After dining at The Keg on Thurlow last time, it officially became our favourite steak restaurant in GVR.
No, really, for the price to quality ratio, the steak at The Keg is one of the best you can find.
Other places like Glowbal, Hy's, and Ruth's Chris; yes, they serve up great steaks, but also come with premium prices.
The Keg is the only place that can satisfy your steak craving (esp if you are a meatatarian like Jordan) without breaking the bank! (and we love the casual ambiance! you don't feel the need to be in something particularly fancy... just like having a steak dinner at granny's home!)
Anyways, because I kept on mentioning the Lobster Summer at the Keg - Jordan got annoyed and was partially "forced" to dine at the Keg with me.
Don't get me wrong, he still loves his steaks. It's just he's been trying to lose weight and a steak dinner really won't help...... (plus he's been restricting his diet, so you can imagine the CRAVINGS!! Hah!)
I chose The Keg Granville Island for no particular reason other than the fact that I could not book burnaby The Keg on Open table (and I just don't prefer New Westminster the Keg.... no particular reasons either!)
It was a beautiful sunny day...
After circling around Granville Island, we somehow managed to snatch a (free) spot right in front of the Keg.
yay!
All Vancouveriattes know that it is difficult to find a free parking on a beautiful day during the summer on Granville island - it is THE tourism spot!
Upon checking-in with the maitre' d - we were lead to a quiet two people table.
Our server was really pleasant and answered all our questions including one of my really dumb question regarding their larger sized prime rib... (I swear they had a 24oz prime rib on menu before!!)
Anyhow... now to the food!
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| lobster and crab spinach dip - $9.95 - 3/5 |
It was cheesy, creamy, savoury and a bit nutty from the sautéed spinach.
Great compliment to the crunchy nacho chips (except for approx 30% of the nacho chips weren't crunchy but rather hard... I cut the back of my mouth with a chip.....
They gave us half a lemon but I wouldn't recommend squeezing all the juice into the dip - I found it to be too tart and over powered the flavour of the dip.
BUT!!! For $9.95 - this was alright. Yes, it's true that you could barely detect any crab or lobster meat but.... it was a good dip :)
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| 16oz Prime rib (as rare as possible) with baked potato - $ 28.95 - 4.5/5 |
The Prime rib is their specialty... Undeniable!!
Tender, juicy, and flavourful.... I mean, what more can you ask for a piece of prime rib at 16oz and less than $30??!
It was served with au jus and horseradish... oh so heavenly!
The only failure is the fried onion string - somehow it is almost always soggy and oily :(
why not replace it with seasonal veggies or fries? Even onion rings (2 large but crunchy ones) would have been better!
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| 8oz sirloin with half lobster - $38.95 - 4/5 |
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| 8oz sirloin with half lobster - $38.95 - 4/5 |
Now the main attraction.... surf & turf!!!
I debated for a long time :(
I was originally going for the full atlantic lobster ($41.95) - but I suddenly had a craving for steaks too!! (girls are indecisive creatures. FACT)
Of course my greediness came in and I wanted both steak with lobster..... but I really didn't want Sirloin because I knew it would be too tough for my liking...
(later I learned that you could opt sirloin for prime rib at $1? or $5 extra.... make sure you ask!!)
According to our server, the lobsters weighed 2 - 2.5lb on average on our day of dining. I now regret not ordering the whole lobster!
Anyhow...
I ordered Chicago style medium rare sirloin with half a lobster.
The meal came with some grilled veggies and a twice baked potato.
The Lobster was surprisingly... A-MAZING!!!!
It was sweet, bouncy, and full of meat. All positive signs of a fresh lobster.
I thoroughly enjoyed my lobster with lemon and butter...
and felt a tad of regret from not ordering the whole lobster!
The Chicago style sirloin steak was not really my favourite.
I usually go for the tenderloin or the filets...
I don't like chewy meats. (though sirloin is definitely more flavourful)
It was nicely charred on the outside and a tad over cooked on the inside (closer to medium)
My steak was really really well seasoned - yet it was quite tough (for me; Jordan liked it).
I would really suggest to order the prime rib with the lobster (will definitely worth every extra penny!)
Over all we both enjoyed our dinner at the Keg.
Our server was friendly and everything was smooth - we didn't have to wait for long to receive our bread, and we received our entrees right when we finished with our appetizer.
Food - 4/5 - The Keg food. Predictable but good.
Service - 5/5 - We were tacked in a quiet corner but our server checked up on us quite often. Though you may want to take into consideration that we went in at 5:30.
Ambiance - 3.5/5 - The Keg ambiance but more antique-y than posh - it's a tad old but things are in good condition; just old.
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