Fishbone Bistro

We have been to this restaurant a few times, and brought ur family as well! The ambiance is comfy and elegant with good service. My favorite thing to eat thus far are the scallops. They’re perfectly cooked, buttery and melt in your mouth goodness!

Nice restaurant and nice venue. Food was ok… like a ⁶⁄₁₀. Had the scallops in risotto. Way too salty. Wife had a pasta that she did not like. Apps were good. Service was terrible. The girls serving us were totally off. Slow and generally not the nicest. i.e., went there with a group (with kids)…ordered lots of food and drinks. Asked for bread refill for kids and they said the first plate is free. Really??? $ 800 bill and charging me $ 2 for bread? Stupid to be honest. Will not return on principle.

Great food, excellent service, and lovely upscale ambiance. There is nothing bad I can say about Fishbone. Will definitely come back!

Nice place for a sit down dinner in Stouffville.
The restaurant is small and cozy and filled up fast for a Thursday night.
I had the grilled calamari for appetizer ($ 13) served with hummus and cucumber tomato salad. Calamari was fresh and grilled to perfection. The olive chick pea hummus strangely compliments the calamari well. Tomatoes were fresh and delish. I would get this again.
For entrée, we both had braised lamb shank served with basil mashed. The lamb was perfectly cooked. Meat was falling off the bone, and juicy. It came with a generous amount of mashed. I love basil; so needless to say I really enjoyed the basil mashed.
I didn’t have room for desserts.
Overall, 4.5 for food quality, price is a bit high, 3 for service (it can be a bit more attentive), 4 for ambiance.

Had a dinner with family Great please and very tasty food! Beautiful presentation of the food :) Loved it

We had an excellent meal. The pork chop was perfectly cooked and the crème brulé for dessert was delicious.
The only concern was that they could use more wait staff. Although attentive and polite, our waiter was overworked and service was somewhat slow.

I’ve now been to the restaurant on Main St., the Musselman Lake location and used them for catering my too old to mention birthday party. The service is simply outstanding and the food is extremely good. The Main St. location has a an excellent style Portuguese menu albeit short with a European style décor and service staff. The service staff here might be a bit stiff around the collar but helpful and knowledgeable. The lake location is my favorite although only there in the summer. Great patio only with outstanding service. The catering side is the 5 star portion with sky is the limit options and over the top staff.

I have been here a few times and the food and service has always been great. We have had the same waiter (maybe the owner?) twice who is very knowledgable about the menu and can make a great recommendation.

I visited the Musselman’s Lake location of Fishbone (155 Cedarvale Blvd) this summer and had a really nice experience. The restaurant is open-​air, on a patio overlooking the lake. It makes you feel like you are at the cottage… so peaceful on a gorgeous summer evening!
Service was timely, the menu list short but adequate… and the food more than what we expected. We had the flavourful Brussels sprouts appetizer, crab meat burger, fries and a pasta with chicken, mushrooms and pesto. All items were nicely prepared. The drink list again was not extensive, but adequate for the menu presented.
The faint smell of smoke from the wood-​fired pizza oven completed the wonderful ambiance. I enjoyed myself so much that I plan to return before the warm weather disappears!

If you happen to be in stouffville and you’re extremely hungry and everything else is closed including the local variety store for a bag of chips this would be your best bet otherwise avoid it at all costs. The first thing that hits you is the odd service waiters and waitresses seem to walk by you like you don’t exist will spend more time talking to everyone else which should include you but for some reason doesn’t. The one selection is not a selection at all very limited seller is what you’ll have to deal with. You will find a restaurant extremely busy but they’re all locals who have no clue what you eating out is like at higher and restaurants. Overall extremely disappointed.

Fishbone is a nice restaurant to visit on bright sunny days, with friends, family, or your date. The outdoor dining environment is picture perfect. From the patio deck with a calming view of the lake, to the tree-​shaded tables, you’re bound to have an enjoyable time here, as the service is friendly, and the ambient music is real calming. The food took a while but it was worth the wait. Ingredients were fresh, and flavors were on point. Overall, an excellent place to dine in the summer.

I’ve been to Fishbone a ton of times and not once have I been disappointed! The food an service are top notch!

Fishbone is such an amazing addition to Main Street stouffville. The food and service is always wonderful, love going there for date nights

My husband heard about this place and was dying to try it. He’s not too crazy about driving downtown for dinner so this place was perfect! We were very impressed with the food, ambience, service and price. From start to finish, the food was amazing! You honestly get downtown quality food for small town prices. I can’t wait to go back again soon!

A real treat. The sardines are excellent: boneless and moist and packed with flavour. The make their own sparkling water and so you are not stuck with paying a ton of money to have water on the table. All in all, a real treat.

My favorite restaurant in Stouffville. The owner is hands on and often personally caters to his guests needs.
Intimate setting, nice patio. parking on the street or behind the restaurant.
Prices are reasonable and the service is excellent. Nice to get a 5 star meal at a local restaurant.

Coming here on a Tuesday to an empty restaurant.
Maybe my waiter never expect anyone to be coming in for dinner? He was sure a little confused: gave us the lunch menu instead of dinner, told us the wrong items for the prix fixe menu. Making me more confused… but as the night went on, he did put himself together.
$ 25 prix fixe menu Monday to Wednesday at Fishbone Bistro is quite decent.
Choice of: Soup/​Salad, Fish/​Chicken and Dessert
Mushroom Soup was tasty and have good aroma
Fish perfectly pan fried
Mini banana Doughnuts with caramel dipping on the side was the best dish of the day!
Seafood Paella ($ 22) though tasty the portion is really small = pricey!
Suggestion: Maybe a printout or a chalkboard that would be updated with the item selections and a more detail description of what offers. Just telling me Fish or Chicken for the main didn’t help me and I felt like I am on one of the flights eating horrible food on the planes.
Fishbone Bistro is a decent Portuguese restaurant, especially up in Stouffville. Good but not amazing. If you are in the area, definitely give them a try.
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Add this one to your must-​try list — it’s restored my faith in Markham/​Stouffville restaurants. They are only open for dinner service from 5−9pm and it is quite small (maybe 40 – 50 max. capacity), but in no way do you feel rushed to give way to the next group. The interior is cozy, clean and modern looking without trying too hard; service was efficient, friendly and non-​invasive considering the tight squeeze between tables and other servers milling about.
We (4) each unintentionally had a different app, main and dessert, and absolutely everything was spot on. I started with the beet salad with goat cheese and frisée lettuce, which was a nice light start; main was buttery arctic char (with delicious crispy skin) over red/​wild rice with enoki mushrooms, baby spinach and some sort of tasty sauce swept around the plate. Dessert was Baileys crème brûlée — I couldn’t really taste the Baileys but I didn’t care because it was awesome. The menu is partially seasonal and isn’t extensive, but there’s no need when everything is this good.
Reservations are recommended.

I was completely surprised by this gem in Stouffville… and while we had the benefit of the owner (Pedro) taking care of us, I think our experience would have been just as good with any of his other serving staff.
Food was terrific– starter beet salad with goat cheese and arugula, was a highlight. Mixed seafood grill (calamari, shrimp and octopus), all very good as well. Portuguese-​only wine list had some hits, but were generally pricey.
Agree with an earlier review I read regarding the bright (er) lighting throughout, dimmer bulbs would enhance the experience.
Will definitely be back.

food: its not AMAZING but it’s good. The chorizo is a bit hard and the seafood soup was just not enough seafood, more potatoes than anything. but overall the food was flavorful. My husband had the Flat iron steak and that was pretty good. Presentation was a good too.
few complaints and hopefully used as constructive feedback because this place has potential and would like to see this place hang around.
1. the place was too bright, they need to dim the lights a notch or two. I was there on my husband and my 11^th wedding anniversary and we would have liked it a bit more intimate.
2. We went around 8:30 sure we closed the place down and the evening was rather quiet. us and another couple, but ¾ of the night my husband and I couldn’t have a proper conversation due the fact that the staff were not so busy so they were able to chat at the bar about their weekend and it was rather loud and distracting. We sat by the window and we could hear their conversation all the way.
3. The wait staff should be a little bit more educated on wine and waht they have as selection… ours had no clue.
4. they brought out the mop before we left. hmmm. so the night was ended with the smells of cleaners not the aromas of our lovely dinner.
5. a little suggestion regarding your website if you’re reading. you gotta use another font other than times new roman and remove all the BLUE for links its rather distracting. Also your wine list online is SO hard to read. just not stylized… it looks very amateur and your website is the first impression of an establishment.
we will be back there but hoping it would be different experience for the better.