistro a la Mode opened with this chef.

What a delightful little hidden bistro. Its nice to see fresh menu items that change everyday. The only draw back may be its all outside seating. Nice to have a heater today since it was cloudy.
The servers have been very knowledgable and they appear to care about the customers. Our coffee was refilled w/​o asking and there was always someone around if we needed anything.
The pesto pasta today was over-​the-​top delicious and the sweet potato tots melt in your mouth. Their take on the grilled cheese will leave you speechless!
We tried the pastry tray with 3 desserts on it, a caramel bar, a brown explosion and a pumpkin chocolate chip roll. Only the last one we didn’t like… all 3 together was way way to sweet! None of us could finish it. It needed a fruit or citrus to balance out the sweet.
Can’t wait to go back.
While there make a trip to the restroom (they are inside the mansion). Beautiful!
Today they were setting up for a Party and we even talked to the owner.

This is truly a hidden gem.
The menu here is simple yet complex.
By that I mean they have sandwiches, soups and salads but they are ever changing such as the the –Mac n Cheese, Grown-​up Grilled Cheese, soup and some of the dessert. Don’t worry though, they do have some items that are always the same.
We couldn’t decide what sandwich to have so we decided to share the Tour de France which gets you ½ of the Southwestern Chicken Salad Croissant (our fav), Chicken Caprese and the Grown-​up Grilled Cheese and comes with 2 sides of your choice so we opted for the house made chips and the mac n cheese.
The portion was perfect for us to share.
We couldn’t decide on the dessert so we ordered the pastry platter which gets you the butter bar, pie of the day and the pastry of the day. ***caution not for the faint of heart or those watching their weight
We can’t wait to go back again and try other items on the menu.
The setting was gorgeous and perfect. A must try for sure.

My daughter told me about this place, so I thought I would try it out. My friend and I went today and had a chichen pot pie, and peach pie for dessert. They were both perfect. You can tell someone knows what they’re doing in the kitchen. The service was great to. I will be back to try the menu out.

This place is good. I give them a 5 star because I am pretty picky about my food and it’s not their fault if I wasn’t thrilled with it. I had the grilled cheese (Swiss, onions and fig jam) and bruschetta Mac n cheese. It was OK. I’m not too adventurous but I can understand why foodies would love it. Give it a try but check FB menu first.

2^nd Unilocal review I’ve ever written because it’s hard finding a place that’s worth my time writing something about. This place is delicious. The property looks amazing, the food looks amazing, and it tastes just as amazing. Love this hidden gem, I make to stop here whenever in Arizona.

I would give them 10 stars, I would have to consider this one the best Bistro’s in the area. the Grown Up grilled Cheese are fantastic, the Deserts are mind blowing, Flavor’s galore in everything you taste. The atmosphere of eating under the star’ s really make the entire dinning experience the Best.

Went with 3 girl friends to catch up and break bread… our waitress was fabulous. Sorry didn’t get her name but she has only been in Az. 8 weeks. Very knowledge about food and personality +…grown up grilled cheese, southwest chicken salad, oh the quiche was fabulous so light and creamy. We had party platter (which is 3 desserts of the day) Carmel butter bar!!! Crazy good. Apple pie, and a chocolate sinful cake all with lemon mousse on top…

Formerly known as Chives Café, this is a hidden gem for weekday lunch. Prices are very reasonable and the food is gourmet. Located in the Stonebridge Manor event venue. Seating is currently inside due to heat but there’s a beautiful patio with greenery where lunch is served in cooler weather.

Bistro a La Mode is basically the lower level of Stonebridge Manor. They built the restaurant into the house which is why I was so incredibly confused about this place for years! But rest assured, there are plenty of signs signaling you where to go.
The first time I went, my sister and I ordered the «Grown up Grilled Cheese» and the Beef Bourguignon. The food totaled around $ 12 which was not bad at all.
The food arrived very quickly and the plating was gorgeous. The food was even better. I had some of my sisters grilled cheese which had some sort of pot roast in it and swiss on sweet potato bread. I tried hers and it was amazing! I know it was «Just a grilled cheese» but it was still great. The flavors in every dish here are very nuanced. The beef had a rich borderlaise-​ish sauce. And the sweet potato bread added a nice sweetness.
My pot pie was also plated beautifully and I was shocked with how great the pie was. Bistro a La Mode has a lot of French influenced dishes and I could really taste the demi-​glacé in the sauce– something not a lot of restaurants do because of the price. The Pâté a brisee was also wonderful and I loved the «a la mode» mashed potatoes on top.
The food was so good that my sister and I decided to still order dessert. We got the pie of the day and the pastry of the day. Again, there were a lot of nuances in flavor and I could tell that the chef had put a lot of thought into what makes up the dish. Speaking of the chef-​I believe her name is Tess (?), came out to see how we were doing. She was so sweet and I could tell that she was passionate about the food she made.
Back to the food: the «baklava», while not authentic (on croissant dough, not phyllo) was still amazing and was served with a lemon curd whip. The pie was also good, and again, served beautifully.
We finished our meal with a cute receipt in a book and were amazed that two lunches (with hefty portions), two desserts, and one drink came out to around $ 20. I would expect to pay $ 40 for that quality of food!
The second time we went, I took my whole family and it was a bit more underwhelming because the potatoes needed a bit more salt, service and food were a little slower, the filet mignon had chewy, tough pieces of meat, and the tomato soup way too thick and not very flavorful. The rice pudding crème brûlée and grilled cheese of the day were still delicious though, and I am still giving Bistro a La Mode 5 stars because although the second trip was inconsistent with the first, the food was still great.
Also, they let you walk around the grounds of the manor so it’s really quite a nice overall experience– and because we lie so close, we will definitely be back! Even if you don’t live close, try it out!
The great thing about this place is that the manor does not depend on its restaurant to keep it afloat– meaning– Bistro a La Mode does not sacrifice quality of food for price.

Great food, inexpensive, laid bank atmosphere… I’m not usually one for anyplace called «bistro» LOL but I’m glad I took the chance!
I had the grown up grilled cheese and twisted Mac n cheese, my wife had a southwest salad. We had apple/​berry pie and rice pudding. Delicious! And under $ 20

To make a long story short, if you demanded my recommendations for a week’s worth of lunches in Mesa, Bistro a la Mode would be five of them. If I start listing *all* the things I liked about this hidden gem, well… you’d get too hungry and go someplace FAR less worthwhile.
The B. ala M. applies all the thoughtfulness and craft one could ask in a four-​star nuptial plating to their public pop-​up lunch service next to the Stonebridge Manor (which, in addition to hosting weddings, provides a sprawling backyard to the Bistro to walk off that marsala pot pie). Dishes are elegant, playful (see: «adult» grilled cheese), genuinely delicious, and in keeping with the a-​la-​mode theme, accompanied by some decadent chaser of asiago mashed potatoes, creamy beef salad, or the classic ice cream in the case of their stellar desserts.
The check (a scandalous bargain) is delivered, adorably, in the flyleaf of a vintage book. If nothing else, this flourish demonstrates that my native Seattle has lost its primacy in the art of the world-​class dining experience. The *best* lunches are served in Mesa, five minutes off 202.