Bistro Bar

500 E 1st St, Long Beach - 90802
183 reviews
American Tapas/Small Plates
(562) 901-0235

Be aware you have to order at the counter, this means if you walk in from the street you actually should go to the back where they have the counter, it is very oriented towards the hotel guests, i visited the place twice and both times i saw people comming in from the street.. waiting to be seated but noone payed attention to them so they ended up leaving.. ( the restaurant was aprox 50% full) to add to the confusion they had two menu cards, one for outsiders and one for hotel guests.. the food is ok, i had breakfast buritto.Nice clean interior, the staff seems friendly and serviceminded once you get their attention… but since this is a part of marriott i did expect more…

I just had the most surprisingly delicious burger at this place during my stay at the hotel next door. It's a nice bar, but I expected a generic frozen burger. What I got was a perfectly done and flavorful burger with some awesome fries alongside it. Bartender and the cook were friendly and attentive as well. Def recommend the Bistro Burger. Forgot to take a pic as I just ate it too fast.

Very clean restaurant, food was good. I didn't snap a pic of the qusadilla and the breakfast sandwich we got, but I was extremely satisfied and would have loved to go back if we were in town longer. I got the French toast for my son and ate a good portion of it myself, lol.

This hotel and bar could not be more welcoming and friendly - And, I'm from the South so that is high praise indeed!! Jessie was our waiter and he was patient and amazing to 7 crazy Cajun ladies. Stephen checked us in at front desk and I just LOVE LOVE him - cannot say enough good things. You really gotta try this place. I live in Louisiana and would come back just to stay here again!!

Not great.First we couldn't even get into the place, the door was shut where there's both stairs and a ramp leading to what you think would be the opening, had to find our way in through the hotel entrance.Had to order at the bar instead of having someone to come and take your order.Ordered the bistro breakfast, came with no toast or bread for the eggs but oddly with a side of lettuce? Haha.Coffee was pretty poor as well, I felt the server behind the bar was potentially getting frustrated with my accent/not being able to understand me. My coffee order was wrong.Unfortunately there's a lot of great places in the area to go for breakfast so I probably won't be back to this one.

Service was ok. We were not dressed at all for the scenery, but we were tired and staying in The hotel BUT I did feel like because we were not dressed accordingly it downed our Service. The food was good, it was over priced for the quality of food but the price was correct for the area & setting.

Fabulous and friendly.A wonderful welcome in our first venture out in Long Beach.

The service here is abysmal. Literally non existent. We walked in, stood by the sign that said, ‘please wait to be seated.’ There was no one there. There were 2 bartenders behind the bar, neither of them greeted us, or said anything. There were 4 people in the entire establishment. A patron said, sit anywhere. K. We do. Waited for 6 min. Servers come in and out the kitchen, never greeted us. The same patron was like, oh, if you see someone just, “flag them down.” Are you joking?? We left. Went next door to the Lb taco co, (which was packed) and had exceptional service. Glad we did, already know it tasted heads and shoulders better than hotel hot dogs.

They have a wide variety of dishes on their menu. You would be more comfortable with the place for the reason that the staff members were all friendly and lovely. We got home full! Surely, we'll be coming back here soon!

We stopped by after check in as it was the simplest option after the drive thru Los Angeles and into Long Beach.They were shorthanded, so thing did end up taking quite some time, but certainly understandable with limited staffing. Food and drinks were delivered to the table at the same time, which was a bit unusual but not unheard of. Simple menu, good food. Waitress was very nice and went above and beyond to both apologize for the delays on order completion and ensure we had everything we needed.