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| - Mondays - $1 Oysters! @thesainttavern
You can't get better than that. +1 star for the promo
The food here is quite good, substantial and priced well for this trendy neighbourhood. Borderline pub and gastro pub, their most adventurous ingredient seemed to be pork belly, but who doesn't love pork belly / bacon, honestly.
Inside, it's reminiscent of a British subway/interior(?) With white tiled walls and black wooden booths. It's different and fresher from the Edison bulbs and reclaimed wood tables that you find in almost every restaurant on this street (duly noted this evening as iconic hipster restaurant)
It was packed on a Monday night, and after 7pm it started getting busier and louder. I would have liked the lighting to be a bit brighter overall, but it definitely made me forget that I had work the next day.
For dinner we had oysters and complemented it with a hearty Pork Belly Periogies - they were quite big, and 5 on the plate - topped with pork belly (not inside) and carmelized onions.
I had the most unique thing on the menu, the poached duck egg with lobster and corned beef hash and Bearnaise sauce. Athough tasty, I was a little disappointed with the dish over all. I expected the lobster to be mixed in with the hash (that's what it sounded like), instead it was just on the side. The lobster was tough and over cooked, as if it was done ahead of time (also noted was the temperature was room, and not hot). The duck egg, i expected it to be slightly runny with the yolk, but seemed to have hardened (maybe that's the way duck eggs are) and some of the white was undercooked. The salad was unedible. Too salty and sour.
BUT, it did taste good - I would say good effort, but get something else.
My friend got the lamb leg, and at $19 was really good, unfortunately, it doesn't come with any sides (and looks lonely on the plate). Any side is $7-8, but a good sharing portion (we got the brussel sprouts, quite good!).
Hubby got steak fries. Fries were really salty too, but it worked and I ate them all.
The desserts actually sounds really appetizing, but consensus was to try a new restaurant for fun, so I will be back.
Beer and wine range from 8-12 per glass. Due to some mix up at another table, where we ended up with a free beer! Extensive drink menu for beer, wine, whiskey and other liqueurs.
Great for groups, and catching up with friends. They take reservations! I would come back again if in the area, but not before trying a few others on the strip.
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