text: We were planning to have a movie and dinner night I was also craving for some escargot so we ended up in Aliante I was excited to have a French restaurant close to home nnSo we ordered escargot and got osso buco I was torn between croque monsieur and steak frites because those were some of my favorites when I went to Paris The escargot was all sorts of weird Escargot only has a few components snails garlic clear butter and sometimes parsley Their version had all sorts of garbage tomatoes pancetta creamy butter mushrooms and yeah snails I was extremely disappointed but I was hoping my entree would be betternnKnowing this was at a former Station casino I decided on getting steak frites because that would be hard to mess up Boy was I wrong I like my steak medium rare They served me a dry welldone piece of carcass I was going to suck it up and eat it anyway but the friend insisted I get the right steak the way I ordered itnnThe osso buco with risotto was sadlooking It was a brown lump of blah with a petrified rosemary twig It was not as tender as it should be We were already done eating by the time I got my second steak This time my beef was not extra dead The steak frites was edible but not good I have never had steak I did not finish or take home until last nightnnThe service was great Our server Kris was polite and helpful The manager came to our table to apologize for the steak mishap and comped our creme brulee If this review was just based on food alone I would give them star but they get a bump because of the servicennThis place used to be an Italian restaurant and should have stayed that way Bistro calls itself Europeaninspired but the food was absolutely uninspired I wish I could say the food was forgettable because believe me I would rather forget I ate here