SARCOA
57 Discovery Drive, Hamilton On. (905) 528-5757, Lunch, Dinner, Late, Tuesday to Sunday, Dinner only Monday
After giving this restaurant time to settle and get over the hype of it's entry to the Hamilton restaurant scene, we decided to go for dinner on a beautiful Sunday evening in early August. This restaurant has a wonderful large and complex patio, consisting of various table arrangements, and seating configurations including couches and pods. It is worth the visit to sit on this patio, even at the large bar that anchors it.
Since we did not have reservations, we had to wait for a while in the bar area until a table became ready, so we had some wine and watched the boats go by in the bay. It was a beautiful evening to be on the patio. My son Mark (http://www.markallen.ca/) had a rum and coke, a perfect bar drink for a sunny evening.
The bar tender serving us was friendly, efficient and made us feel comfortable as did all the staff at this restaurant!! When our table became ready, we took a look at the menu.
We ordered a nice Chianti to share.
My wife and I decided to start with the Caesar salad. It was absolutely delicious with a wonderful balance of real smoked bacon, lemon, croutons and Parmesian.
Mark, my son decided to start with quinoa fritters with romesco and quacamole. They were scrumptious, with a lot of flavour.
For our mains my wife and I decided to have the pasta special. It was the house made fettucini with roast chicken and parmesian, tomatoes and sprouts in a light sauce. It was outstanding and we both enjoyed every morsel. We would order this again if it was on the menu.
Mark ordered one of his favourite combinations, not often seen as a main, seared scallops and pork belly, with sweet pea puree and rhubarb-daikon slaw. It was very good.
My wife and Mark decided to try a desert. My wife had the cheesecake. It was heavenly - though a little small.
Mark had the vanilla gelato. It was sweet and tasty.
It was a wonderful meal on a beautiful evening.
If the weather or the season changes there is a beautiful interior to this restaurant as well.
The food, the service and the location make this restaurant worth a visit. We will definitely return.
Well, we returned exactly a year (August 2 2014, approximately 7 pm ) later. The attitude had changed. There was a snotty girl receptionist who told us there was no way we would be able to get in without a reservation (which we tried to make about 3 o'clock the same day). This was such a different attitude from just a year ago, when we were allowed to drink at the bar until a table became ready!! We saw many empty tables both inside and out!! So, we went to Spencer's in Burlington (a far superior restaurant by most standards) and were welcomed with open arms - they too were very busy but made an effort not to turn us away. We had a wonderful table on the patio overlooking the lake and spent a lot of money there!! Sarcoa needs to get back to the attitude they previously had, sooner or later it will lose patrons!!!! I have seen tweets and stories of patrons who will not return because of the attitude here!!
Well, we returned exactly a year (August 2 2014, approximately 7 pm ) later. The attitude had changed. There was a snotty girl receptionist who told us there was no way we would be able to get in without a reservation (which we tried to make about 3 o'clock the same day). This was such a different attitude from just a year ago, when we were allowed to drink at the bar until a table became ready!! We saw many empty tables both inside and out!! So, we went to Spencer's in Burlington (a far superior restaurant by most standards) and were welcomed with open arms - they too were very busy but made an effort not to turn us away. We had a wonderful table on the patio overlooking the lake and spent a lot of money there!! Sarcoa needs to get back to the attitude they previously had, sooner or later it will lose patrons!!!! I have seen tweets and stories of patrons who will not return because of the attitude here!!
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