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Meridian Restaurant - Steakhouse in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Meridian Restaurant

4.2 (205 reviews)

411 S Marshall St, Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Restaurant
Fine dining restaurant

About Meridian Restaurant - steak house in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Elegant dining room with relaxed ambiance serving an elevated menu of Mediterranean & American food.

Customer Review Summary

Meridian Restaurant offers a diverse menu with daily changes, featuring steaks and seafood, alongside an extensive wine selection. Service has received praise for being exceptional, with attentive staff providing good descriptions of dishes. The atmosphere has been noted as dull or too quiet for the quality of food and service available. Many guests loved the mussels and bread pudding, though some found certain dishes mediocre or disappointing for the price. Parking is available, but the lot could be poorly lit or hard to find. Overall, experiences at Meridian are generally positive, with several guests expressing a desire to return, despite some criticisms regarding ambiance and specific menu items.

Key Features

Service options

  • Outdoor seating
  • Takeout
  • Dine-in

Highlights

  • Great beer selection
  • Great cocktails
  • Great coffee
  • Great dessert
  • Great wine list

Popular for

  • Dinner
  • Solo dining

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Wheelchair accessible restroom
  • Wheelchair accessible seating

Offerings

  • Alcohol
  • Beer
  • Cocktails
  • Coffee
  • Hard liquor
  • Healthy options
  • Small plates
  • Wine

Dining options

  • Dinner
  • Dessert
  • Seating

Amenities

  • Bar onsite
  • Restroom

Atmosphere

  • Cozy
  • Romantic
  • Trendy
  • Upscale

Crowd

  • Groups

Planning

  • Dinner reservations recommended
  • Accepts reservations

Payments

  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards
  • NFC mobile payments

Children

  • High chairs
  • Kids' menu

Parking

  • Free street parking

Customer Reviews

Rating Distribution

4.2 out of 5
5
135
4
28
3
12
2
15
1
15
Based on 205 reviews

Amy Hryn

3 weeks ago

We absolutely loved the food coming out was a little bit on the slow side (yes they did have a larger party in the party room). Our waiter was exceptional and made our experience one we will always remember.

David Danner

1 month ago

Great selection of meals from steaks & seafood. Each day is a new menu. Wine selection by glass & bottle. Service was good tonight. Atmosphere was dull. Wednesday is 1/2 price wine by the glass.

Shanice

1 year ago

We explored several restaurants to celebrate my birthday. After careful research we chose this place and it did NOT disappoint. The waitress was lovely, she gave us great descriptions of the food. I’m so glad we chose the mussels for our starter. The sauce was amazing… they packed the extra sauce for us to take home, apparently we weren’t the first to ask for it. We chose a quiet week day night. The ambiance was nice, the restaurant felt a little too quiet for the amazing food and service. We are planning to return soon, great experience overall.

Ryan Hollums

We had a great experience at Meridian. The food was fantastic, the drinks were great and the service was excellent! We had the bread pudding for desert and it was amazing. Will definitely come back another time to try more of this Chef’s food!

lind reiss

1 year ago

Meridian is a high quality restaurant. Don’t let the neighborhood keep you from coming here. There is ample reserved parking around the corner. We - four of us - arrived at 5:15 on a Saturday evening. Since we had been to Meridian several times before, we were not the least bit dismayed to see we were the only ones in the restaurant. In fact, we enjoyed that. Even though our waiter, Dave, was fairly new to Meridian, he described food and drink as though he had been there years. Service was outstanding. Quality of food was excellent. Scallops, NY strip, group with shrimp were our main course orders. Those followed apps of calamari and steak tartar. We recommend all of those dishes. The reason for only four stars is that both scallop dishes came with three scallops, and they weren’t all that large. However, as mentioned earlier, they were very nicely and deliciously prepared. We will return to Meridian when in Winston-Salem.

Amanda Flowers

We traveled from out of town (local) to try meridian for our anniversary. The parking lot was dark and quite a distance from the entrance with poor signage. The restaurant’s atmosphere, staff, speed, and wine were all great. However, the food was just not that great, especially for the price. We did love the mussels but everything else was mediocre at best. Good portions, just disappointing flavor. The experience was ok overall but I don’t think we will return.

Christy Godkin

11 months ago

Excellent antelope, calamari and crème brûlée! Excellent cranberry margarita!Norwood, Mike and Matt provided wonderful hospitality! The food was fresh and perfectly prepared! Menu changes daily.

Josh Pagano

3 years ago

Good food, but unwelcoming vibe. The bar tender thought he was too cool and was not helpful with choosing drinks. The other guests seemed unusually elderly. I'm not sure why there were so many older folks congregated here. Maybe they were hosting a reunion for the Class of 1969 or something. They could have been having an off night. I'd be willing to try here again. I just won't sit near the bar.

Location

Contact Information

Hours of Operation

Friday 4:30–9 PM
Monday Closed
Saturday 4:30–9 PM
Sunday 4:30–10 PM
Thursday 4:30–9 PM
Tuesday 4:30–10 PM
Wednesday 4:30–10 PM

Price Range

$50–100