Reviews for J. Devoti Trattoria (Formerly Five Bistro) in St. Louis, MO

Food is perfect. The menu is set, I wasn't able to find it online before we went so it was a surprise. They accommodated a vege... option for us that was good. The price point is high. $60/plate. The ambiance is under par. A combination of music, people atthe bar, loud talking in the kitchen wasn't ideal. Overall, delicious and high-end experience. Read more

I don’t normally take time to post a review unless I have a great experience or a not so great experience. The positives:... Lovely restaurant and a nice vibe. Our table of five enjoyed the bread and herb butter and the pickles and olive appetizer. Ourserver was kind throughout the service. Negatives: Our two pasta dishes were very bland, small portions and certainly not worththe price. Two of the three pastas available featured mushrooms and the other was vegetarian. I would suggest adding anotheroption without mushrooms and with a protein. The Caesar salad was quite a large portion but lacked the Caesar anchovy bite. Thedressing was pretty boring and flavorless and I think the dressing sat on top of the salad a little too long before it wasserved as the lettuce was kind of soggy.. The Margherita pizza was just bad - the crust was very burnt and the cheese and saucelacked seasoning and taste of any kind. I had my husband try it and he would typically be happy with any pizza and he said itmay have been the worst, most flavorless pizza he’s ever had. We had leftovers and didn’t even care to take it home. It tookforever to get our main courses; I would guess it took an hour or more between the appetizers and main course so it was just avery long wait for a very disappointing meal. I think this restaurant has real potential but they need to work on making thefresh ingredients taste good and give people a reason to come back. I don’t think they did that tonight. Read more

We went to this restaurant last night to celebrate my birthday. The server and I believe the restaurant manager were both very... attentive and kind. The food was delicious. I would definitely recommend this restaurant. The bread was amazing. Deliciouspasta! Read more

Fabulous experience at this gem of a place. We chose the four-course tasting menu with wine pairings and couldn't have been more... tickled with the meal. Reserve your table quick before this venue gets discovered by the masses. Read more

Thoroughly enjoyed our dining experience at J. Devoti! Everything was locally sourced and delicious. Will definitely be back.... Buon appetito! Read more

My husband and I visited this restaurant for the first time on Mother's Day. We had the 4 course Mother's Day special. The... courses consisted of a mushroom and cheese ravioli, caesar salad, either a steak or scallop entree and a chocolate cake withwhipped cream and candied pecans. All of the food was very good. The service was great as well. The only issue we had was theportion size is on the smaller side. We eat tasting menus quite often, so it was a shame that both of us left the restaurantwishing for a little more to be content. They do have a 6 course menu so the portions may be perfect for that tastingexperience. Read more

The food and cocktails were amazing!! The ingredients were fresh and bursting with flavor!! I had the specialty pizza of the... day with morel mushrooms. I also had an Aviator cocktail which is pictured The service was excellent Read more

We got the prix fixe 6 course dinner with wine pairings! If we could rate this 4.5 stars I would. The service was very good and... we consistently got each pairing with the food (albeit a couple minutes after the food came each time). I would have loved tohear from our server why they paired each wine with the dish. The food itself was also very good, just the right size portionsto make you full at the end without being stuffed. We loved the pappardelle, salmon tartare and chocolate dessert most! Oneminor suggestion is to use more acidity in the dishes throughout to make them pop. Thanks for hosting us for our specialanniversary. Read more