Elisa

This was an exceptional experience! The A5 wagyu is a must, and all of the tartars were perfection! I have celiac disease and almost their entire menu was safe for me, the staff are informed, and I didn't react after, which almost always normally happens at restaurants! The Bison Tartare is a MUST! Sean was an 11/10 waiter, informed, and funny! Now I am going to suggest Elisa for future corporate events!

Vancouver Magazine hyped up this place as the best steakhouse in Vancouver for 2023. Well, is it? Is it worth parting your hard earned cash approximately 200$/ person (at the time of writing)? I really really really want to like this….. Of the things we ordered, following is a list from the best tasting to the least: 1. Mac and cheese 2. Cheesecake 3. Gluten-free bread 4. Seafood plateau 5. The drinks; mule and spritzer 6. Strip loin 14 oz double r ranch, okanagan, washington signature bone-in striploin 40 day dry aged 14oz 7. blue dot, prince edward island potato and grass-fed bone-in rib-eye 20oz That’s right their mains, the calling card, are actually their worst tasting items. Here’s why, both were cooked medium rare, which under the normal circumstances would be fine but there so many tendons in them render 1/3 inedible. Plus the knives they gave us were as dull as the butter knife. At some point it was impossible to cut. We end up throwing 1/3 away. I overheard a waiter saying they use beech and applewood for the fire oven to cook the streaks. Not a big fan of those woods. The slight acidity do not go well with the flavour of the steaks. The flavour just seems to sit outside the steak. And man, would you please char the steaks more? The outside is almost as rare as the inside. Also the steaks are so bland. At the minimum they should have some salt and pepper shakers on the table. Anytime when yourself who doesn’t even cook can make better steaks with a conventional gas stove better than Elisa, we have a problem. 200$pp is definitely not worth it.