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| - I came here with my girlfriends to celebrate my birthday last Friday April 25, 2014.
The place was filled with people. When you first walk in, you go through the bar to get to the dining area. The dining area was interesting - it was a mix of trendy and diner feel. They even have a photo booth where you can take a 4 pics for $5 (you get two pictures).
The music was extremely loud. It was hard to hear my friends who were just sitting beside me so this is not a place to go if you want to have a serious conversation. However, I have to say that I really enjoyed the music. They had a DJ spinning old school hip hop, which brought it back for me and my friends.
We had:
The beef Tartare $16: Hand-chopped cumbrae's sirloin, tomato puree, pickled shiitake, soft cooked egg york and crostini. The appearance of this dish looked really cool. The raw egg on top was a nice touch. The portion wasn't very much for $16, but this is to be expected. The taste of the tartare was okay. I didn't taste the tomato puree or pickled shiitake. I actually found the tartare rather bland. I did like the crostini, but even putting the tartare on it, it didn't have much flavour (B-)
Frites $8: I found this rather soggy. (C)
I had the linguine & clams for my main: $26: Clams, house-made bacon, crispy lemon & herb panko + wine better sauce. The pasta was al dente. The portion was not bad. The overall taste of the pasta was good. Adding bacon and clams added a nice touch. I did find the dish a bit too salty and spicy (B+)
My friends had:
Slow Braised Short Ribs $26: Horseradish potatoes, beet root, witled dandelion and banyula gastrique. The plating of this dish was terrible! They gave her this big plate with two small pieces of short ribs on one side. It looked like half of the food was missing! I was pretty disappointed in the portion, especially for $26. The short rib itself tasted tender and flavourful. However, this was NOT a hardy dish (C)
Potato Pizza $19: I didn't try this, but my friend said it was good.
Margherita Pizza $17: I didn't try this, but my friend said it was good. The pizza came with these scissors for you to cut the pizza with. I found that pretty unique (B+)
Dessert:
Daily Pie: Apple pie $9 - this was a normal pie. Nothing special. B
Mint & Chocolate cake: $9. This looked really cool and tasted awesome too! A-
Overall, the food wasn't all that great here and for the price, you are better off going somewhere else. However, I do have to give the service an A+. The staff were very friendly and accommodating. We actually ended up getting free drinks from a waiter because we made a bet to see who was the closer to the age of this waiter. Whomever lost had to buy shots. Instead of getting my friend (who lost) to buy it, the waiter went and got us free tequila shots. I thought that was pretty cool! We also did the photo booth thing and found that to be a great way to end the evening at Drake. So for the experience, it was great...but I wouldn't go there for the food. I would go back for evening drinks though cause the music was good!
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