Reviews of East Coast Bistro (Restaurant)

Suzanne Hickey

Nine of us went last night for Chop Chop and each person commented on the great food and service! ECB remains my favorite restaurant, as the quality of food and service is always top notch!

Adam Ketchum

Amazing food, we're never disappointed!

Dave Finch

Great atmosphere, very friendly staff, delicious food. We'll be back for sure.

Christian Gaudet

Great food and great atmosphere

Sean Doherty

Great restaurant for a date! Excellent food too!

Mike Wood

Absolutely amazing! Very polite and quick service. Crazy good food. Well worth the higher price.

Jess Wiseman

The filet steak special was $46, and both mine and my wife's came overcooked. Mine also had an unchewable hunk of fat and gristle, which should never be found in a tenderloin filet. The Brussels sprouts were crunchy, the parsnips were leathery and the service was lackadaisical. I ordered six oysters for my wife and two orders were delivered by another server. The server didn't check back after serving the steaks for at least 15 minutes, which is a huge mistake when the temperatures were wrong on both. I'm very disappointed with the experience, and do not recommend dining here.

J B Waters

Delicious! We had the Coconut Curry Lentil Soup and the Tofu Pakora, both were delicious! The customer service was very good. The decor is very pleasant. Very clean atmosphere.

Adarsh Fernando

Great service, delicious food, and reasonable prices. Would recommend to anyone! :)

Quinn Peters

Amazing food, almost didn’t eat it because it presented so well!

Bill Sherman

Lunch

Brian Maude

The food here is great and the staff are very friendly and knowledgeable about the menu contents, mode of preparation and nice wine pairings. Highly recommended (be sure to make a reservation)

Darren

Always a meal to remember. Innovative and one of the best in the city, if not the province.

Arron Metcalfe

Super good food. Portion was 1/10th too small still. I mean I get fine dinning. But it was lunch. And it was just not quite enough. Flavor was deep on the FOS. Right on the edge. Really good. Service excellent.

Isabelle Croteau

Meal type

Ramona M.

Great food with great service. Had the freshest scallops that belt in your mouth and the best prepared mussels. Wish I could go back every day! ????

Lucia Tramonte

Great seafood

sonia chen

Although the desserts looked wonderful we were too full to try them.

frank agoole

Fantastic service and food, smallish space but worth the trip. Great portions and fresh produce used for salads and mains.

Chris Drew

Meal type

Pacôme Allain

(Translated) Good restaurant, the chef is really good. We will come back with pleasure. (Original) Bon restaurant, le chef est vraiment bon. On reviendra avec plaisir.

Sassy Selassie

Nice food and atmosphere

Andrew Grothe

Great Steak Frits

Craig Shaw

My wife's favourite spot for a date night dinner

Karen Hatt

I am never disappointed when I dine here. The food is delicious. The staff are wonderful about managing food allergies too.

Bryan Langley

Best seafood chowder I've ever had. Burgers have to be well done which is not cool.

Jefferson Cole

FANTASTIC!! The staff was very friendly, and had no problem with us having our VERY TIRED 2 boys with us. Everyone was very happy with their meal!! Our family just arrived in Saint John and were very tired and hungry. Our 2 very picky boys (7/9) LOVED their ECB burgers, ate the entire thing! Quickly too! I was more than impressed with the Red Curry Seafood Sauté, and my wife loved her Linguini! French fries were amazing! My only regret is I couldn't eat everything on the menu, they were closing in an hour! Top Notch!!

Murray Hammill

Really great dishes both in taste and presentation, all with large portions. Only real problem was my table was wobbly on my first visit, but that wouldnt stop me from going back.

Tom Donovan

Burger Week...Philly Steak Burger...Yummy!

Andy Han

Phenomenal food. Excellent service.

Susan A

Great food ...nice environment a little pricey but sometimes you have to pay a bit more for unique tasty food.

Jason Yeomans

Great food and fantastic experience.

David Taylor

Great food and service! A kitchen that understands how to serve and present their creations.

Dexter Samuel

Me and my wife tried out this trendy restaurants for the first time on one of our date nights. It's a small Restaurant so you may definitely want to make a reservation. At first glance it looks a bit bear due to the lack of proper decor, but the chairs are super comfy. The staff is friendly and engaging, and the service was prompt. The food is fantastic, we enjoyed both our courses and even had desert. Very professional and well presented. There's a wide selection of wines and cocktails, very nice cocktails. My only drawbacks were the decor and the cutlery, tiny forks. We loved it and will go again.

Lucas Ortiz

Oh my gosh. Legit one of the only pure 5 star restaurants in this city. Also, give Kyle a raise or promotion.

Jeremy Deering

Went for dinner.. appetizer and drinks were great. Gnocchi prepared to perf. Wife had lentil & mushroom croquettes, and I told waiter to let chef decide. Choice was yellowfin tuna steaks. Cooked and prepared perfectly. By far the best meal we have had in Saint John. Flavours were outstanding.

Jeff Sheehan

Terrible experience. We were given a gift card for the restaurant, but it took almost 2 years for our first visit. When my wife and daughter tried to pay for lunch, the gift card was rejected... the server claimed the card was used months earlier on an evening when we were nowhere near the place, with items in the receipt that we'd never order Seems the restaurant or servers scans for old, unused gift cards and either fakes orders or treats friends. Not interested in eating food from a restaurant with such poor ethics.

Adib Towfiq

Great place for lunch or dinner. Great food!!! Best in saint john

acgushurst

Every bit as good as it's reputation.

Christian Goldie

Amazing food and a beer selection that gives pairing options. Great atmosphere. Make reservations.

Derrick Smith

Excellent choice for lunch when in downtown Saint John

Gray Skedgel

Best in town

Tom Brittner

Excellent meal. Very well presented. Great service.

Eric Falkjar

Had the scallops special. Wish it was regular as it was worth going back for.

Leah Fitzgerald

Great options for lunch and dinner. Service is impeccable. Burger Week here is always on point.

Kaylie Broome

We went for burger week and got to ECB Big Macs. They were delicious, and did not disappoint. I've heard their regular ECB burger is delicious, and after burger week, we'll definitely be back to give them a try.

Stephen MacMackin

Excellent

neat little piles of chaos anderson

Brilliant every time

Tony Mann

The restaurant is clean and the staff are friendly. The food was excellent.

Nick Lazaris

The bouillabaisse was out of this world!

Scott P

Fine dining in a relaxed atmosphere. And not to pricey.

Ron Mosocco

We stopped in here for lunch in Saint John, NB last year we spent 3 months touring the lovely Country of Canada! I had 50 awesome steamed fresh local mussels, oh my! Doris chose her favorite Beet Salad which she thoroughly enjoyed with a Red Sangria and an Alpine Draft to wash it down. Our server, Rielly, was attentive, courteous and friendly. Our total bill came to $ 63 CAD. Super spot to grab some grub!

Rock Lafontaine

Absolutely delicious! Great and friendly service. Good choice of beers.

Mary Folkins

The food is so delicious and the staff so friendly and professional.

Kris Ullman

Wonderful food.

E S

Celebrated a significant birthday with family and friends. The Staff were extremely accommodating and professional. The food and service was A+. We have eaten here many times and have not been disappointed. The Gnocchi is always outstanding! The pastry chef made a lemon curd Birthday Cake that was sublime!!!

Tal Goldenberg-Keren

Love the food, Good service! Wish they were open till later than 10pm..

KevJen Gale

This place is just simply amazing! The welcome and friendly staff, and my waitress Emily, made me feel welcome and took the time to explain the options. When I revived the starter, I was impressed with the speed, presentation and the quality yum yum! My main course was as inspiring and I’d come here again from Ontario with my gorgeous fiancé and surprise her with the reason why being a Canadian, especially in the Maritime is a little secret, but a big joy not to be passed bye in this life time!

Jessica Moore

I’ve been here twice. The first time I really enjoyed my meal. The second time I thought it was quite mediocre for the price I was paying.

Darren Priest

Bad service, mediocre food. A place to be seen for a certain type of Saint Johner.

James Hickey

The food is the best in the city. The service is outstanding.

Liora Naroditsky

Came here for a weekend brunch and was not disappointed. Very delicious food and a nice variety. Great for a special occasion!

Jody Kliffer

Great main course and delicious chick pea crusted tofu appetizers. Great service.

S Holland

My husband and I had dinner here last week and had a wonderful experience! The food was phenomenal! We had the house made barbecued brisket and the seared scallop dish and shared both. The food was cooked to perfection and the presentation was beautiful. Service was extremely efficient and our waitress, Emily, kept an eye on us and was there if we needed anything. I am giving this a 4 star review only because of the stemware available for a glass of wine consists of stemless glasses. These are too large for me to hold comfortably without dropping and my husband has nerve damage to his hand which makes it impossible to hold these types of glasses. Our server came to our rescue with glasses that we could hold (brandy snifters!) without spilling a drop :) We will be back!

Dahlia Das

Each dish I have tasted here has been delectable and unique.

Joel Kancir

Service

Mary Collins

East coast Bistro is on the more expensive side however it's definitely worth it. Their fries are house made and taste amazing! I'd also recommend the bête noir if you love chocolatey desserts. Pictured below is the Catch of the Day (which happened to be scallops,) and the Bête Noir.

Heather Urquhart

Dine in

Northern Shewolf

The waitress was pleasant. I ordered a plain burger and fries, the fries tasted like dirt, like they weren't washed. The burger was so full of onion I couldn't taste the beef and it was so greasy the toasted bun was soggy. Will never sit that long and pay that much for another meal. Bad representation of East coast food. 20 min to order, 45min to food I couldn't eat.

Jeanne Hamilton

Never disappointed. Amazing food every time. Plant based options available.

Mario E. Brillantes

Excellent place for business lunch or dinner.

Erhan Seven

Ask anyone in Saint John where to eat and the first place they come up with is East Coast Bistro. Chef/Owners Tim Muehlerbauer and Kim Steele have created a destination restaurant that every foodie in town eats at when they want a great meal. The menu is hyper local and seasonal, the staff are friendly and prompt, and best of all the food is superb. During my stay in Saint John my birthday came and went. Where did I book a reservation for dinner? East Coast Bistro of course, and I wasn’t disappointed. The meal started with a half dozen Oysters, then a Purple Cabbage and Peanut Salad, followed by my main course of Steak & Frites. Perfection. Dinner ended with a surprise Birthday cake made by the Chefs. It was mine, all mine!

Devin Magennis

Food is good but not worth what it is priced

Curtis Godin (Google Maps Editor)

Really great customer service excellence staff this year's an awesome facility the place is extremely clean the prices are really good at attractive very trendy crowd me and my friends really enjoyed coming here for a quick bite and it's such a great environment can't wait to come back again soon these guys stuff with disserving 5 star review I highly recommend anybody looking for a good spot to have a bite or just relax to checkout East Coast Bistro thanks for everything guys really appreciate it

Arjun Damodar

The food is really great but at the same time very expensive. Definitely a fine dine place.

Gregory Boyd

Reliable food and pro servers. Menu and decor a touch outdated but this a solid choice for lunch or dinner.

Jordan Hickey

Food was bomb, had the haddock soup was delicious made up for the mediocre service. Definitely be back though.

Andrew Jones (Haddion)

Worth the money. Good menu, well executed

Doug Yeomans

Great Food and service

Steve P. Mackin

Absolutely splendid. Dined on Cornish hen, steak frites, cream brule, sticky toffee pudding. Knowledgeable and attentive staff. The presentation of the courses was actually art; presented with such precision one might not want to ruin it by eating it! Overall, a tremendous dining experience. Highly recommend. Bravo!

Brandon MacDonald

I have only been to East Coast Bistro once, but my experience wasn't the greatest. Unfortunately, my wife and I ordered the same dish and both had the same sad outcome. We got thick and fatty beef brisket that was tough to eat. Served with brisket was a bland and overcooked corn bread. The service was fine; just the food ruined the night. I would consider trying it again.

Fletcher Ritcey

Food was really good. Service was good too. Portion was a little small for a $36 entrée. We got dessert too and it was fabulous and quite big for just $8. The portions just deem to be a little inconsistent. I think without dessert we would have left hungry. Overall good experience though.

william Liu

Had an amazing dinner at this cute restaurant, ordered duck, and oysters, definitely recommend this place to everyone!

matt frigaux

hands down THE best restaurant in saint john.. food is always consistent and the utmost care is taken in making sure you get the best meal you could imagine.. the only place in town where i'll regularly try something different because i know kim and her amazing team just won't disappoint.. great atmosphere, the best staff.. you need to venture here as it's one of the best places to eat in canada..

Helena Ha

Solid canadian food. Noted specials can be a little $$$$.

Jonathan Clark

One of my favorite restaurants in Saint John. I've never left this place disappointed. Always great service, amazing meals and fairly priced for the great quality. The mirrored glass in the dining room is great for people watching while dining. Love this place.

Rhonda Slade

Never disappoints!

Jason Richardson

Best meal in St John. Excellent menu and perfectly executed dishes. High attention to detail and great flavor profiles. The salmon was cooked perfectly and married with bold flavors that were to die for. I'd eat here every day if I could.

emily tibbet

Outstanding meals and atmosphere. Dont be afraid to try the poutine & hamburger! Great raw oysters along with east coast specialities with a sophsiticated twist. Great for dates, groups and celebrations. Fun cocktail and dessert menu. The sticky toffee pudding is excellent.

trina scarlett

Excellent food and service.

Genevieve Lalumiere

The food was decent but nothing spectacular. Service was rapid and friendly. We would have been happy with our experience had it not been so expensive -

Barbara Silverman

Our dinner was a perfect gastronomic experience. The decor of this small, cozy restaurant was uncluttered modern. All five dishes we ordered were visually pleasing and a perfect blend of flavors and textures. Appetizer included mushroom toast and kale/pear salad, entrees were the halibut special and chicken fricassee, and we forced ourselves to make room for the sticky toffee pudding for dessert. This was definitely was a Michelin star-quality meal.

Jimmy Crase

Wonderful place to eat. Might be a little expensive for some, but the quality is worth it.

Zoe Yu

average food. I didn't have a good or bad experience at this restaurant.

jason pleau

Food was 5 star Service was 5 star….thanks Molly!! We will be back often

Mike Loughery

(Translated) Very good food (Original) Très bonne nourriture

danobeck

I ordered a tiramisu for my wife’s birthday because it is her favourite. The cake these folks made for us was not only beautiful and reasonably priced, it was delicious! This is coming from a guy who thinks tiramisu is a garbage cake. I even had a second slice! 10/10 would buy again!

Chuck Bernard

My fiancé and I enjoyed a lovely east coast trip in the maritimes and our last stop on our way back home was St-Johns for a couple of nights. We were very excited to try local restaurants there as our trip had been nothing short of spectacular food wise so far. We opted for Italian By Night the first night, which was excellent, and East Coast Bistro on the second night. Based on our experience, I would recommend passing on East Coast Bistro. It was wildly overpriced and the service was very subpar for a 180$ meal (our wine glasses were not topped off even once and so was our waters, waitress felt annoyed, etc). We ordered gnocchis and oysters as appetizers - gnocchis came with a slice of mozzarella cheese on them making them rather tasteless, but oysters were okay (still the worst we had the entire trip though). Our entrees were the Seafood Linguine and the Brisket - The linguine was fine, but the brisket was dry as hell. Forget tenderness, I had to knife my way in there like an axe. I told our waitress at the end of the night and she pretty much brushed it off and never apologized! It is worth mentioning that it was their most expensive item on the menu that night. The dinner ended up costing more than our previous night at Italian By Night, and was a massive disappointment. The place was at reduced capacity because of covid restrictions and it was a slow Friday night… it felt very weird, and weird is not a feeling you want to feel walking out of a close to 200$ dinner on vacation.

James Agnew

Excellent food and service!

Sonia Myre

Excellent service and food. Perfectly prepared halibut. Best salad (purple cabbage and peanut) I have ever had.

Della Jimenez

We had a great meal with friends, having made a reservation in advance. This year I discovered a new cocktail - P.Y.T. which stands for "Pretty Young Thing" when I asked about it - using Elderflower liquor - loved it so much I had two. We shared the appetizer which consisted of roasted mushrooms, pickled rhubarb, onion, pate, toasties - the only comment I would have about the presentation is that perhaps the mushrooms could be served in a shallow dish instead of a jar, which made it abit difficult to extract. The entrees were very good as were the desserts. Friendly service, busy place. This restaurant has a back area where a large group could easily enjoy a nice meal. I was able to thank the chefs for a lovely meal since they look onto the restaurant. We have been here many times and will come back again and again and again.

Kay

Great food and service.

Betty Hennessy

It was the best tofu I have had in my 30 years a vegetarian. Outstanding.

A.J. Dick

Place was dead and we still got refused service and turned away. I can see if it was busy that they'd enforce the "reservation required" rule but it was empty. I can't see why there would even be such rule being a stop for tourists, like is it to do a background check on the customer to see if their "good enough" for their establishment ? Or maybe if we were dressed fancy instead of wearing our tourist clothes we would've gotten served.

Peter Graham

Best burger in Saint John. Best burger I've ever had! Amazing selection of food and desserts!

Catherine Paulin

me and my husband went to the East Coast Bistro for dinner a couple of days ago and it was delicious! I had the trout and he had the burger. Both dishes were very well constructed. We also started with the goat cheese and it was such a fun and tasty starter. For dessert, I had the bete noir, so delicious! I love everything is prepared there even the ice cream/sorbet which is delicious! We're already planning our next dinner there and hoping to go for lunch as well very soon.

Maryse Leduc

(Translated) The service was excellent and we appreciated that there were Quebec products on the menu and even a Quebec beer! I had two entrees thinking the portions would be small but was surprised at the amount of food in each dish. As a Quebecer, I approve of your poutine !! (Original) Le service était excellent et nous avons apprécié qu'il y ait des produits du Québec dans le menu et même une bière québécoise! J'ai pris deux entrées en pensant que les portions seraient petites mais j'ai été surprise par la quantité de nourriture dans chaque plat. En tant que québécoise, j'approuve votre poutine!!

L K

Service

Kurt MacDonald

Dinner

Joanne Houde

Exceeded my expectations! Great dining experience. Food was remarkable, friendly staff. Would definitely go back!

Annette Sammut

Quiet, clean, nice ambiance and the food was incredible. Staff were nice,made me a really nice mocktail when I asked. Steak was perfect, the pickle, cheese starter was more than we could have expected

Ruth Alexander

Excellent food

Carol Lee Elliot

Best restaurant in Saint John! Innovative and delicious!

Donald Mills

Great place to have an excellent family dinner. Service was good, presentation was great and the food was delicious. We were not served copious quantities, but rather an amount that did not leave one feeling bloated. The choices were many and varied, an altogether great evening.

John Casey

A great dining experience! The special entrees are always interesting and with wonderful tastes. The ECB salad is a must have every visit. Staff are friendly and provide great service. I consider ECB my Saint John go-to restaurant for a dining experience.

Steve

Exceptional.

Barry Westhaver

It only took a take out container that was very little fries and meat then also a server to be very very rude on pick up for me to post this prices to much for small services not good at all

Margie

Fabulous food with original ideas. Beautiful presentation, and staff were helpful. We were a big group of 16 in the private space at the back of the restaurant and service was a bit slow for the main course. I had the special pasta of the day, a ravioli stuffed with a cheese mixture and served in a saffron cream sauce with 2 jumbo prawns. It sounded wonderful by description (there were other flavours mentioned but I couldn't hear the server over the noise) and but it arrived lukewarm, was a very small portion compared to the other diners' meals (left me hungry) and rather bland and tasteless. Other diners' food came out steaming hot. Mains arrived slowly so food got even colder by the time we all had them. That's my only complaint; the rest of the dishes, appetizers (seared scallops) and desserts (vanilla brulee) were amazing.

Christian Runkowski

Excellent food at a good price for level of service and quality.

Brent

The staff are great. Some great daily specials and both the service and the food are consistently excellent

Suzanne Vanden Heuvel

Excellent Service. We had the veggie burger, mussels & gnocchi = all delicious. Lovely venue.

Linnae Olmstead

Excellent food, staff and atmosphere.

robert barnes

Always a great spot to eat

Deb Green

Awesome!

chris mcallister

Awesome food

Michael Daigle

Slow serving even for fine dining. Steak was tough and full of fat. Too many fries. Poor experience.

Robert Brown

A great dining experience not much better in town

Mark Hughes

Terrific service , atmosphere and great food

Kevin Fulton

Outstanding food with great wait staff!!

Kevin Doucette

GREAT Food Service A1 We Will be Definetly going back Only Regret didn't go sooner K D

Sam Warden

Fantastic food. Will be coming back many more times.

Penny Wolfe

The best restaurant in Saint John! A continually changing, seasonally based menu that is more that just the sum of it's parts. Each dish has a little something that makes it special. Always leave room for dessert!

Nicholas Daviault

Amazing food and excellent service! What more can you ask for!!

Pat Lively

Excellent service and food. Love this restaurant and staff

Jean Breau

This place is amazing. The food and service is the best in the city.

Michael G

Dine in

Nicolas Gagnon

Love this restaurant. The menu is different. The atmosphere is great and the staff is awesome.

henry lee

Excellent restaurant with delicious food and friendly staff at historical site of Saint John nb Canada!

Lynn Wills

Awesome food great service and nice atmosphere

Rick Barlow

First time diners, excellent food, excellent service. Only downside for us was the noise music...softer jazz would be nice.

Tara Cormier

Lovely place for a casual dinner.

Stephen Wheaton

Meal was fantastic