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| - Came here for Winterlicious and really enjoyed our time! Take the rating more as a 4.5 star.
The atmosphere is probably one of the most gorgeous I've seen. It's very sophisticated, elegant, classic, comfortable seating, romantic, private areas and open areas. The decor is very beautiful.
Food:
I ordered the Terrine which had: rabbit & ham hock terrine, pork floss, apricot piccalilli, gingerbread. This dish is a cold, still very flavourful.
Entree was: tenderloin & short rib, root vegetable Parisienne, celeriac croustillant, pomme purée.
Dessert: Chocolat with salted caramel ganache, caramelized banana, cashew crumble, muscovado crisp. Very rich dessert yet it was still balanced with the banana and the muscovado crisp.
We also got an Italian white wine to share. Very tasty.
Overall the food was very delicious. Note that portions are smaller than you may expect. That could be just the restaurant itself or because it was winterlicious. Still, it was very flavourful, overall well executed. The reason why I would give this place a 4 star (4.5) was because it is quite pricey. My tenderloin was cooked perfectly but flavourwise, I've tasted much better at The Keg. Also, unfortunately my short rib was quite dry, not juicy at all and it wasn't easy to pull apart with just the fork which is usually what you would expect if short rib is cooked properly.
The staff are amazing, friendly and inviting, and they all were very knowledgeable about the menu items, how things were cooked, etc.
I would come back here, but probably not during winterlicious even though it may be more expensive, the quality of the food would be better.
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