Bistro Chezanne

Mississauga is not a destination you go to for fine dining. I was in town for a business trip and stumbled upon the Streetsville neighborhood on one of my previous trips. For dinner this particular evening, I picked Bistro Chezanne based on a perusal of the Taste of Streetsville menus.
At the restaurant, everything on the menu looked so good that I ended up ordering off the menu, getting the French onion soup and the Salad Chezanne. The salad was particularly delicious with cubes of roasted butternut squash, lentils, goat cheese, and dried cranberries.
For dessert, I had the apple tart ala mode, which was good, but could have had more apple.
I’ll be back if I’m ever back in Mississauga.

I’m giving them a 3 because… as fancy and pricey as it is, and the food was delicious no doubt!, it doesn’t stand out to me…
My boyfriend took me here because I craved fries again for the billionth time… so we peaked in this place and looked at the menu on their window. I saw FRIES so we walked in.
It was on a weekend, for lunch. It was really quiet too with only one table out in the patio. and just us at the dining room. Just us! White table clothes (EDIT: it’s black, actually!), small table :(, water jug of beauty, with a centerpiece candle holder that I was fiddling around with…
It’s really really nice here! I ordered Moules et Frites (the waiter pronounced this SO perfectly, omg omg omg. I felt SO awful trying to say the name haha!). My boyfriend had the calamari, I think… I forgot. But I really just want to talk about my Moules et Frites, which translate to muscles and FRIES!!!
The muscles were delicious! They were so juicy, and I know the menu says… «Steamed mussels in a bacon and leek cream sauce served with home made frites,» it wasn’t creamy at all and I LOVED it.
THE FRIES WERE SO AMAZING! They were skinny skinny, mini mini mini fries. Smallest I’ve ever seen! And smallest bowl of fries I’ve ever seen :(but still very satisfying.
I loved my dish.
But like I said… this restaurant really doesn’t stand out. It’s a great place, I’m serious! Don’t let me discourage you from going! But now that I’ve been here once, and that there isn’t a pull to lure me back… I’m now off to try out other places!
EDIT: sorry about my mistake on WHITE TABLE CLOTHS :) I actually passed by last week and saw BLACK table cloths, so I thought you changed the décor. TURNS OUT, they’ve always had black table cloths, my memory is just awful haha, my apologies!
p. s. thanks for reading the review, Anne-​Marie! Really appreciate that you take in our comments!

***2.5 Stars*** I really wanted to like this place. I really did.
There are so few French-​style places west of the Big Smoke. After reading about this place in the local paper, I immediately made reservations.
We were greeted warmly by the manager and were shown to our table at the back of the restaurant in front of the bar. The place is cozy with cream-​coloured walls and various Paris-​based photos scattered around and french music softly playing in the background. A good number of tables and even though it was 7:30, not too many people out for dinner on a Friday night.
For a place this size (and the fact that Bistro in the title), I would have expected a small bar — this one is big for the place and could easily seat a small army.
Any way, after getting our table it was a good number of minutes before we were given a menu to look through and even when the waiter did drop them off, we nearly had to pull his apron to get him to take our drink order.
The menu is well represented. It was Valentine’s Day weekend, so there was also a prix fixe menu available for $ 85 and although it seemed steep, for the courses offered it was fairly reasonable. We stuck with the original menu. I had the crème forrestiere — mushroom soup with Roquefort crumbled cheese and truffle oil. It was exquisite. Very rich and very creamy. Wife had the salad Lyonnaise (salad with poached egg, lardon in a red wine vinaigrette). Anything with bacon is awesome, so this was quite good.
Plates were cleared and that’s where the meal fell apart. Our mains were then presented. I had the cassoulet and my wife ordered the seared halibut, but actually rec’d grilled pork. After a couple confusing moments, the waiter took her plate away, trying to find out what happened. He eventually returned, apologized and said her order would take a few minutes. After doing a 360, he asked if I’d like my plate kept warm while my chick’s meal was re-​made.
As a sort of apology, the manager then came to our table and gave us two bowls of soup off the Valentine’s Day menu. Beet purée, I believe. It was great except for the fact that I’d just finished a bowl of soup. If he’d just asked if we wanted any, I probably would have said no.
So, now we receive our mains. Mine looks like it has been warmed for an additional 20 minutes. I’m also used to cassoulet having more of a stew-​like consistency. The white bean portion looked and felt more like (this sounds bad, but) re-​fried beans with a now dried-​out duck leg on top. I don’t have an issue with the way the ragout looked, as it may have been the way the chef intended. It tasted good, but meal was overdone. Unfortunately, so was my wife’s fish — it was over cooked and dry. However, the white been ragout that came with hers looked like what I’m used to seeing.
Our young and overly-​apologetic server comped our espresso and teas after dinner, which was nice. Desert wasn’t ordered as we were absolutely stuffed.
Price was not a problem though — two apps, two mains, a draught and a glass of wine came to $ 85 after tax.
I’d eventually give this place another go. But it will be a while.