Why only the 2 Stars?
One for The House Lager. One for The Wings.
That's it.
I'll explain.....
The environment while walking through the door turned me off right away. Cold vibes and half empty.
It was actually slightly odd, at the front of the restaurant it was a family with young children vibe, in the middle it was empty and at the back was the geriatric vibe. Bizarre.
Although I might be comparing it to the main Steam Works in Gastown. A happening, adult, trendy, hip scene with bustling energy. Actually so much so, the Feng Shui and balance of the place felt off, while we were waiting for the hostess, I almost left.
The place just didn't grab me...you know?.....
We sat at the back just past the bar area with a lovely view of an unkept dirty wanna-be garden patio decorated with stacked dusty outdoor chairs balancing massive rain drops from the night before.
Oh, and I think they also used that space to store their gardening equipment.
So, instead of a clean, inviting, manicured garden patio overlooking Lonsdale Ave with a set up to entice people to have the option to sit outside...they had....well.....THAT....
Moving on.....
Our server, AM B was not friendly at all.
She seemed hungover, not that there's anything wrong with being hungover, but if it interferes with your work...then maybe you should've stayed home and popped a couple of Advil.
And now for the food....
I loved the Garlic Chilli Chicken Wings with the kimchi aioli dip.
I also loved the House Lager.
That was about it. Whence the 2 Stars.
The Prawn and Chorizo Jambalaya was a monstrosity. Truly. An attack and insult to the Jambalaya dish.
The rice was so overcooked it pureed in your mouth. The Prawns seemed like small shrimp and tasted frozen, mushy and rubbery.
Every single ingredient in the dish was disastrously obliterated. (See pic.)
While getting up to leave......
We both said, the beer and wings were good, but yeah...not coming back here.
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