A restaurant is nothing if it can’t get the basics right, and so far Mint was firing on all cylinders, hitting home runs on fried chicken, French fries, and steak. The steak was crowded up against equally buttered green beans and perfectly crisp shoestring French fries. This time there were no accidents, no wrong doings, just a perfectly cooked medium steak lathered in garlic butter, still slightly pink in the center and so tender I didn’t need the steak knife it was served with.

For my main course I ordered the Steak Frites to make up for the disappointing steak I had had at another restaurant the night before. Our app was served quickly and came piping hot with large portions of juicy chicken covered in buttermilk batter so good you wouldn’t have cared if it was batter for a piece of bark. It was a nail-biting decision given other eye-popping options like Old School Meatballs and Asian Short Rib Nachos. The menu and say “yes.” On this particular occasion we started with the buttermilk fried chicken tenders.

The type of menu where the server asks what you’d like to eat and you hand them I’m not much a sushi person, and luckily for me, Mint has The first step to any restaurant moving from good to “great” Finally this year, on her birthday, I capitulated and agreed to go. Yet, Mint is so much more than just a Sushi bar, which is a category I erroneously pigeonholed them into for years every time my girlfriend tried to get me to eat there. 9 Best Maine Winter Getaways For Couples Reviewed Enter Mint Bistro in Manchester…Ī restaurant known for a food that is most certainly not New Hampshire: Sushi.

Mint bistro menu