This review is for their brunch... I'd like to give 3.5 stars but since I can't I'll round up to 4.
We arrived at 10am because we were a party of 8 and we were glad we did. While no one else was there at 10am, by 11:00am there was a line out the door.
I liked the look of the place, small, intimate, cozy, just what you want for a feast of meat. :)
We started with coffees and teas which all came with little timers... sounds good in theory but when they started going off it was kind of annoying. I'm all about enjoying food (or beverages) at their best but no need to over complicate life.
For starters we ordered a few rounds of donuts, banoffee and maple bacon. The banoffee donuts were pretty good, the maple bacon were ok. Interesting but the bacon tasted a bit like bacon bits. I'm not saying they were bacon bits but they tasted a little like them.
We also tried the dirty rice balls, which were clearly homemade and the sauce was good but feel like it was more a good on you for effort than execution.
By far the star of the show was my main, McBeastwhich or however they spell it. Fried chicken thigh meat (dark meat is key) on a biscuit with white gravy. OMG so delicous! Salty, fried, chicken goodness, buttery, soft biscuit and gravy... what's not to love??
The fried egg on the side was a bit odd, it kinda felt like it was put their to make it a "brunch" menu item. They didn't even ask me how I'd like the egg but maybe because we were a larger party.
I tried a few other mains, the french toast was pretty good, the southern hash, smoked trout falafel benny, and breakfast tostada were all well received though i didn't try them. the labatt 50 was a bit of a disappointment, mostly because the bacon lacked flavour and mostly tasted like salt. And the breakfast sandwhich was also a disappointment though I didn't try it.
I guess overall I'd say 4 stars for effort, they definitely try to be innovative with their menu. But maybe 3.5 stars for execution.