From all the 'Media coverage' I thought this place would blow my mind...but sadly it did not!!! First time eating here & had the opportunity to come here due to my work Christmas lunch. As we were a large group, we were separated onto three large tables (which is understandable).
The group menu was standard, starters: soup or salad, mains: beef, pasta or veggie dish and lastly dessert: moose or pineapple jelly.
My starters was soup which was nice but needed additional salt & pepper (which was not available)...pretty presentation but it doesn't mean anything if the soup is standard tasting.
Moving onto my mains, I ordered the beef steak. Again very pretty presentation BUT the majority of our party had ordered the steak BUT had to send it back to the kitchen...the meat was so rare it looked like it just been killed (sorry for the extreme description).
Another point to mention was that our group was left alone with empty wine glasses on many occasions. At times, when staff were available - I had to call them over to top-up my wine glass. I believe the general rule is not to leave your guest with empty glasses!!!
Onto dessert, ordered the pineapple jelly. Again beautiful presentation and tasted good but too much of a good thing can make you sick. The pineapple jelly was a thick pineapple jelly shaving with a cheesecake tasting filling inside the shaving...not much I can say about the dessert but it was the best part of my meal.
To finish up, the group was offered tea & coffee. As I am not a coffee drinker and I was offered tea....Avoid!!!! My tea tasted like dish water....AVOID at all cost!
This has probably been the worst restaurant experience I have had since moving to Canada.
I believe in giving any eatery a second chance to redeem themselves...only time will tell!!!