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SERVICE
I was on vacation and decided to come here after an exhausting afternoon hike at Mont-Royal. With the hike, we were exhausted and didn't realize that it was only 5pm when we arrived. Without realizing we had crashed on their staff dinner and set-up time, but despite this, the waitress and one of the chefs went out of their way to serve us right away. We felt so guilty, but not once did they make us feel uncomfortable and the waitress was so patient in explaining every dish to us in English.
FOOD
You MUST ORDER the calamari - it is their signature dish. I've never been a huge fan of calamari, but I loved every bite of the calamari we had here. The humus and squid ink perfectly complements the squid.
Had this smoked salmon dish that came with mini pancakes (very cute) and a scoop of ice cream. I didn't think these three things came together, but they do. There's some sort of sauce that they make that goes with the salmon and all three together. It was quite fun eating this dish, trying to assemble the salmon and ice cream on each of my mini pancakes! I felt like a kid again and secretly eating something I shouldn't :)
We had the special of the day appetizer - a honey dew + prosciutto mix, they complemented each other very well. It came with some sort of granola (?) crumbs that added a bit of saltiness that really brought out the flavour in the dish.
For dessert, I had the chocolate lava cake. It was generous portion and was baked just right, but I didn't find it to be anything very special after all the amazing dishes that came before it. Don't get me wrong, it was very good and did come with a scoop of vanilla ice cream (made with real vanilla beans), but it's just a regular chocolate lava cake.
Lastly, their food presentation was amazing throughout (food porn worthy) and I have the pictures to prove it.
ATMOSPHERE
The decor is definitely hipster, but despite that there seems to have been a range of groups that came in for dinner. Old, young, couples, ladies catching up, group of boys at the start of a night out. It's a nice mix and never too loud in the restaurant as it is quite small and I think can probably seat no more than 20.
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