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Meritage

French Restaurant$$$$

Downtown St. Paul, Saint Paul

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Meritage

8.5^/10

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Ranked #1 for seafood in Saint Paul
The experts at Eater and Heavy Table recommend this place
"The oysters, mussels, chicken, and desserts were excellent."(15 Tips)
"Voted Best Restaurant for Romance by City Pages in 2012!"(6 Tips)
"Voted top ten craft cocktail bars by City Pages!"(2 Tips)
"The cheese cart."(2 Tips)

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EaterJuly 10, 2013
The best bet is a glass of white wine and an array of the amusements and introductions, including confit pig tongue, salmon rillettes, escargots, and potted foie gras mousse. [Eater 38 Member]
EaterJanuary 8, 2014
The best bet is a glass of white wine and an array of the amusements and introductions, including confit pig tongue, salmon rillettes, escargots, and potted foie gras mousse. [Eater 18 Member]
City PagesJuly 19, 2013
The broth is rich with succulent chicken essence and seasoned with little leaves of dill. The carrots, cut into perfect, tiny dice, are just toothy enough to add some substance. It's a bowl of bliss!
Anna BeaNovember 20, 2017
The northeast cocktail, pictured here was great. Oysters, ok. French opinion soup good. However, a lady pickpocketed me on a busy night and the thief attempted to use my cards at target. Keep aware!
City PagesMarch 30, 2015
The pan bagnat has a history in France of being the sandwich you sit on during your drive to a picnic. Meritage has kept that authentic taste (possibly better) without having the need to be sat on. Read more
Alice Lilo MorseOctober 2, 2016
The food and ambiance here is amazing. The staff was good with the exception of out waitress. At the beginning she was helpful but than she began to treat us like we were inconveniencing her .
OSeptember 4, 2021
Amazing oysters, great craft cocktails, very tasty French onion soup…in fact the entire menu is awesome. Service is top-notch as well; highly recommend Meritage.
Paul CrosbyJanuary 25, 2015
The tastes bring me to Paris every time. Love the Saturday plate of short ribs - tender and perfect. Ask for Peter's section - best waiter in town!
Mpls.St.Paul MagazineDecember 11, 2012
Best French - French food (besides fries) was in danger of becoming passé, until Meritage breathed in a little joie de vivre. There’s not much more fun than hanging in the oyster bar. Read more
studioLJuly 15, 2011
Been here 25+ times
Everything is delicious here - start to finish - but recently REALLY enjoyed the "couscous royal" dish: Moroccan lamb, couscous and fresh vegs. Amazing!
City PagesJanuary 25, 2013
Voted top ten chicken wings! The result is an intensely chickeny chicken wing with a distinctly bacony flavor that yields the bone with the gentlest nudge.
Jillian CloydOctober 12, 2013
Phenomenal food. The oysters, mussels, chicken, and desserts were excellent. Will definitely go again.
Donna WebsterMay 6, 2013
Checked in hotel and came straight here. Outside is great, bar is great, waitstaff great and oh, there is the food.... You have to go
JessicaMarch 2, 2013
Here for Restaurant week! Everything was amazing! Had the oysters, pork shoulder, and expresso pudding!
City PagesJune 18, 2012
Voted Best Restaurant for Romance by City Pages in 2012! Sexy french cuisine combined with elegant surroundings, outstanding service, and a killer bar program- you have the perfect recipe for romance.
City PagesAugust 5, 2014
This brasserie is named after an American wine made in the Bordeaux tradition, which seems an accurate reflection of the restaurant's cooking. Read more
City PagesApril 18, 2013
Voted Best French Restaurant of 2013! While Meritage continues to wonderfully execute the classics, it also continues to grow and change. Read more
City PagesDecember 7, 2012
Voted Best French Restaurant by City Pages in 2012! Chef Russel Klein honors the techniques & rich flavors of classic French cooking but still manages to keep things light
carl denysJuly 17, 2013
Been here 100+ times
Try the "ode to carl" after dinner drink!!! Its a liquid dessert, but much better.... coctails also known as "a cloudy night"
Cole KennedySeptember 26, 2015
The oysters are insanely fresh. You're gonna think you jumped off a pier somewhere in Massachusetts.
City PagesJune 8, 2012
Voted Best French Restaurant by City Pages in 2012! Chef Russel Klein honors the techniques & rich flavors of classic French cooking but still manages to keep things light.
Mpls.St.Paul MagazineMarch 11, 2011
Try the oysters. The oyster bar is bringing in some real beauties. Imagine flavors that evoke cucumber, briny-salty air, and copper on the tongue.—Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, February 2011
M MMay 22, 2010
Bloody Mary + beignets + moules frites = perfect brunch. Excellent people watching too. As a New Yorker visiting, I feel like I'm in a Scandanavian Brooklyn. Wonderful in every respect. A+ service
Vincent ChesneyJuly 24, 2021
Steak Tartare...a chef specialty, heavy on the Dijon
City PagesJuly 13, 2012
Voted Best Wine List by City Pages in 2012! Reading the 200+ wine list is like taking a mini-course, complete with maps, history, appellations and definitions
City PagesNovember 13, 2012
Voted top ten craft cocktail bars by City Pages! The talent of those mixing the drinks does not disappoint.
TwanSeptember 4, 2014
Best oysters around. Try the Tour de France, absolutely terrific.
Gina MicekSeptember 6, 2014
Been here 50+ times
Everything! Regular bruncher, love the service, expertise, oysters, & love of good food!
City PagesNovember 26, 2012
Voted top 10 French Fries! The frites at Meritage are shatter-crisp shells, enveloping downy, fluff potato.
lottie andersonJanuary 8, 2012
a fetchingly French experience - if you go for brunch watch out, they charge you extra for your bloody beer back! non non!
Meritage BrasserieJune 24, 2010
Some people like to add a shot of gin or vodka to their oyster-bloody-mary-shooters. Great hair of the dog for Sunday Brunch as well.
Jen Burleigh-BentzNovember 9, 2013
AMAZING PUMPKIN SOUP! Not cream based, but sooo creamy, pumpkiny...mmm.
Kristen AFebruary 27, 2018
Dessert is always necessary.
Yaz MusNovember 23, 2014
Definitely brunch it up with the creamy delicious eggs coquette
carl denysJanuary 28, 2013
Been here 100+ times
The fresh main lobster salad a perfect harmony of flavors !!!
Geoff PetersonJune 16, 2012
Steak Frites with Bernaise Sauce... Best I've had west of NYC.
Eric CaronOctober 9, 2011
I'd you see Olympia oysters, buy them! Delicious, unusual, and rare in the Midwest:-)
Anne WalztoniJanuary 17, 2010
Been here 10+ times
I've been here a number of times...NEVER disappointed. When making a reservation request a table by the windows...watching the city move in front of the restaurant is a big part of the experience.
Vincent ChesneyJuly 24, 2021
Crab Louis with avocado
Gordon WrightJune 9, 2012
Been here 5+ times
Best food in St Paul and around the corner from great music at Amsterdam.
Chris SullivanOctober 14, 2013
Been here 5+ times
Oysters and cocktails... Start there and everything else will be fantastic
M HeiderOctober 20, 2013
Not many vegan options but the pommes frites and organic greens salad were surprisingly tasty.
Mei TakahashiMarch 15, 2016
Oysters will bring you a great date dinner.
Heavy TableDecember 20, 2010
The shrimp cocktail, made with wild-caught Pacific shrimp, is the best in town, hands down. Read more
SwitzerMarch 3, 2013
Top notch, cocktail sauce is sub standard.
Heavy TableOctober 19, 2009
The seared Minnesota foie gras with spiced cider reduction is a home run -- yes, it's an $18 appetizer, but it's $36 delicious. Read more
Oti5August 9, 2015
Anything they do with pork is good.
Jared KennedyApril 18, 2010
Been here 10+ times
Try the half price wine on Sundays! Also a great recession/recovery Sunday 3-course prix fixe!!!
CBS LocalNovember 1, 2011
You'll be dreaming of their prosciutto, arugula and Brie, and butter and sugar crepes for days. - CBS MN Read more
studioLJuly 21, 2011
Been here 25+ times
"Recession Sundays (A.K.A.) Cheap Date Night" at Meritage at $28 prix fix it's a great deal!

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