Meena P.
Yelp
Well this was a complete surprise in New Bern! An amazingly cool, hip place in the middle of downtown, super nice vibe, great interior, very current, kinda dark just so you know! Amazing menu, fabulous bar, and some of the best service we've had in a long while. Hats off to our server Hayley, she was super attentive, very knowledgeable and asked us about allergies and went out of her way to describe cooking processes so our friend who had allergies was fully aware of how things are cooked here. Never had anyone be so detailed. Plus she was on the ball with drinks and Just covered everything perfectly. Thank you Hayley!
Much bigger than you'd think inside, the bar has a great seating area, and they have the wonderful garage door at the front which I assume gets opened during the warmer days for a great open seating area upfront. The bar has a great stock of everything. They had a fabulous drink menu, and a great wine list too.
We were seated in the back area, with nice minimalistic decor, away from the noise of the bar, menus were already on the tables, and water was poured straight away.
I chose a strawberry blonde cocktail and my friend did too, also a Tito's and soda for our other friend.
Loved my drink! Pretty pink, vodka, Aperol, lemon, lavender bitters and Prosecco. Great presentation.
Nice, not sweet drink, with lots of fruity tones. Recommend this!
Got the hand cut fries as an app, as I was feeling some carbs. They defeat, fresh cut, straight out of the fryer, crunchy, and well salted. Delish.
I ordered the tuna tartare pizza, I know very unusual! Just had to try it. Amazing crust, thin and crispy, so no sauce on this pizza but just olive oil, lots of tuna, cucumber, radish and Jalapeño and a great siracha aioli drizzled all over. This was a completely different kinda pizza but so good, just different, but the toppings worked so well together, definitely for the spicy eaters though. I loved this. This was also huge so completely shareable.
My friend had the Bianca pizza and said that was really good too, just a lot of mushrooms! Garlic, goat cheese and herbs. Very filling!
Also we had the seared tuna entree on the table, comes with root vegetables, bok Choi, yuzu and lime, peanut miso and oyster mushrooms, very picture worthy dish! Also great pieces of tuna, seared just right, great combination of favors , extremely well put together. Another great choice!
I got a espresso martini after, and it was also very picturesque, well made, lots of espresso!
Then the English tea cheesecake got a huge thumbs up, with citrus, honey and ginger, honestly I didn't taste much citrus and ginger, but it was a very good light cheesecake and I loved the unusual shortbread crust. The honey was a nice touch too. Great end to a great meal.
This was by far the best I've eaten in new Bern. So glad to have discovered it, and I can't wait to go back and try the other great sounding dishes. High on my recommendation list for this area.