Came here for Winterlicious for it's appealing and cheap dinner menu - although you get a lot in terms of portion sizing, the quality isn't the best.
They started with giving us some bread with oil and balsamic vinegar, but the bread was quite heavy and would have been better warm.
I chose the mussels, steak and creme brulee for my dinner.
The mussels could have been cooked a bit longer, but the sauce was good and had hints of Asian spices.
The steak was good too - my only problem was the lack of consistency. Three of us asked for medium steaks and only one was a true medium, the others were well done and medium rare.
The biggest issue was the creme brulee. Although it's an extremely generous portion, it tasted more like curdled eggs while the barely carmelized top didn't pass the crack test.
I really want to like Valens; the menu was promising but the delivery was lack luster.