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| - This review is several months late so please excuse any in properly named dishes.
Overall this is a great place for a relaxed evening of fun. I found the dishes themselves very hit and miss, so hopefully this helps guide you to the winners. I wouldn't come here expecting fabulous culinary delight. However if you're in a big group of people having cocktails, wanting to try different things at a reasonable price for a fancy night out, it's just right. In general you may find in this review I wasn't a fan of the pasta dishes and they do a better job with the meats.
The atmosphere is a great combination "homey" and fine-dining with a very friendly staff.
Cocktails were fantastic! If you're a Caesar fan I highly recommend you try their Caesar, it's very interesting. Clear with cilantro & hot pepper makes it refreshing and different. Their table wine (I think was a Pinot Grigio) was better than most table wines in the city.
The losers:
Muscle on toast with a kind of coleslaw, was a bit of a miss, too much mayo for my taste.
Crispy bacon risotto, was a big miss for me. I found it under-seasoned, maybe was a little under cooked, would not recommend, too greasy.
Spaghetti all'Amatriciana, again not so hot. It had a nice spiciness to it, but overall tasted like under-seasoned canned tomatoes.
Ragu was great, flavourful, mixed textures with the tripe, really liked it. Polenta that it came with however was bitter and actually bad tasting, mixed with the Ragu makes it passable.
The winners:
The warm fresh bread with prosciutto is a must have. The warm olives were great as well.
Local burrata cheese with roasted grapes and toasted bread: I see a lot of reviewers like this and they are not wrong. Roasted grapes were really good, perfect level of garlic, cold cheese on top was an interesting juxtaposition. I really enjoyed this dish.
Pork Belly Scallops were lovely and sweet.
Lamb was very tasty, cooked perfectly and well seasoned.
Brussels sprouts, I loved! Buttery, just enough bacon, the way Brussels sprouts should be.
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