Northshore Brasserie

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1. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   E. Tennessee

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent as always. We had the butchers cut (hanger steak), muscles with the white wine sauce and ratatouille. It was the perfect meal for my wife and I to share. Great drinks and excellent service.
   

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   William

   Nashville

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Outstanding service and personal attention. Always a pleasure.
   

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   Andrew

   E. Tennessee

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great meal and great service! The menu has alot of variety in food and drinks, and all were excellent.
   

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   Susan

   Nashville

   10 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   10 reviews

   Dined on November 9, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Everything is absolutely wonderful but it’s very noisy...can’t have a normal-voice conversation at the table. But that’s not why folks go there; they come for the excellent food and top-notch service. It’s the best restaurant in Knoxville and my favorite, in spite of the noise level.
   

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   Crystal

   Washington DC

   20 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   20 reviews

   Dined on November 2, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Food took longer than normal but delicious as usual.
   

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   Skip

   Orange County

   53 reviews

   vip
   4.0

   53 reviews

   Dined on November 2, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Northshore Brasserie is one of our favorite restaurants in Knoxville. Last night Christian's hospitality was excellent and our food was very good. I was disappointed to see that my favorite entree--the Short Rib--had been 86'd from the menu and replaced with a Lamb item, but I ordered the Steak au Poivre which was excellent and cooked perfectly. My wife always orders the Mussels which were also good, but served "not hot". Not cool enough to send back, but not as usual either. Although the restaurant was a little slower than usual for a Saturday night (probably due to the UT home game), speed of service was unusually slow for some reason. Maybe it was just a slightly off night and we will, of course, be back soon. I sure hope they put the Short Rib back on the menu.
   

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   Graff

   Miami

   191 reviews

   vip
   3.0

   191 reviews

   Dined on October 30, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 5

   The Knoxville area has a very limited amount of award worthy restaurant establishments. I would consider the Northshore Brasserie, perhaps, one of three, maybe four, restaurants, in Knox County, that fringes on the verge of exceptional. The missing piece, at the Northshore Brasserie, and the few other area restaurants, seems to source from one employee choosing an undesirable ingredient or choosing to improperly prepare a dish, for example, improper cooking technique or inaccurate temperature. This is a service issue, not a food issue, because if the service is acceptable, professional, and accurate, then the food that is prepared and presented would be the same equal part as the service. The deduction with rating is because of the Filet Roquefort fiasco. The entrée was returned 3 times for improper temperature. First raw, then rare, then rare plus, when my original order was requested as medium-rare. The result resembled a mushy microwave resembling dish. Server comments were that there are zero microwaves in the restaurant, and the mushy exterior to the Filet was because of the Filet chosen that the new grill chef decided to cook. My point exactly. It’s not the food in the Knoxville area, it’s the service that limits the area from exceptional cuisine. If that’s the service industry’s choice in the Knoxville area, to only achieve mediocre standards, then the Knoxville service industry will only know limited success. I prefer restaurants that choose to be limitless with their success, and hire and work employees that except nothing less.
   

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   Ben

   Western NC

   19 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   19 reviews

   Dined on October 24, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Have eaten here several times in the last few weeks and enjoyed it each time. You won’t be disappointed.
   

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9. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Memphis/West TN

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on October 24, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   I really enjoy Northshore Brasserie. I wish that the frites were longer for better dipping. I know this is possible because I have had frites that were. I think that the restaurant is a good value, and it's definitely an above average experience in Knoxville fine dining.
   

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    Philip

    New Orleans

    30 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    30 reviews

    Dined on October 22, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4

    Spinach salad was delicious Dinner was great but much delay in getting dinner out Server was great and apologized profusely Love the half price wine Great value A little more on the loud side and one drunk lady laughing drive me nuts So rude
    

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