"Eat at Bijou and you realize the bar has just been set quite high. Most other dining options suddenly seem quite mediocre by comparison..."

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"Bijou Restaurant is a culinary tourist’s dream... The food at Bijou is dazzling, never predictable, and the menus are always changing to highlight seasonal ingredients and the best local food procurement available. The restaurant provides an unparalleled ‘local’ taste experience."

"... a delightfully casual, youthfully sophisticated bistro. Very fresh dandelion leaves are the nicely bitter bed for a salad of bacon lardons, diced potatoes fried in goose fat and perfectly textured lava beans. Chilled pea shoot soup has the emerald colour and flavour of its main ingredient Expertly timed scallops surround a mound of sliced shiitakes. spinach and zucchini. Desserts show rare, but always justified imagination. The small wine list is full of treats that suit the cooking."

"... The talented Ms. Linley changes her imaginative menu frequently. Lemongrass and blood orange soup with frozen pecan glace and dark chocolate pave with a pineapple caramel sauce are just two in her repertoire."

"... good cooking at reasonable prices is hard to find in Stratford and the tables at Bijou are almost always full. The soups are all splendid, as are the salads. For those that admire the sweets, there is watermelon soup with creme fraiche"

"... Bijou really is a jewel of a restaurant. the creation of two young local talents, Aaron and Bronwyn Linley, both of whom have cooked at distinguished restaurants in Toronto. Aaron is chef, creating a small blackboard menu that changes all the time. making delicious use of very fresh local ingredients - Bronwyn is pastry chef - her luscious chocolate and banana tart with roasted pineapple sauce is irresistible."