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Redwater Rustic Grille
One review for Redwater Rustic Grille
1 review in English
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Review from Sue A.
1/16/2012
The Redwater Grille is a chain restaurant from Western Canada. A strange choice for the house restaurant for Charlottetown's newest and most upscale hotel, The Holman Grand.
My husband and I swung by for a quick drink on New Year 's Day and were more amused than impressed. The décor is quite comfortable, more casual than stuffy. There were quite a few tables of diners. We choose to sit at the bar which is quite small for a hotel bar. In fact, the bar is so small you can see pretty much everything the bartenders are doing from the u-shaped counter. Sometimes that's fun and sometimes it's just strange.
After a quick look at the menu, I ordered the Pink Panther cocktail. There are few things I love more than a milk-based, girly cocktail. It sounded delicious made of melon liquer, white crème de cacao, amaretto, orange and pineapple juice and grenadine and cream.
We watched as the bartender took 5 minutes to search for the recipe clearly never having made the drink before. Once he located the recipe, I looked on in amazement as he put all the ingredients in a glass and then reached for a can of Reddi-whip. Yep, cream at this place consists of petroleum-based product. He then handed me the glass without even mixing it. It was more like a milkshake than a cocktail. After a bit he asked me if I wanted a straw. Bizarre.
The strange presentation combined with the very audible conversation among staff members about who had the app to see football scores on their phones made the Redwater Grille more of a joke than a serious dining destination.
We enjoyed a good laugh at the overly inappropriate level of informality. The drink was delicious even if visually unappealing. It did seem to be a very pleasant spot and not too pricey so it's definitely an option when eating out in Ch'town.
