Meridian Restaurant Winston Salem NC

Meridian Restaurant came to us highly recommended. The fact that it is located right next door to the Brookstone Inn made it convenient for us to visit. We would have gone there no matter what though after the recommendations.

Meridian has a chef-owner who brought his prodigious talents to Winston-Salem.   The menu changes daily as is explained on their website. If you want to use the freshest ingredients, which they do, they have to be flexible and adjust to what is available on any given day.

This is a very open concept restaurant. The kitchen is visible to the restaurant and the whole place has that open industrial feel. There are lots of windows and the noise level tends to be quite high. You pass the bar area as you are entering.They offer a tapas menu as well as an extensive selection of wine, beer, and mixed cocktails.

We made reservations just to be on the safe side and the restaurant was busy even though it was a Tuesday night.

I did check out the menu ahead of time and of course, it was not the same when we went there but there were enough similarities to make us all happy. There were several daily specials as well. We began dining adventure with some really good bread and dipping oil. We did make quick work of it. They didn't bring us more which was a bit disappointing but what the heck, we needed room for the main event.

I ordered mussels which were served with two pieces of crostini, I could have used more because the sauce was killer, white wine, and cream. I also had to ask for a bowl to put my shells in which should not have happened. However, the mussels themselves were very good and since I eat mussels quite often I am a pretty good judge.

Both of the men had the bistro steak and frites, with a salad on the plate. The steaks were cooked perfectly and presented beautifully. This is not a terribly tender cut according to the guys but flavorful. At any rate, not a lot of leftovers were sent away on the plates.

We decided it was a good night to have dessert, we decide that most nights on vacation. They have a nice dessert menu which also changes. They offer crepes but what is actually in and on them will change; the same is true for the crème brulee.

We all tried different desserts, our friend had the house made ice cream, my husband had a mile high mousse dessert with chocolate and peanut butter. It was so big he ate half of it for breakfast the next day. It does say something that he wanted to have it again the next morning. My luscious pudding with coconut and fresh blackberries was divine and I did not have a bite left to take away. We also had coffee and settled back to savor our desserts.

I really liked Meridian Restaurant Winston Salem, the food was near perfect. Our waitress was friendly but very busy and I felt our service though efficient, was somewhat lacking. We had to ask for several things that should have come automatically. Having said that; I would come here again and would recommend this restaurant to anyone who is visiting Winston-Salem.