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| - Went here with very high expectations after finding luma a bit dissapointing.
-Service was a bit sluggish and inattentive at times. Examples: it took the waiter 25 mins before taking our order. And after explaining to one waiter we dont consume pork we receive a bread basket that half of was a pork and potato bread. Also my mothers dessert had tons of gelatin.
-One rookie error service made was serving our coffees before dessert (about 10 minutes before). it surprised everyone at the table but we didnt make a big deal out of it
-the food was decent, i felt like i should have been much more impressed though. i found some dishes much stronger than others. the smoked duck breast was phenomenal , yet the wagyu tri tip was very rubbery and underseasoned..Its odd that the dessert was the strongest course of the night to be honest. It wasnt that the meals were not enjoyable , it just didnt have the "oomph" we were expecting from one of canadas finest restaurants.
- the ambience is really nice, absolutely beautiful restaurant
overall a nice place to go to impress. The service although a bit slow was not poor by any means. I just think the food needs a bit more oomph in certain areas, as mentioned some dishes are way stronger than others, that it almost feels like it was from a different restauraunt .
We all found the butter tart for dessert way too sweet , that was probably the only dish we couldnt really finish due to us not liking it. However the chocolate mousse, on hazelnut sponge cake wiht jasmine ice cream and the peanut butter banana angel food cake desserts were absolutely divine..
Honestly the food was just slightly better than lumas (minus the desserts, which were so impressve). Granted it was presented alot nicer and on paper sounds fantastic but the execution needs a bit of refinement.
All in all a lovely evening, i would certainly recommend this place but perhaps not to a super foodie. personally i think its a bit of an overstretch to call this one of canadas finest , in my humble opinion. I would most certainly give them another chance in the future.
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