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| - A chance encounter, I very seldom just walk into a restaurant or pub (a term I use loosely as this place does not sport your usual pub food BUT does boast an impressive beer selection) without having it at least recommended by someone else. In fact, we made our way to this place because our first restaurant of choice was packed.
Also, what "pub" takes reservations? That's Summer Hill for ya...
Anyway, since we made no reservations, we endured a wait of a whole 5 minutes... Not that the place was empty, but there is somewhat limited seating, BTW, I was being facetious about the wait. I was very pleased that the wait was not long at all.
Moving on... the atmostphere of the place was lovely and cosy with an upstairs and a down. The waiter was a pleasure (and was thoroughly delighted that we in fact were in the mood for dessert as many patrons turned down his offer to hear the dessert options).
But what of the food? The soup special was a creamy wild mushroom soup of the perfect taste and texture. I ordered the steak and frites which comes with red pepper and garlic butter (MARRY ME!) and it was grilled medium when I asked for medium (NOTE: I'm a fan of medium rare but found most places undercook their steak thus why I got into the habit of ordering steaks as medium. So if you prefer your steaks medium and actually WANT them medium, this place cooks them as ordered!)
As for the dessert, I ordered their chocolate pecan pie which admittedly didn't blow me away. It was tasty but sadly a tad forgettable.
For the food we got, I actually think it's very reasonable. Most places charge $28 dollars for the steak I got but this place priced it at $22.
A great eating experience and is a quiet setting among friends.
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