Food: 8/10 -- Value: 6/10 -- Service: 8/10 -- Ambiance/Décor: 8/10
-- Fried Cornish Hen and Corn Bread Waffles ($17)
Old school fried cornish hen on a jalapeno corn bread waffle with maple syrup, hot sauce, and duck fat home fries.
I like corn bread (I don't know where the jalapenos factored in because I didn't taste any and I'm sensitive to heat) and I like waffles, but I didn't like the combination. It was not as delicious as corn bread and not as crunchy or sweet as waffles. The chicken was good. Not much to say about it other than that it wasn't dry, which is always a plus for chicken. The duck fat home fries were probably the star for me. These were my first "anything fried in duck fat" so I don't know if them being extra crispy is what sets it apart, but that's what it was: super crispy, which is my favourite.
The portion was decent, but I'm not entirely convinced it was worth $17.
I tried my company's orders as well: the Bacon Explosion Benedict ($17) looked amazing and was a solid egg's benedict. The portion for pad thai fries is huge, but I'd be careful if you don't have a tolerance for spicy because it had a bit of a kick and cumulatively, it'd get quite spicy. The Open-Faced Smoked Fish Club ($16) looked decent, but was a little underwhelming to me. I never really understood open-faced sandwiches anyway and smoked fish is just smoked fish.
Service was quick and each table gets their own jug of water, so no complaints there. It's a decent space. The back area of the restaurant where it's more dimly lit looked much cooler than the front, but the front is not bad too. It's spaced out enough that each table has their own space and privacy.
I'm not entirely sold on the food's value, but it's not a bad brunch spot.