twentysix — Restaurant in Port Hope

Such a disappointment. We had been once before for drinks, and the atmosphere was alright, so the high price for a few cocktails went unnoticed. Sitting for dinner is another story. The dinner menu is limited, which is fine, I prefer that to 5 pages of frozen entrees. However, the prices aren’t in step with what is being offered. We started with the beef tartare, and although it was as expected, I couldn’t help but feel like I was simply eating some spiced up ground beef served raw. The egg yolk on top was a nice touch. For mains, I’d considered the tenderloin, but at $45 a plate, I doubted it could live up to that price point. I opted for the fish, and my partner got the duck. The fish was flavourless, and while it was cooked fine, had nothing going for it. The bed of risotto it sat upon was likewise underwhelming. The duck was better, but felt undercooked, and didn’t have the traditional crispness I associate with duck. All this accompanied by a 9oz red that we could have bought the bottle for the same amount, and a standard 20oz beer equally overpriced.

I really don’t mind paying a premium for a meal I’ll talk about for a few weeks after. Unfortunately, I’ll be talking about this one for much longer, and for the...

Attended a birthday dinner with 14 people here on the weekend. It was a horrible experience for our entire party. We had this reservation made for over 2 weeks. They ran out of steak and potatoes. Said we would get a steak and a half to cover for the size. Half was cooked well done the other was medium. Said we would receive extra vegetables, did not. In place of potatoes they gave fries and some people in our group ordered fries for the app; so that wasn’t helpful. Took an hour just to get our apps and another hour for our meals. The brisket was a soup. The cod was in a soup, the vegan pasta was a soup. All meals came at different times and by the time everyone had finished the two people that ordered pasta finally got their meals. Didn’t even want to wait for a dessert. The waitress was great, but the food and lack there of was horrible. First and last time...

Anticipating satisfying some optimistic curiosity about the venue, we were sadly left quite disappointed. It was a Murphy’s law experience. The morning staff didn’t prep one of the starter and main options (one out of four), so that left me with one option as a vegetarian which did not seem appealing. The wait staff messed up my husbands order and when our meal did arrive after 1.5 hours, the fish was undercooked. The manager offered to send us with a new cooked fish to bring home (???) and comped the side of risotto I ended up eating most of (an interesting choice to comp since it’s essentially a side starch without a price point). We will...