The Torch - South Bend

Terrific dinner in South Bend, IN. Cafe Navarre offers a refined menu with many unique spins on more traditional dishes. Started with a cured Waygu plate with olives, roasted peppers, and fresh Parmesan. This dish checked all of the boxes. Fresh, unique, and not overly salty. Waygu was amazing. Then moved onto the Arrancini that was made with pumpkin, rice, Parmesan with a nice ragu and an apple parsnip puree. Really nice dish. Arrancini was savory with a touch of sweetness from the pumpkin. Puree was a perfect compliment. Next was wild mushroom soup. Creamy, savory and everything a soup should be. Exceptional. For my entree, went with beef medallion tips over green beans and a cauliflower puree. Tips were cooked perfectly and the puree was delightful. Fine dining ambiance and service. Very enjoyable dining experience. For those who enjoy libations, very good cocktail menu with many signature drinks to choose from. Two thumbs up!

WOW!!! My wife and I were treated here by my parents. They've been many times. This is our first time it won't be our last.Let's start with the service, absolutely fantastic couldn't have better service. So attentive. Now the food it was restaurant week. My mom and I both got the salmon. The best salmon I've ever had. My dad had the fillet also excellent. My wife had the pork tenderloin. She said it was the best ever. Melt in your mouth. Way to go Café Navarre!!!!

Very lovely place with high ceilings and tasteful interior design. service was pretty good but not particularly memorable. the crab cake rangoon was a creative dish for sure. i loved the seabass. for dessert we got lavender earl grey cheesecake. it was soo good. i really don't think you could go wrong with any of the desserts to be honest

My colleague and I had dinner here June 13 and it was exceptional. The food was perfect. Best crab risotto I've ever had and the homemade Ragu and homemade noodles were wonderful-perfectly cooked. Autumn took care of us and she did an exceptional job. She took care of us like we were family. We never had to ask for refills or anything else for that matter. She made our dinner enjoyable and offered small plates so that we could try the things that struck our pallet. We would definitely come back. Restaurant is in an old bank and had wonderful history that she and several other of the people that work there shared with us even allow us to take a tour of the upstairs and look at the pictures. Sheri and Jason 10 stars

Stopped in with dinner with a coworker. Nice atmosphere there service was great. They kept on filling your water. Never had to wait for the refill. I ordered the meatballs as an app and pasta with bolognese sauce. Meatball was very good, you get 5, they had good flavor and crustini bread. The bolognese had veal in it and gave it a different flavor. I did enjoy it and the pasta was homemade. My coworker got the crab cake app 4oz piece and she got the cauliflower app which was a special of the night. I don't like cauliflower but tried it and the seasoning on oil on it gave it a unique flavor. I kinda liked it. If I had to eat it again it would be their way.