Meritage

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]

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!

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]

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

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!

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.

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 .

Everything is delicious here - start to finish - but recently REALLY enjoyed the "couscous royal" dish: Moroccan lamb , couscous and fresh vegs . Amazing!

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 !

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

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.

The oysters are insanely fresh. You're gonna think you jumped off a pier somewhere in Massachusetts.

Phenomenal food. The oysters , mussels , chicken , and desserts were excellent. Will definitely go again.

Try the "ode to carl" after dinner drink!!! Its a liquid dessert , but much better.... coctails also known as "a cloudy night"

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

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.

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

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.

Here for Restaurant week! Everything was amazing! Had the oysters , pork shoulder , and expresso pudding !

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

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

Voted Best French Restaurant of 2013! While Meritage continues to wonderfully execute the classics, it also continues to grow and change. Read more

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

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

Everything! Regular bruncher, love the service, expertise, oysters , & love of good food!

Steak Tartare ...a chef specialty, heavy on the Dijon

Best oysters around. Try the Tour de France, absolutely terrific.

Voted top ten craft cocktail bars by City Pages ! The talent of those mixing the drinks does not disappoint.

Dessert is always necessary.

Voted top 10 French Fries ! The frites at Meritage are shatter-crisp shells, enveloping downy, fluff potato .

Definitely brunch it up with the creamy delicious eggs coquette

AMAZING PUMPKIN SOUP ! Not cream based, but sooo creamy, pumpkiny...mmm.

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.

Best food in St Paul and around the corner from great music at Amsterdam.

The fresh main lobster salad a perfect harmony of flavors !!!

Oysters and cocktails ... Start there and everything else will be fantastic

Steak Frites with Bernaise Sauce ... Best I've had west of NYC.

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 .

a fetchingly French experience - if you go for brunch watch out, they charge you extra for your bloody beer back! non non!

Anything they do with pork is good.

Crab Louis with avocado

Oysters will bring you a great date dinner .

You'll be dreaming of their prosciutto , arugula and Brie , and butter and sugar crepes for days. - CBS MN Read more

"Recession Sundays (A.K.A.) Cheap Date Night " at Meritage at $28 prix fix it's a great deal!

I'd you see Olympia oysters , buy them! Delicious, unusual, and rare in the Midwest:-)

Escargot…buttery goodness

Not many vegan options but the pommes frites and organic greens salad were surprisingly tasty.

The shrimp cocktail , made with wild-caught Pacific shrimp , is the best in town , hands down. Read more

Fantastic food and excellent service!

Brunch is amazing.