Simon T.
Yelp
I wanted to like this place, i really did. I spent 4 days in the lead up to my reservation waiting for the day to arrive, I had been making my way thru some of Winnipeg's best restaurants expecting this one to top them all, sadly, it didn't come close.
We were seated immediately, and met our server. It was like he didn't want to be there, pleasant is not a word I would not describe him. Asked about the specials on the board, he read them out, and said they were "pretty self explanatory". Thanks. He perked up a bit when my sister asked him about the wines, clearly a passion of his, but it would have been nice to see that side of him thru the whole dinner.
Our party of 3 shared three small plates and 2 big plates, and it was more than enough. I think of the 5 things we ordered, 4 had dill on them, the last dish, which i believe was the arctic char, had a pile of dill 3 inches high on top. Being the last dish, the mountain of herb left an unpleasant aftertaste that wouldn't go away.
The yellow beans were delicious, crunchy, with a bit of heat.
None of the other dishes stood out at all, nothing memorable.
I asked about dessert, hoping in part that they would have something to wash away the taste of the everlasting last dish, and mentioned i had spotted something on a table near to us that the diner was raving out. Servers response? "People love it here, but it no one would eat that in Australia." Way to up sell.
We left, disappointed. Reading other reviews I'm getting the sense there are issues with consistency of the food and the service, we had negative experiences with both.