The reviews on here for this bistro are pretty bad. I went with low expectations on a Tuesday night and left pleasantly surprised.
I went for their all-you-can eat tartare special for $27. They give you little portions of four different kinds of tartare and you can keep reordering any tartare you like. The plate also comes with bread, fries and a tiny bit of salad. So we started off with four kinds of tartare and then ordered three of the four tartares twice. My favorites were the beef, tuna and shrimp.
The beef tartare had goat cheese, sundried tomatoes and smoked mustard. The goat cheese was very overpowering. My friend removed the cheese and preferred it that way but I like goat cheese so it didn't bother me. It tasted almost like a burger to me. Like a Big Mac with goat cheese inside. Also I don't usually like mustard but this smoked mustard made this tartare taste like a burger .
The tuna was very good. It had an Asian flavour to it. It tasted of sesame and had seaweed salad on top. Wasn't fishy at all.
The third kind was a cooked shrimp tartare with mango, papaya salad and coriander and mayo. It was refreshing.
The fourth tartare was a smoked salmon tartare. It was good but after awhile I got sick of it. I would have preferred if it was just regular salmon and not smoked salmon. This one was very mayo based. It had dill in it which I love and diced cucumber and Asian pear. If I hadn't looked at the menu I would not have known that their was pear in it.
We also got the drink special which was two glasses of vin mousseux, red or white wine for $15. We started with the bubbly which was fruity and they really filled the glass which we appreciated. Then we got a glass of Sauvignon blanc which was also nice and fruity.
My friend and I were so stuffed! We really got our money's worth! Also the service was good! Our tartares came so fast! I would come back again. They seem to change the tartares that they serve on a regular basis.