Oxbow Urban Kitchen

The pasta was amazing, the staff were amazing and they were able ti supply great food for my vegan and gluten free mother.

My friend and I met up for brunch this last weekend, but the place we were going was unexpectedly closed for the weekend. We looked across the street and saw a huge 'Brunch Sat &Sun' banner at Oxbow and figured we'd give it a try. What a strange experience. First off, they DO NOT serve brunch. They have a menu that says brunch at the top, but it is a dinner menu. Not a single egg is on this menu. No sandwiches. Instead there's ravioli, steak frite, and fish and chips. I have a gluten sensitivity, so I try to avoid it where I can, but there were very few items on the menu that were gluten free, aside from salad or steak.... and I came in wanting brunch.... I ordered 2 items from the appetizer menu (clam chowder and BLT bao buns). These were not appetizers. The clam chowder was a very large bowl (and clam chowder is not a sharing dish, so that doesn't make sense), and the bao buns were 3 bao tacos, basically. Both tasted good, but the pork belly in the bao buns was grilled, and the fat was not well rendered. My friend had prawns and fries. The prawns were breaded and deep fried. This was served with cocktail sauce (??), and the fries were sad floppy little shoestrings. We also had bottomless mimosas, which were good. We both had 3, which to me justifies the cost of $18 (most places i go charge between $6 and $8 for a mimosa).Overall cost was way too high, as we walked out of brunch with a bill over $100... Definitely won't be returning, particularly not for 'brunch'.