Restaurant located on the Vancouver waterfront suffers from a staggering indifference to detail
Open Tuesday to Sunday, 5 p.m. to midnight ; reservations accepted.Why do Vancouver’s most stunning waterfront locations almost invariably attract the worst restaurants? Here’s another Coal Harbour disappointment that can be safely scratched off the list of summer patios that looked promising.Verre is a bright, glass-encased jewel box that opened in early December at the foot of Denman Street, on the edge of Stanley Park.
Dinner gets off to a fizzling start when the lifeless foam on a watery aged-rum sour cocktail is spilled over the table. Granted, the server with shaking hands appears to be in training, and good help is hard to find these days. But how is she ever going to learn if even a more experienced server ignores that sticky pool for the next 15 minutes?
Tender humboldt squid, served in large cutlets under a vibrant puttanesca sauce, is the only serviceable dish. But it’s still a sloppy mess that looks like a tower of mashed tomatoes straddling a speckled moat of broken butter sauce. And he is returning to Vancouver, after five years in the United Arab Emirates, with an impressive résumé. The “Canadian rebel,” as dubbed by the press in Dubai, was “the driving force” behind a number of successful restaurants in the luxury Conrad hotel, including Marco Pierre White Grill.
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