The first real snowfall of Autumn greeted us as we arrived at Envy Tapas and Lounge on Shaunessy Street during the early evening of Wednesday, November 19, 2008.
We were a bit out of order but we had tried two weeks ago to get a reservation at Envy Tapas to no avail. This week I called much earlier in order to make arrangements for the four of us to dine there.
Envy Tapas is a unique restaurant in Sudbury. It is a "one price" menu at a cost of $33.95 per person (drinks extra).
For that $33.95 you get a choice of eight items (including desserts). That is half the fun - deciding what you will eat.
Don't sweat it though, because you are given a choice of 3 items to start (one at a time of course). After the first three items, the waitress will return to inquire as to your next three choices. After that, the final two (good luck - I couldn't finish mine).
It was not a busy time for the restaurant while we were there so we had a lot of time to choose our meals. The concept was a little difficult but if you look at the photo of my salad - that will give you an idea of the size of each plate.
Our decisions made, we all ordered our first set of three dishes.
Our waitress was excedingly friendly and helpful, suggesting a few different dishes and discussing how they were prepared.
The meal began with warm buns, followed by the first plate of the meal. Mine was the mixed salad, while others made different choices.
With excellent service, the evening went by quite quickly even though we spent almost two hours enjoying our whole dinner. That was the longest time we have ever spent in one restaurant so far. The entertainment value has to be calculated into the final price.
The cost was a little on the high side running at $164.56 before tip.
All in all it was an impressive meal and it was good fun as well as tasting quite delicious. As one of our party put it "this is not a meal but an experience" - well said.
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