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westopher · 10-01-2012, 01:17 PM

I'll do 2 places.
Chewies
Service 6/10
Food 8.5/10
Value 7.5/10
I had the Jambalaya, gf had prawn pappardale, Gma had fried oysters, Gpa had bbq prawns. All the food was great, pretty substantial, well seasoned, spicy. Overall no complaints other than the smoked chicken in my jambalaya had a lot of very chewy skin. I love skin, but it needs to be crisped up a bit. Service was just ok, but the waitress was smoking hot.

Trattoria
I was kinda forced into this one. I can't remember a meal that I have been happy with at any Glowbal place considering how good the menu looks, then how terribly average the food is when you get it.
Food 5/10
Service 9/10
Value 5/10
Chicken parm was good, quite substantial and tasty. Girlfriend liked her pizza, but compared to the other pizza in the city its pretty mediocre. Risotto, this is where they dropped the fucking ball. It was unreal how bland it was. Literally not a pinch of salt. It was just awful. The pancetta mushroom fusili. It was quite good, but there were whole sprigs of thyme in it. Like 8 or 9 mixed in. You don't put herbs on a plate that you can't eat. I just don't get it. Its like in the 80s when someone thought it was a good idea to garnish a plate with whole sprigs of rosemary. Its like someone threw a pine tree into your meal. Service was great. Very friendly and attentive without being overbearing. Also seemed like a very sweet genuine girl. Its nice when you can tell someone has a real personality that is serving you. I won't ever go back here, or maybe to any glowbal restaurant, unless its to poach the server when I open a place haha. It really is just a group of glorified moxies/earls/cactus type food with a little more pretension.

10-01-2012, 01:17 PM	#4723
westopher Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: North vancouver Posts: 14,251 Thanked 35,625 Times in 8,607 Posts Failed 235 Times in 183 Posts	I'll do 2 places. Chewies Service 6/10 Food 8.5/10 Value 7.5/10 I had the Jambalaya, gf had prawn pappardale, Gma had fried oysters, Gpa had bbq prawns. All the food was great, pretty substantial, well seasoned, spicy. Overall no complaints other than the smoked chicken in my jambalaya had a lot of very chewy skin. I love skin, but it needs to be crisped up a bit. Service was just ok, but the waitress was smoking hot. Trattoria I was kinda forced into this one. I can't remember a meal that I have been happy with at any Glowbal place considering how good the menu looks, then how terribly average the food is when you get it. Food 5/10 Service 9/10 Value 5/10 Chicken parm was good, quite substantial and tasty. Girlfriend liked her pizza, but compared to the other pizza in the city its pretty mediocre. Risotto, this is where they dropped the fucking ball. It was unreal how bland it was. Literally not a pinch of salt. It was just awful. The pancetta mushroom fusili. It was quite good, but there were whole sprigs of thyme in it. Like 8 or 9 mixed in. You don't put herbs on a plate that you can't eat. I just don't get it. Its like in the 80s when someone thought it was a good idea to garnish a plate with whole sprigs of rosemary. Its like someone threw a pine tree into your meal. Service was great. Very friendly and attentive without being overbearing. Also seemed like a very sweet genuine girl. Its nice when you can tell someone has a real personality that is serving you. I won't ever go back here, or maybe to any glowbal restaurant, unless its to poach the server when I open a place haha. It really is just a group of glorified moxies/earls/cactus type food with a little more pretension.