I stopped by here a couple of Friday nights ago with my wife and her parents for dinner. My wife and I had been wanting to try Bistro 9101 since it moved in a few years ago. However we had never found the time for it until this night. We arrived to the restaurant at about 6:15 PM and after a somewhat awkward wait of a few minutes at a hostess station (the waiters, Bartender and others clearly saw us, pointed us out and no one did anything) we were given our choice of seats. I chose a seat near the wall where we would have a view of the band that was scheduled to play at 7 PM. We ended up enjoying the band that played on this evening as they were both good and played uptempo music which was enjoyable and suitable for a restaurant. Think songs like "Ho Hey" by the Lumineers. Anyways, Bistro 9101 has a somewhat old school feel to it between the dark carpet and all of the wood pillars.
They start you off here like most places with some bread. What makes it worth mentioning is that with the bread and butter, they also give you a roasted clove of garlic. I found this to be a nice touch and something that made it stand out a little. There was even free refills on the bread and roasted garlic which I can't say that I was expecting. In any case, for dinner on this evening I decided to go with the chicken piccata. It consisted of two pieces of breaded chicken with lemon sauce and capers on them as well as some red quinoa, asparagus and roasted yellow tomatoes. The chicken here ended up being cooked well and I enjoyed the lemon sauce and saltiness from the capers. That sauce and capers also happened to be on the quinoa which ended up making it enjoyable as well. Last were the vegetables for the dish. The asparagus was ok and nothing special really. While I normally don't like tomatoes, I figured I would give these a try. They actually weren't bad as they were slightly sweet and gave a burst of acidity. Overall my meal was decent, I just wished that there was more of it, especially when taking into account the price.
The bottom line for me is that I would probably head back here again in the future. While I am not so sure that I would order an entree, they did have a number of sandwiches that looked and sounded good.