The Koven — Restaurant in Ottawa

Ordered on uber recently cause it seemed pretty decent but I didn't put my expectations high, glad I didnt.

Got the Toxicity - it's supposed to be a hot dog with ketchup, onions and mustard, in the picture it looked great and stuffed, in reality there was pretty much no mustard, and if there was you couldn't taste it cause of all the ketchup and there were just a few teeny tiny pieces of onions. Pretty disappointing especially for its name but since it was on a BOGO I shouldn't be surprised.

My partner ordered the dimmu and he enjoyed it, he said the spice level on it was enjoyable and not overly spicy or under. I had gotten the so called behemoth, it was also good, a bit lacking for cheese in some bites but that's life, I still enjoyed the burger either way and it was definitely filling.

Fries are ok, nothing special but not great either. Would not suggest paying the extra dollar for their "parmesan fries" as it looked like they barely sprinkled some on top and then just called it a day, it was pretty much just regular fries that we paid an extra dollar for that we also didnt get a dip with even though it's supposed to come with a dip, my partner was looking forward to trying it.

I'd try it again, maybe in person might be better, we still enjoyed our burgers, they were the stars of the dish so it wasn't all bad, better than a few other places we've tried but not amazing. I'd probably just not get fries...

AVOID GRAVY AT ALL COSTS.

I ordered two burgers (agonist and Baphomet) along with a small ‘Mexican’ themed poutine.

I loved the agonist burger - 5/5.

The Baphomet was tasty, but if there was any goat cheese on it (as the menu states), it was completely unnoticeable. If my order had stopped here I would have given these guys 5 stars (despite the lack of goat cheese) because it was still quite tasty.

The people also seemed SUPER nice, indulging my (admittedly peculiar) special order notes… 5/5 for service.

But unfortunately, the poutine I got was so awful that it brought the score all the way down to a 3.

The fries were great and there was a good amount of ‘stuff’ on the poutine, but the entire thing was rendered inedible by the gravy. My best guess is that someone can put triple the amount of gravy powder into the batch (maybe I just got a fluke batch?)

I tried desperately to find something edible in the poutine but to no avail: it was so ‘powdery’ that even the parts that looked like there was hardly any gravy on it at all were still contaminated by that awful taste.

It was so bad that I’m willing to believe my experience was a fluke, but it was bad enough that I wouldn’t be willing to spend the money to find out.

From what I can tell, just avoid the gravy and you will have some deeply...

I went here last night, after watching a show at Maverick's.

This place is AWESOME. The place is not "rock" themed, it's metal. Black, Death etc metal, and they play a good selection of it over the speakers at all times (or at least when i was there). The place is decorated pretty much satanically from floor to ceiling, and the dishes are all named after metal bands. But don't let that scare you, even the most devout Christian would do well to try the food here. I had a wrap (pulled pork with vegetables etc, called the "Eluveitie"), and it was probably the best tasting restaurant food thing I've had in a lonnnnng time. And it was only 10$! Would not be surprised if the chef sold his soul to cook like that.

Service was pleasant, and they had a good selection of craft beer. I guess the only thing to be aware of is that since it's a pretty small operation and the food quality is so good, there can be quite the wait between ordering your food and getting it if there's a lot of people around. It's not fast food in any sense, it's closer to fine dining... But more metal haha.

Great place though, hope to make it...