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| - The Keg Mansion is my go-to place when friends are visiting and they want to have a nice night out for dinner. Delicious food, amazing atmosphere, great value, and service that is so friendly it's almost a little eery.
The whole restaurant is in an old mansion, which is a really nice, classy atmosphere to eat in. My favourite area to eat would be on the main level at the very back, where there is a smaller, separate room with a little more character, containing some paintings and (if I remember correctly) a fireplace. There are some fun little cards at the front that explain the history of the mansion, as well as some ghost stories about it being haunted. There is more of a bar/lounge area upstairs which is a nice place to get some drinks and snacks, or to hang out while you wait for a table to be ready.
The food -- AMAZING. I've had a number of steaks here and loved them all, but my favourite is the peppercorn New York steak. Absolutely exploding with delicious flavour in every bite. Perfectly seasoned. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. For a nice place, it is all very affordable as well. If you want to, you can get a steak dinner with salad and mashed potatoes for about $25 I believe.
The service is fantastic. There is just an extremely friendly aura around all of the staff. Kitchen staff walking by will smile at you even though they don't need to, and the servers are constantly attentive and helpful.
The restaurant does not take reservations on weekends. This is pretty annoying and makes it difficult to plan a night out with friends, but of the two Saturdays I've been here, we had to wait an hour on one of them, and the other the place was pretty much dead. I haven't picked up the pattern on the least-busy time to come yet.
Yes, The Keg is part of a chain, but you'd never know unless someone told you. There is a lot of unique character to the restaurant and the quality is bar none. I grew up in Oshawa, and the comparison to our Keg there is like night and day.
For a nice night out in the city, you need to check this place out. You will not be disappointed!
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