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| - I went here, in a party of 4 for a casual birthday dinner a few days ago, made reservations because all the other reviews had mentioned that this place is small. If you want to go here, you should make reservations.
Ambiance: The place is loud, they play loud music and the lighting is dark - likely to capture a "tavern" experience. It's a bit difficult to have a conversation with the person next to you when it fills up. The place is so small that it gets very noisy when there are more people.
FOOD:
beef cheek & smoked cheddar poutine - didn't taste the smoked cheddar and don't remember seeing any cheddar. There wasn't much gravy or sauce at all, it relies on the beef cheek for the sauce. The beef cheek itself was tasty. Fries are tasty but together it was only so-so.
seared whitefish - cooked perfectly, dressing is light but it's just the right amount and it tasted pretty good. Only problem: portion was very small. My friend who ordered this, ended up eating the rest of the fries from another person's steak frites.
duck confit carbonara - likely the best entree we've had here. the linguine is topped with a duck leg. The duck is cooked really well and has a nice smokey flavour to it. I would recommend this dish. (it also might be the only thing I would return for)
steak frites - The small steak is over seared (similar to House of Chans). The sear gives the steak a hard outside - it's almost cooked to char, but the inside was medium rare as requested. It comes with a huge wad of fries, REALLY big portion of fries, that took up the whole plate. (these fries came in handy, as my still hungry friend who ordered the fish - devoured them).
6oz kobe burger - Just a burger, nothing special. Couldn't really tell it's kobe beef.
tempura green beans - we ordered this because the waitress kept suggesting it, and said it was popular. I was hesitant because previous yelpers had mentioned that their tempura cauliflower wasn't very good. As you guessed it, neither was the tempura green beans. It's tempura batter to bean ratio was off by a lot - too much tempura batter and oil. Regret ordering this.
Overall: The place is OK. Some of the dishes are good, but some are a bit disappointing. Once was enough for me.
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