Dined here on Friday night on a recommendation from a friend. Was excited to try the farm to table concept and the fact that it is part of the culinary school was intriguing.
Dining room quite nice. Long and minimal with large windows overlooking the garden. We were seated quickly and met by our friendly server. Drinks came quickly and since we were so hungry our order was placed and the food started to arrive.
We started with the Beet Salad, Fish Tacos and Chicken wings (as I said - we were hungry).
Beet Salad was great.
Fish tacos were the winners. Fish was light and crispy and my girlfriend loved the balance against the slaw.
Chicken wings were ok. Lovely spice combo and fall off the bone meat.
For mains we had the seafood pasta and the burger.
Seafood pasta was homemade and quite nice. The fish was tasty, however, my girlfriend noted that of the five mussels that were neatly arranged around the plate, one of them was unopened and inedible. As a culinary school this seems like a basic teaching concept - don't serve the unopened mussel.
I had the Gastriqe burger which sadly was over cooked. Tasty but the meat unfortunately was dry. It was also served on the narrowest of boards which allowed very little wiggle room for spillage of the messy burger toppings. Fries were okay but had to ask twice for the ketchup, and twice for my napkin to be replaced.
Dessert. My girlfriend has a severe tree nut allergy which was advised at the time of booking and also when we arrived and were seated, so we were disappointed that our server overlooked the biscotti on my cappuccino plate and handed it down to me. Had to remind her of that which she took away but that was the third event that got me thinking that the servers may need better training.
The Pear Ice cream and waffle were delicious and the stout chocolate cake was not too sweet but nothing special.
Prices were decent but the server charged us for something we did not order that was quickly rectified but I'd say that was the fourth strike.
Overall a pleasant experience with a few kinks. Work those out and we'd possibly come back.