Norman’s Bistro

Reviews

• Terry P.

  star star star star star_border 4 June 2026

  I'm pretty new to the area and Norman's bistro was a pleasant surprise! The outdoor seating was nice and our server was excellent. Reasonably priced bottles of wine and cocktails were a plus. Really enjoyed my seafood pot pie!

• Roxy H.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 1 June 2026

  I really dislike giving bad reviews to small businesses in the area but Norman's Bistro, there is room for improvement.
  Visited on a popular night, Thursday where they had live music and a DJ in the back bar area.  It was packed! I feel like there has to be a better way to lay out the restaurant on a night like this. Perhaps move some tables? Add more tables, add an additional bar or bartender. Add more seating for the outdoor area, limit the menu and bar menu to make it easier and faster to turn more orders? I don't know but whatever you have currently in place has caused me to have a lack of desire in returning.
  
  I stood in line for 20 minutes to order a drink. I decided to buy two so I wouldn't have to get back in a long line again for a refresher. Bartender was good and fast but by himself taking orders. Really?
  
  I ordered food and waited and waited over an hour before the waiter vaguely said "oh the kitchen didn't prepare the chicken for you". What?? Say what? So not knowing what he meant we waited longer. He never came back so we went in to find him. He then explained "the kitchen is closed now, I told you they didn't bring your order up for me to give it to you". What in the?....
  
  I witnessed a group BEG to have a bill to pay so they could leave. I also witnessed a table of five people that DID get their food order walk out on the bill because the server took so long to come back out to the outside area to give them their check.
  
  How do you make money on a busy night like this with staff so inexperienced? How can you streamline your menu, bar lines, ordering process and seating on a Thursday night? I don't know but you could be making more money with a better, more organized plan. I may return but it would be because I was asked to come, not because I booked this place on my own for dinner.

• Anita P.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 29 May 2026

  Shocked! It's a open space with no decor and a few tables & chairsLoud music from the back, people entering via the front and patio doors to go to the back room. Groups of people In & out, back & forth, talking while you and your group are dining. Awful! Am I in the right place
  The waiter was doing his best to function as server, busboy, etc. How do you make Caesar Salad ? Terrible Norm ..Dance Hall or Restaurant what's it going to be?

• Brittanya C.

  star star star star_border star_border 22 May 2026

  Very nice restaurant. Eating here with my family for our family reunion. They have a brunch buffet and it was very delicious. The pineapple mimosa is very good along with the cheese grits and salmon patties! Could only do 1 check for our large party (20).  It is 2019, there is no reason why restaurants can't split checks. Especially if they were to ask at the start how many bills. I know that POS knows how to split and separate. Smh. And I'm sure had we known that when we made the reservation it would have been made elsewhere.

• Alana A.

  star star star star_border star_border 18 May 2026

  So, the goal of the evening was to support black business. I'm not familiar with the restaurants on the south side and we ended up at Norm's. The main dining area was oddly quiet and everyone was seated in the corner section adjacent to the door. Looked like there was one waitress who doubled as the hostess. She sat us in an awkward way by waiving us over. My guess is that she was overwhelmed. We happened to see a bar area connected to the main dining room and we heard music so we chose to sit at two small high top tables instead for the sake of ambience. The bartender/waitress , Kim, took great care of us like a pro. She definitely had better customer service skills than the main dining room staff. The food was good and the presentation was too. I had lamb w veggies and duck dressing and greens. Good flavors. I would have it again. I tasted the salmon which was also pleasing to the palette, moist and tender. I don't eat liver but my friend said it was great. The only dish that was making, to me, was the ribs because they were oven baked. Could tell.  
  The bread pudding was the best I've ever tasted and the caramel cake was moist, dense and inviting. I ordered double crust cobbler which was a little disappointing because I thought that meant crust on top and bottom but I guess it meant a thicker square of crust on top. Not bad. When we were leaving around 9, live entertainment was setting up. Since there's a nice outdoor patio, I can only imagine how nice that would be in the summer. We all said that we could see ourselves coming back in the summer for a little bit of everything. Overall, I'd say to check out Norman's.