Best Restaurants for Groups in South Bend

Great place to celebrate a winter birthday. Service and food were delicious.

The service at Cafe Navarre was excellent. Our waiter was attentive and made good recommendations when we asked him to. Two other staff persons stopped by to ensure that our dining experience was satisfactory. The food was outstanding; we enjoyed the presentation as well as the taste of each dish. We look forward to returning.

We ate at the bar, celebrating out son’s 21st birthday. The bartender was incredible and made it a very special occasion. The food, as always, was spectacular.

Probably my new favorite restaurant in South Bend. Great location, right on the river, walking distance to the Morris, and with a spacious (and unexpected) parking lot. Food was great. We had: - Complimentary bread was excellent, served with warm whipped butter. - Oysters were pretty much what you expect, with an excellent cocktail sauce. - Wedge salad was overall very good, and the bacon absolutely outstanding. - Buratta "salad" was essentially bruschetta, and was excellent. - Grilled lobster frites -- lobster was excellently cooked, and fries were perfectly salted and very crisp. -- A5 Myazaki wagyu ribeye cap -- this is the best deal on the menu. $40-60/oz at other places, and $19/oz here, the best deal you'll ever get; it was lightly salted and simply seared -- impossible to screw up, and the best steak I've ever had. -- Mashed potatoes were very high quality, very buttery. -- Chocolate layered cake was delicious, and all the desserts are prepared in-house by the pastry chef. Overall a fabulous dining experience, up to the standard of more expensive restaurants in much larger cities.

Great post-basketball game experience. Jessie provided excellent service.