I had a good meal here and our waiter was quite friendly. The initial greeting was kind of meh but the rest went well.
The food was very good! The beef meatballs with homemade pasta is quite the comfort food. I did find the tomato sauce to be uninspired but it tasted fine. Also tried their mussels in the white creamy sauce. This one was just okay to me and I wouldn't order it again. I really liked that they used whole grain Dijon mustard but the presentation was quite odd, as though they had dumped the mustard haphazardly in the plate. There were also some broken pieces of mussel shells which was a turnoff. Just based on the mussels, I might have been inclined to give a 3-star review.
The fries, however, were fantastic. Crispy and a little spicy! The short rib crostini were also delicious and the highlight of our meal. The sauce, the juxtaposition of flavours and the presentation were all on point. One thing to note: these were all listed under 'tapas' so we expected them to be in smaller portions. They actually came in generous meal size, except for the crostini which is good to share as an appetizer.
For dessert we shared the fried doughnuts. I really enjoyed the crisp and taste of the dough. It was generously drowned in Nutella. I'm pretty sure the description read something like 'stuffed with lemon curd' but in fact it was more like the bottom of the doughnut was 'lightly lined' with lemon curd. I actually would have preferred more lemon curd and less Nutella but the dessert was still delicious as is.
There were a couple weird hitches in the cutlery department such as one of my dinner-mate's steak being served without a steak knife or dessert being served with a knife only. It was needed but I don't think we should've had to ask for spoon/fork.
The restaurant might actually be more of a 3.5 in some respects, but overall, the friendly service and some (not all) items being downright fantastic make me want to come back for more. I am actually excited to try their downtown location.