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| - TLDR; wonderful food, poor service, and just OK drinks.
FOOD
The food here is wonderful. The flavor profiles are unique and new, something I hadn't had before. I appreciated them.
I also love that there are a bunch of 'snacks' made for sharing with the table. Many of the dishes we received were portioned into three, which was perfect for our group of three.
More specifically:
Pork Belly Confit - melt in your mouth good, and a very nice crust. There was some pig face prosciutto-type stuff that was also surprisingly good.
Smoked Hen - a great smokiness to it, though this was our least favorite dish. I really liked the puree at the bottom.
Asparagus - well-cooked, and with a yummy egg topping.
Steamed Peanuts - very good and unique. This was the most "aboriginal" in our mind of the dishes we tried. It came out inside a nice wooden canoe.
Bison Burger - very good, especially the toasted bread it was served on. There was some extremely mean sauce on that bread.
Venison Sausage - absolutely delicious. They cut it into three pieces which was perfect for our group. The meat was cooked perfectly and just melted in your mouth. I wish this was the "sausage" you got at a ballpark.
They were out of the Bison short ribs that we were very much looking forward to, but the deliciousness of the other food made up for it.
SERVICE
Three of us went to Keriwa on a Wednesday evening, only to find that there was just one waitress and one chef working the restaurant. Despite our trepidations, we went ahead with the meal.
Unfortunately, 1 hour and 45 minutes into the meal, we had only received two of the dishes listed above - despite ordering them all at the beginning given we know service was going to be slow. The waitress had also not asked us how we had liked our food.
We understood why the service was slow, but we would still have liked Keriwa to staff more people so we could enjoy the wonderful food more fully.
DRINKS
The Bear Lobe is a very bitter drink.
The glass of Pinot Gris was stale; it seemed the bottle had been left open for a few days.
The sparkling was pretty good.
My friends enjoyed their cocktails. I think they had the margarita and something else-it was sweet.
The beer keg for the beer my friend was drinking ran out, so they gave him a half-glass on the house.
Overall, a great place - especially if they improve their service.
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