Syrahs - Jasper

Worst $200 meal I've ever had. Just not good. I wanted to like this place so much. But the food is just not good. I had the bison ragout, which had maybe five bites of bison in it. The gnocchi was very strangely textured. Husband had ny steak which was average at best and very small, served with a ramekin of what appeared to be several days old mac n cheese which was dry and flavorless. We held out hope for dessert, the white chocolate goat cheese cheesecake. It was revolting. Texture was like a thin pudding pie, flavor was very bad. I love goat cheese and thought it would be delicious. Very disappointed. Two stars because the service was good and my glass of cab was tasty. I do not recommend.

The presentation was nice and the food was tasty (but seemed overly salty for my taste). I enjoyed the unique selections they offered. While most of the food was flavorful, the salad didn 't taste like it had the dressing on it. I asked for some extra and that helped a lot (I actually liked the house salad, with all the flavors from the various ingredients--but it was much better when I added the dressing). I ordered the Mushroom Carpaccio but that slipped through the cracks due to a misunderstand, until I asked about it after my entree was served. I was least impressed with the vanilla ice cream. It was ok, but not an amazing vanilla bean type I was expecting for house made vanilla bean ice cream .

My review is more 3.5. The food was good, but not outstanding. My husband and I shared the game meatballs, the gnocchi and the elk steak that was the special of the night. The meatballs were good, maybe too many onions in the sauce. The meat was very good, tender and tasty. The gnocchi was our least favorite plate. The amount of vegetable was big compared to the amount of gnocchi; the taste of the entire plate wasn't very good because we didn't like the veggie sauce and gnocchi. Maybe for Italian people like us is very complicated to find a good pasta plate when we're not in Italy. Overall the service was good. Our waiter was friendly and nice. We forgot to take pictures of the main dishes.

We were very excited to try some local delicacies, like elk and bison. Made a reservation and were seated promptly. Nice atmosphere, casual but still classy. Started off with salmon amuse-bouche and flaky biscuits with sun-dried tomato butter and a bottle of Syrah wine. First course had the mushroom carpaccio and it was beautiful and tasted amazing! For mains we tried the bison ragu and the elk Wellington. Both dishes were delicious my only complaint was the Wellington was twice the price of the ragu, and the ragu was just as good if not even a little better. Last but not least I ordered the White chocolate goat cheesecake, my partner doesn't love goat cheese, so he got ice cream with maple whisky. Both were tasty but the cheesecake was outstanding! My partner tasted it and agreed it was essence of goat cheese and really liked it as well.

Great service! The food was unique and we both enjoyed our dinners bison ragu and lamb. The affogato with homemade ice cream is not to be missed