As a New Years resolution/goal I decided to start a Winnipeg restaurant review blog. Lots of friends ask me my opinion on restaurants my husband and I have tried and I think I have a pretty good grasp of what's good and what isn't. I like to look at not only the food, but the atmosphere, service, music, menu selection etc. I'm trying out a rating system and then will give some details. So here goes my first review...
My husband and I dined at "Oui" for our New Years Eve dinner. It was fantastic!
Rating: 1 Poor - 5 Great
Atmosphere................4
Music...........................5
Food..........................4.5
Service........................5
Menu Selection..........5
Wine Selection...........5
Price............................5*
*price is based on quality of food
We made a reservation and were given our table on time! Our server was knowledgable and gave us ample time to decide while offerring suggestions for both food and wine. The atmosphere is quite nice, high ceilings, murals on the walls, clean windows and good lighting. Given the age of the building you could see the pipes (which are painted) and the exhaust system is a tad loud - but not enough to have to yell at each other.
The wine list is quite big and given the restaurant is French, you won't find many Italian or South African wines on the list. Needless to say we opted for a Bordeaux and were pleased with it.
I started with the "Crepe de Homard et Crabe" a seafood stuffed crepe. It was delicious, not what I expected, but very good. Real seafood, lobster, crab (not pollock) and prawns, wrapped in a crepe with a buttery herbed sauce. I expected more cream but was pleasantly surprised with the full seafood taste! My husband chose the French Onion Soup, which of course was delicious, and certainly not lacking in size.
Our next course consisted of Gnocchi a la Parisienne for me, and Jambonneau d'Augneau (Lamb) for my dining partner. Again the Gnocchi wasn't what I expected, but very tasty. I expected a cream sauce and received a buttery herb sauce with the yummy gnocchi and fresh asparagus and tomatoes. mmm! The Lamb was simple but good and not at all greasy like I've had elsewhere.
We ended the meal with Profiteroles and vanilla bean ice cream. We split this thankfully as there is certainly more than enough. I didn't sense the profiterole (cream puff) was fresh - and my rating takes this into consideration, but the ice cream was very good!
The overall menu is reasonable and dishes range from roughly $15-40 per person.
My overall rating would be a 4.5 out of 5 and I will definately return and recommend this restaurant to others!!
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