Location: In the heart of Monkland Village - 10-minute walk from Villa Maria subway.
Service: The staff was super friendly and service was relatively quick. We sat at the bar so I'm not sure if table service was as quick.
Food: Nothing to write home about. My date had oysters which she enjoyed, and the ribs as a main. She liked both the ribs and the side of fries, and said the sauce was super smokey, just the way she likes it.
I ordered the beet root salad and sweet potato fries. The salad was good, but it wasn't spectacular. The goat cheese was more like cheddar, which was a disappointment. I expected crumbled goat cheese but instead got four slices of... well I assume it was goat cheese though as I said, it tasted like cheddar and had the same texture. The sweet potato fries were amazing and so were the regular fries. Nice and crispy on the outside.
Ambiance: Way too f-ing loud. You can't hear yourself think in the place so for me, this is a fail. I really liked the space - I felt like I was in a bar on a beach somewhere. Would I go back? Probably not without earplugs.