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| - Went there on a Friday night for a friend's birthday. Party of 5. It was very quiet given that summer is in full swing, but that was nice. Be prepared to shell out some good $$$ here..
On the downside..(good stuff coming later)
Its a really big space and the table was so large, sometimes it was hard to hear the convo, so we would push in to get cozy. The server thought there was a 6th person,so didn't take our food order for a while. The whole IPad drinks menu feels gimicky - would be more useful if you could order your drink using the IPad and the waiter would bring it to your table, NOW THAT is using technology. Otherwise, its just a glorified paper menu (which have a lot of pros eg, everyone on the table gets their own, no sharing, no "back" button required to switch between screens etc).
Now why I am a FAN..
The free bread is so GOOD! If I didn't have a big dinner on the way, I would have had 2 of these all by myself. Ordered the chicken with a side of mashed potatoes and stuffing. It was the last chicken (at 9PM really??) but it was DELICIOUS! Great portion, melt-in-your-mouth mashed potatoes (drooling when I think of it now) and the chicken was just tender, flavorful, which is usually hard to pull of with chicken.
Other raves on the table - steak fillet, small portion but was done just right. Sweet potatoes had just the right amount of crunch, cheese burger was juicy, not overly done full of filings, thus the high staff recommendation for this dish. Mushroom gnocci plate was so small, and had salad at the bottom, almost as though it was a filler - if you are hungry, don't order this (especially at $23?!!). Mac n cheese lobster appetizer was delish as well.
Dessert was creme brulee, was also really yummy. The server put "happy birthday X" for our friend around the plate which was a nice touch, although better would be provide a complimentary desert with a candle at least, after all this is a pricey place, surely they can afford that?
Also, paid a visit to the Toto toilet (ladies washroom), very interesting had only seen them on tv shows quite funny, warmed seats that seem to have all kinds of settings..possibly need another trip to explore this further lol!!!
The "Damage" (aka the bill) as they put it was quite extensive, but its a birthday so what to do. Overall great service, very tasty food and lovely atmosphere.
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