I live in Vancouver but was in the area and my gf wanted to give this place a try. First impressions were great, plenty of parking and you walk into a beautiful foyer. The restaurant has excellent decor and is brighter than a lot of chains giving it a more welcoming feel.
This was a Monday night (around 10PM) and it was fairly dead. Perhaps less than 20 guests in total. We were seated in our booth and served by the bartender who would step out of the bar to check up on us every now and then.
We ordered the late night happy hour specials and everyone in my party of 4 was pleased with the drinks. Good wine, mules, and beer.
When the food came, things took a bit of a turn. The prices for the happy hour specials were great but nothing tasted good. The crispy sushi rice is a disjointed cracker with some fish on top. Fried mac and cheese sticks were bland and served with a tomato sauce that tasted off.
Truffle fries for $4 were actually decent though.
We also ordered the crispy Brussels which I felt were a bit overcooked and bitter. For entrees we split two of the lobster & prawn burgers between the four of us.
The patty was okay but the burger as a whole was terrible due to the bacon that is way too salty. We all picked out the bacon and I had the burger switched with the Chicken & Brie sandwich.
Unfortunately, it was the same. The brie was once again way too salty. The prosciutto was a very thick cut and incredibly tough to chew. So much so that it was hard to cut with a steak knife.
Both of these sandwiches were awful and at $16/19 you can do a lot better elsewhere. This certainly isn't Top Chef material and I'd frankly be embarrassed to have my name on the menu. You can do better at any other chain and get better service/prices as well.
I'm not sure if they were friends of the bartender/server but he spent most of his evening chatting up the bar and making their drinks. We asked for additional ketchup and never actually got it after 20 minutes of waiting.
A disappointing performance all around read more