Welcome To Mistral Restaurant In Princeton NJ
Gather with friends, family or your special someone for an intimate culinary experience
Located in the heart of downtown Princeton, Mistral brings that a breath of fresh air to the Princeton-area dining scene. Offering a stunning mix of taste, style and atmosphere, Mistral is recognized for its award winning chef Scott Anderson with a superlative emphasis on fresh, local ingredients and artistically plated dishes. He has curated a progressive menu of culturally influenced and inventive small plates for guests to savor and share time and again.
With its welcoming outdoor patio that is equipped to provide guests comfort regardless of the season and rustic, inviting interior, Mistral’s atmosphere evokes feelings of warmth and community.
Mistral takes notes from Anderson’s first restaurant concept elements, celebrated for its indulgent tasting menus and open kitchen concept. Mistral emulates the elements core philosophy, utilizing fresh, local ingredients, and delivering culturally influenced cuisine that plays upon familiar American classics.
Our Menu
A Vanguard of Modern-Global Cuisine
Anderson’s style of cooking simultaneously celebrates a dish’s culinary roots while employing the diverse set of techniques and flavor profiles accumulated throughout their well-traveled lives.
Influenced by global flavor profiles and techniques, Mistral’s menu features culturally influenced interpretative American cuisine, much like its sister restaurant elements.
While elements is remembered for its indulgent prix-fix chefs tasting menus, Mistral delivers an entirely different dining experience to its guests. Featuring smaller plates geared towards sharing – not to be mistaken as tapas – Mistral encourages and empowers its patrons to create their own tasting menus based off a mixture of dishes coming from the ground, the farm and the sea.
In 2015, Mistral expanded to include Mistral Bar, where guests enjoy a full craft cocktail menu that is both unexpected, yet classic and attuned to chef Anderson’s local and seasonal ethos.
Mistral is open for dinner throughout the week. Mistral also offers Saturday & Sunday brunch.
