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| - We went in here for dinner, excited to try the chain, our expectations up very high from all the positive reviews.
We were set up at the bar until seating became free in the lounge as it was going to be 90 min to be seated. The bar is this tiny strip of quartz where having a drink is not so comfortable. You are in the zone where the waitresses converge, waiting for their tables` drink orders.
A glass of red wine at $9 appears to measure about 3 oz in the glass. It was 5 sips worth and then gone. Good though, I had asked for a Malbec.
The menu looked interesting - but very overpriced.
Ordered: crab cakes to start as a shared appy - $13. Tiny morsels (2) dressed in thousand island dressing with tiny can-like crab flakes and hunks of potato that should have been crab. I had asked not only our server what was good at Redwater before we dove into our menus. Needless to say I was let down by this suggestion.
My husband ordered the steak which upon asking staff was told that it was quite comparable to the Keg in how they prepare it and present it. Wrong. The steak looked awful on top of mashed potatoes (those were good at least) surrounded by a few beets slices. No pizazz, no colour. Not worth $26 and that was for the smallest 8oz! We were so hungry so we did eat our food but our server could see we were not impressed. We had asked for more bread - that was also good, served with a pomegranate butter that gave the bread some good tang.
I had asked for a pasta substitution which would have cost me another $7 - no. I just ordered the mussels, again recommended and they were just - OK. Very bland in a tomato sauce but not as bland as the poor steak sitting across from me. We had to pour some of my mussel juice on top of the steak to give it a bit of flavour. You are able to choose a topping for your "naked" steak and my guy chose the garlic poblano butter which did absolutely nothing for the meat. To be fair, the cut of meat was good but the grill surely was not hot enough when the meat was put on as none of the steak had any kind of colour to it, limp, no char.
A manager had come to our table after some time and asked if everything was good and we answered that it was just OK. She prompted us for comment and we politely told her our issues with the food, giving some positives as well such as - our server was nice and the restaurant itself was beautiful. She thanked us for feedback and that she would talk to the chef. She asked to buy us dessert but we just settled on a coffee each. It was not enough to make up for what we had to pay for.
Not sure we will return, never to this location anyways on Uxbridge. Maybe the one on Macleod is better... ?
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