Velvet Glove Restaurant — Restaurant in Winnipeg

Updated review: I have in the past given the Velvet Glove (Though renamed VG Restaurant) 5 stars. It continues to hold it.

I went twice in a relatively short time frame. On my previous visit we were allowed to order from the new fall menu. We did Milk buns, pickerel fritters, tomato salad , Bison Tartare, Strip loin, Porchetta, Peanut butter dessert and Cake for two. The milk buns were a great highlight. They no longer serve a bread basket however. On this visit I tried the vegan menu and had the cauliflower fritters, gnocchi, boudha bowl and the cake. The cauliflower fritters and the gnocchi were outstanding. I do not believe they are on the regular menu, but I don't see why not. I am not a vegan (as you can tell from my first visit), but I think these two items would do well on their regular menu. Regardless of vegan fritter or pickerel fritter, you can't go wrong with either. I personally wasn't as much a fan of the tomato salad that night, but I think that was just personal taste. I think I have to be in a certain mood for it, as it is pickled. The bison tartare was a solid choice. I enjoyed the porchetta, but I feel it is more a sharing dish unless you have someone who very much likes to eat a lot of pork. It is a VERY large piece of meat and as much as I love meat, for myself it was too heavy. I liked the variety and the sides we received with the strip loin. Out of the desserts I was a fan of the peanut butter one, but that is personal preference. My friend ate the cake for two by herself, which I think says how good that was.

Previous review ----------------------------------------- My meal tonight was outstanding. It was part of a special menu (the local authentic experience). Aside from the service going above and beyond, the food plating, presentation and flavors were all fantastic. Its been a long time since I've had a meal this good in Winnipeg (my other recollection would be Segovia which is in the Canada's 100 best list) Their price point is also friendlier than some other high end restaurants with comparable level of quality.

Dinner includes parking but you do need to get it validated before you leave (Valet as well as self park). Lunch does not. Dinner is only open Friday...

My friends and I went to the Velvet Glove for their Autumn High Tea experience. It was the first time for all of us when doing high tea and I could not have had a better time! It was so fun to be with my friends and our waiter, Rod was excellent! He was knowledgeable, patient, and made sure we were taken care of. The table was set with the tea cups and saucers decorated with flowers - the kind you would expect for the occassion. Two different menus were set on the table for everyone. One for the variety of teas that they had on one side and drinks with alcohol on the other - I had the chai tea and it was delicious as well as a mimosa. The tea comes out in various sizes of teapots all unique in design as well. It's also accompanied by milk and individual mini pots of honey. The second menu showed the sandwiches and dainties that you would be served on a tower. There was six of us and each tower had pieces ready for each person to take. The food was quite yummy! The menu is set and it's $59 per person not including taxes and gratuity. Although, the gratuity is automatically added on to the bill as well, which our server told us about. A couple of us were skeptical if the food would be enough and leave us hungry, but that was not the case at all! We had leftovers and all of us were full! The Sunday that we went (their high teas are only on Sundays) it was not very busy - which was great for us!

Aside from going to experience the high tea life, we were also sending off a friend who was moving and they were very accommodating and made that occassion very special. I would definitely go back to do it again!

The hotel does have street parking, but they also have a parkade (Richardson Centre Parkade - googleable to map to). I used the parkade and paid about $12 for ~2.5 hrs. I believe it's $2 for every 30 mins and $14 for daily? They do not validate parking, although it would be nice...

great decor, awesome staff, fabulous presentation, wonderful ingredients and you get to try stuff you wouldn't normally find at most restaurants. That said, you are paying for all of that, and if thats not what your coming here for you might not be so happy with the price ;p

it was delicious but so are less expensive restaurants ;) i'm not sure if i would return due to the cost, but i will keep my eye out for their specials and if something catches my eye i may be back to try it out;)

the boar was DELICIOUS omg i need to eat that all the time lol, the PB&C WAS GREAT!! and got to be honest here, unlike most restaurants the portion size for this was perfect it was sweet but when you were done you didnt feel like you ate a bag of sugar lol, the brined chicken was a tad disappointing, my crab cigar was awesome and for 18$ you can tell they used quality crab so i was ok with that! frozen peaches and creme was nasty i don't want a fruit roll up thank you, and i dont care for coconut milk ice cream yuk! salmon tar tar that was given before appetizer was alright the only great part was the edible spoon it was served in. the salmon..... i've had better at an all you can eat sushi restaurant. the bison carpaccio was awesome, i've never had this and would definitely try it again who knew raw meat other than fish was delicious! i did notice the snail garden on their menu, that sounded very interesting!!!

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