Their food is fantastic. I do wish there was a gluten friendly bun option, as currently if you’d like to order a “gluten free” version of one of their sandwiches, you get literally just the meat. Which is delicious, btw, just wish I could eat it as a sandwich lol. Otherwise they have plenty of gluten-free meat and sauce options so my go-to is usually something like the Pitmaster (without cornbread as there is no gluten free corn bread option; would be nice if there were a substitution available) so I can have leftovers. Their potato salad is the best in town, too.
Food is always fantastic. There is some great gluten free options, and staff and knowledgeable and helpful. Both dine in and take out are great options, food prepared promptly. Definitely worth checking out.
Oh dear. Well. We came for coffee and desert but decided to grab a pizza too as I missed supper and my partner was moderately hungry too. Ordered the Funghi pizza. It was an excruciatingly long wait. 40 minutes? Mostly empty restaurant? So I’m not sure why. And when I tell you I was starving! So this pizza arrives and it’s very unattractive looking… like it’s as if a bag of arugula was just emptied on it blindly and everything else is just white. If this thing was near a wood fire there’s nothing to show that, no golden edge, no crispy crust, nothing. But okay. Shouldn’t judge by looks right?
Absolutely nothing could prepare me for the degree that this thing was such a disgusting, soppy, dripping mess. An actual pool of water? Mushroom juice? Under the crust, which is not a crust but a wet, slimy layer of gluten. Absolutely horrific. But I’m starving. This took FOREVER. So I eat a bite. The boccocini cheese is thickesh and chewy and it’s not hot - not helping the mushy “crust”. Just picture chewing wet dough? With congealed cheese? The bacon looked like that ultra thin kind you put in the microwave. Like see-thru bacon. Which is fine! I don’t care! I am STARVING ! But when I went to slice it … it pulled apart like the dough- flaccid, gooey, no crisp or desire to act like bacon at all, I have never seen bacon do that after being cooked. It acted more like how raw bacon would pull apart? I couldn’t take it. I got an urge to gag so I had to leave the resto for a minute. I actually started tearing up as I was so hungry and this was supposed to be a special date for a tired mom and dad and we won’t get another chance for a while. My partner was so hungry he ate most of it anyway and said he felt sick. I would have ordered more food but I couldn’t handle the idea of waiting another 40 minutes. And my stomach was turning. It is midnight as I write this and I still haven’t eaten because I wanna gag still.
We got gelato (excellent) and two caramel macchiatos. The coffee was insanely bitter for the first ten minutes, like a shot of pure espresso?, but we tapered it with the gelato. I almost got used to it, but we got to the second half of it, and it was near pure caramel syrup and cream with no coffee flavour at all. That bottom half was undrinkable for both of us. We saved them as syrup to add to coffee for the next few days. So I figure it just didn’t get mixed? And that it actually was the pure espresso sitting on top?
Service gets lower stars because our server disappeared after delivering the meal - ended her shift but never checked in with us which should take place 1-2 minutes after dropping food. A second server arrived well past the point I could have even ordered anything else anyway (my partner ate 7 out of 8 slices before she ever came by to ask how it was and no I didn’t tell her the truth, I just didn’t say anything, and she looked exhausted, unhappy and stone-faced, was training an employee, and I didn’t want to add to whatever was wrong there).
Atmosphere gets three stars because it was Saturday night and the fireplace was not lit inside (why have it then?) and it was freezing in there, no candles on the table or anything (flowers? Are they hard to find?).
And it’s obviously just a whatever but there are plastic shrubs along the window seats which, well, are real plants hard to find? Why have a window into a greenhouse and put lawn chairs and plastic shrubs along it? Felt a bit like eating soggy bread after the sprinkler ran on it for an hour in the discount garden section of a Canadian Tire?
People around here don’t have many options. But if you have to choose a place to spend your money and time in this one horse town, you might have a mediocre meal here, or one of the actual worst food experiences of your life.
You might leave and be unable to eat or even see a mushroom pizza for a long, long, long time without wanting to gag.
Do you really want to take that risk with your special date night? No. Go to Irori, or the Indian Spice Club, or Winnipeg.
There really is nothing here for people with Celiacs. We used to attend here weekly but stopped a year ago because they aren't careful with cross contamination. They brought me wings with Gluten twice accidentally. Chris didn't care to compensate me for it. We tried to go here again a few weeks ago. They ran out of naked wings so they couldn't make wings. They don't make GF nachos. And they aren't careful.
The best place for lunch when in Steinbach! Main Bread & Butter offers a beautiful assortment of homemade Mennonite foods as well as both local and European imported foods, snacks, chocolates, gluten-free items and fresh local produce. They also have a full service deli counter where they will slice or shave deli meats and fresh Bothwell cheese for you. Daily homemade soups are also delicious. You can dine-in or take-out (we’ve done both).
Love this place. Had the vegan cheeseburger on Spinach, gluten, dairy free. Delicious!!! Clean, owner was great too. Highly recommend this place for delicious, healthy food.
I LOVE VIET HOUSE! Their food is incredible, always consistent and I can never finish a bowl of soup! My favorite dish there is the beef stew soup. Almost their entire menu can be customized to be gluten free! Also, their staff are some of the nicest people!
This has always been our go to place for pizza and Steinbach. The price is a little bit higher, but we love the thin crust and the flavor. Gluten friendly options are also great. We have 3 celiacs in our family, and we've never had a trouble with their cauliflower crust pizza. Service has always been excellent.
We were so impressed. We had amazing service, so friendly. And the food was fabulous. My daughter asked for gluten free food and was treated like a queen, she got 3 huge plates full for a very good price.
Accommodating Gluten-Free
