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Pros: the Bison Burger, Salmon TarTar, Toffee Date Cake Pudding & Choco Coffee Mousse, decor
Cons: Service, Shrimp Risotto, Crème Brûlée (the brûlée part)
Details:
We went as a party of 5 for our friends birthday and it was decent food that was a bit overpriced. Our party split the food between all of us so we can have an almost tapas-like experience and taste as many dishes as possible.
Appetizers:
Bone Marrow- this was definitely the most bone marrow I encountered in a restaurant so I was excited. However only the roasted outside portions had flavour. The deeper you got in the marrow, the more it just tasted like bland fat.
Salmon Tartar- wonderful vinaigrette with a nice spicy kick! Very fresh tasting
Meals:
Bison Burger- this was everyone's favourite meal dish. It had a great sauce, the bun was crispy and soft and the meet wasn't over cooked!
Truffle Poutine- great poutine except There was barely any truffle flavour. I guess they tried to make it subtle but I found it was too subtle considering you're spending an extra $8 to replace the fries
Wild Mushroom Fettuccine- had good taste but fettuccine had a weird texture. It seemed over-boiled because all the fettuccine was sticking together and pretty puffy but the inside was a bit tough so it had a undercooked inside with an over cooked exterior ?
Shrimp Risotto- everyone's least favourite dish...the shrimp was bland but edible...the risotto was insanely salty...we didn't complain about it since it was split in 5 and everyone was tasting it. But after yesterday's service, maybe we should have.
Icelandic Cod- fish tasted great and had a nice crisp to it but the broth tasted more on the fishy side. Not bad but probably would have paired better with a creamy liquid...but what do I know, I'm just an amateur reviewer
Desserts:
Sticky Toffee Pudding- very good! The cake paired nicely with the toffee sauce and the vanilla ice cream cut down on the sweetness. 2 of them said it was too sweet but I enjoyed it
Coffee Chocolate Mousse- very good too! The mousse had a hint of espresso and good texture. Served in a cute jar.
Crème Brûlée- the Crème part was really good! But the brûlée part was burnt.
Service:
First a few of my friends asked what the bone marrow was and the waitress (who turned out to be the manager) said, "Well, I don't know what to tell you, it just tastes like fat." in a very passive aggressive way. We didn't take it to heart, we just thought she was having trouble finding the words.
She recommended a good cocktail to me (which I forgot what it was) and she took a few pictures of us when we asked her to.
As for the brûlée, we complained about it being too burnt and asked if they can return with a less brûlée'd one. The bus boy told us the chef said that this was the minimum brûlée that was possible and he then went on to explain to us how a brûlée was done and why it's impossible to do it less brûlée'd (three times). He then asked if we wanted another dessert and it would be on the house. So we chose the mousse, since it was good!
We then saw the Crème brûlée on the bill and told the person (who was neither the bus boy or the waitress) that it wasn't supposed to be supposed to be on the bill. She got the manager, who ended up being our waitress and charged us instead for a second mousse. We then went on to explain to her that he said it was on the house and she said he doesn't have authority to make that decision and then proceeded to call us cheap and then remove the second mousse from the bill. It wasn't even about the money. We spent $300 excluding tip on a mediocre meal so don't call us cheap when you have a person representing your company telling us that it's on the house.
Other than that, it was ok. Not something I'd return for- because that manager/waitress left us with a bad taste in our mouth.
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