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| - Overall: Great atmosphere and service, overpriced and mediocre food.
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Summary: This is one of those restaurants that my friends and I like to dub "Hipster Restaurants".
What we mean by this is that almost everything is great. Great service, great food presentation, great atmosphere, great range of higher-end ingredients, etc.
The one thing that isn't great? The food. Not to say that the food is bad, it's okay. It's just that there are sure a lot of lacking and mismatched flavors. I'm sure there might be a dish or two worth going back for. But for the price and portion sizes overall? Absolutely not worth it. It's like they took a regular dish, cut it in half, threw truffle oil and a leaf on it, gave it some fancy description, and doubled/tripled the price.
Please note that I do consider Firefly and Other Mama to also be "Hipster Restaurants". So if you like those places this might be the place for you. If not, then you will probably feel the way I do about this place.
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Ordered: The 3 out of 4 dishes we ordered were recommended by the waiter as popular.
Crispy pork belly: The tiniest portion size known to man. Very plain. It just tastes like grilled pork belly with vinegar. You can get cheaper, tastier pork belly at literally any other asian restaurant.
Korean beef short ribs: OK portion size. Texture of meat was strange... super soft and falling apart. Pretty plain for korean short ribs. Expected more for the price. Again, you can get a cheaper, tastier version at any korean restaurant.
Miso Glazed Salmon: Pretty good. Actually liked this one. Bit pricey but I could see how it would get people to come back.
The Pier Roll: Your average sushi roll... except with a gallon of black pepper. It wasn't bad... it was just weird...? I like black pepper but the flavour just did not match and was pretty overpowering compared to the rest of the sushi roll.
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