Reviews Jk's Bistro

Thankyou to all at Jk's that made my birthday meal on Saturday great! Everyone was so impressed with the food and amazed with how smooth the service of it all was. Really would recommend you for large parties and a great atmosphere. Thanks so much x

Another superb meal here last night! Sponaitious date night and it was perfect. Can not recommend this place enough. Thanks again. Xx

Me and my partner went for dinner here tonight and were very impressed with the quality of the food. We took advantage of the Mon-Weds deal which is great value for money (i recommend the steak!) Lovely little place - well worth a visit. We will definitely go there again!

Had our work Xmas meal on Thursday evening! Absolutely superb food, excellent service, friendly staff. We had a really lovely evening. Thank you!!!!!

Our first visit tonight, and I must say what a superb meal we had. Loads of flavours, a great choice, good service and a relaxed setting. Certainly reccommend and will go back.

After a difficult day, this place is an oasis of calm and wonderful food. Thank you so much, we will be back.

Had a meal out with friends last night. Really good food, great quality, tasty, perfectly cooked and lovely service. �

Walking through the town as our hotel restaurant was closed, but they had provided a list of some of the places to get food in town, and so we had several places to choose from, coming from the High St heading ENE at about 19.00 on a Saturday night. The Gurkha place had no space, the Thai we liked the look of only doing take away, so we ambled on, past some ropey looking pubs and a kebab place. We trudged on, up the hill toward the Eastern end of town. On my phone, perusing Google Maps and I saw there was a bistro down the dies street called New Street, and thought we'd go have a look. A bit shabby looking from the outside, but the interior looked okay and welcoming, and so we opened the door and entered. Immediately we asked if they had space, the single server said they could accommodate us at the space by the window, if that was ok? The only other people in were a group of 5 ladies celebrating a birthday, and there were other tables unoccupied. I had a look at the blackboard menu; for me if I can find three things that I could eat and like the sound of it is a winner, but there need to be at lest two choices minimum, and here the first two mains looked great - fish and pork, and then there was the steak sharing menu, including starters, so I said, yes, and we sat down. We ordered the set sharing menu which included a shared Tapas starter and rump steak as main, served with chips. We ordered our drinks and the food arrived presently. Starters were a mixed picking plate of cheese, olives, balsamic 7 oil, with home-made hummus, some tomato paste concoction, some cheddar with a house special infused oil dripped on it, some calamari and bread. All was nice and we finished it off as we were quite hungry. Our mains came with the extra side of vegetables I had requested they concoct - some greens and petit pois. The fixed price also included a 500ml carafe of wine, so I went with Shiraz, which worked well with the main course. Having cleared our plates, they were promptly cleared away and we asked to see the dessert menu. By this time a larger party of seven or eight had arrived and the background noise volume in the place had gone up. I feel many places need to add some soft furnishings to absorb the sound as having all hard surfaces makes it almost impossible to hear someone on your table when the other groups are getting animated i their own conversations. I ordered an egg tart decorated with tart-tasting berries, which was nice for dessert [see photo] (though, I prefer savoury to sweet) and had a double brandy as well. We ordered coffee and enjoyed the drinks. Overall, I felt service was good, cleanliness was okay (dropped food at nearby table left uncleared), welcome was good, hospitable staff, good food selection and we enjoyed the evening, before leaving and walking to the hotel. Even had a chat with "K" when she emerged from the kitchen a little later. Suggestions - bottled beers should be cooler; wine menu could be improved and expanded (not everyone wants a middle-of-the-road innocuous red, preferring something more full-bodied); dessert menu could be a little more imaginative, and stock should be sufficient to offer to customers if it is on their menu rather than taking the order only to discover later that all stock of a particular option was sold the day before (check stock before you begin your shift so you know what to say to customers??). Happy to recommend in a town with limited options available on this night for walk-in customers. Sorry to read about previous reviewer's experiences, but for us it was a pretty good evening.

If I could I would give 10 stars . First visit, we live 6 miles away , wish we had discovered it years ago .food fabulous we will be back . Looking forward to the buffet they are doing for my wife's 70th birthday

Went there on a Friday evening as 2 walk-ins. Food excellent - pork belly, black pudding mash (specials board) and a burger, which was fantastic. Friendly and attentive staff. Cannot fault. Fresh mint tea rounded off the meal.

Been there twice had two rump steaks and free 2 drinks for 25.00 pound. Absolutely lovely but chips as hard as you could have them so didnt eat chips. Would definitely go again. Also recommended the stilton and spring onion sauce to on steak.

Got directed here as a recommended place to eat as others were shut or full. We're so glad we were! It's small but beautifully presented and the team there were incredibly welcoming, friendly and helpful. The food was excellent, from a British style tapas (including Stilton and brie as well as tapenade olives and calamari) to pork belly, parmesan and panko crumbed chicken and three types of beetroot salad. Was informed by daughter that we had to go back there next time we are in Honiton and every time thereafter - praise indeed from a notoriously picky teen!

Great to be able to eat here again, good food, very friendly, what's not to like.

Wow really good food, beautifully presented and plenty of it. Lovely friendly and efficient ladies, nothing too much trouble. Will be back soon.

Loved it staff really friendly and food great as well. They do any evening restaurant one day a week it's brill steaks are good.

Absolutely lovely service, great atmosphere and awesome food. Carrots were a bit underdone but everything else outweighed that one tiny issue. Lamb melted in my mouth!

Really fabulous meal last night. The service was great and the food amazing. Thank you.