Brian’s First Time at George’s
Posted on April 7, 2026 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Our friend Jim had a list of restaurants to try during his visit to Wichita. George’s French Bistro was on his list. I had been there for lunch a few times over the years, but I’d never had dinner there; and since Brian had never been there before, we decided to join him. Julie Egy and Brady Randall joined as well.
Brian had an old fashioned, which he said was the best old fashioned he had ever had. I can’t remember if it was $22 or $24 dollars. I just remember thinking it was expensive and telling him that at that price, it had better be good.
I got a French kiss, which was good but also expensive. I decided I wasn’t going to do any drinking there in the future unless it was happy hour.
Here are some pictures of our food.
I should have posted this shortly after our dinner because I honestly cannot remember what everyone got. Except, I know Brian got this very messy looking poutine thing. He seemed to like it.
My red snapper was just okay. Not as good as the red snapper at the Belmont or the whole one I had at Larios on the Beach in Miami.
The opera cake was great finish, though.
Bottom line? Our dinner was quiet expensive. While the food and service were both good, it wasn’t fantastic. I don’t know if I see the value because we have other restaurants like the Belmont that we really love that don’t cost quite as much. Unless you’re going for happy hour, this is probably more of a special occasion type of place for us. Our total for the charcuterie board app, two drinks, two entrees, and dessert cost way more than we’re comfortable spending on weekly dinners — maybe not even monthly. This is maybe a once or twice a year type dinner, but maybe not even because Brian isn’t a huge fan of French or fancy food. He’s pretty basic. The highlight of the whole dinner for him was his old fashioned.
The opera cake was good but nothing really stood out to me as having been fantastic. If a friend really wants to go there, we could probably be talked into going, but if it’s just the two of us then Brian and I would probably much rather go elsewhere. We are just not that fancy.
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