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Ottawa Citizen
21-05-2025
- Ottawa Citizen
Hum: Grey's Social Eatery serves familiar, well-made fare in attractive surroundings
Article content Article content Before Mahmoud opened Grey's, he told me that he hoped to serve its guests 'amazing food, cooked fresh and made with love, that's very accessible.' Article content After dining there late last month, I'd say 'amazing' is definitely not warranted. But the description of Grey's offerings on its website — 'our thoughtfully curated, value-priced menu will celebrate international and Canadian classic feel-good dishes' — is accurate. Article content Cynics might want to snub Grey's as a tourist trap. But I and my out-of-town friends found its food to be better than that. Article content We enjoyed dishes from a something-for-everyone menu that has since been revised. Article content Fish- and seafood-based items that did not disappoint. Tuna maki, fish tacos and halibut fish and chips were all well-crafted and tasty, if not exceptional. A single-serving red Thai curry starring shrimp was another flavourful dish. Crispy calamari, which around Ottawa can range anywhere from foul-tasting disasters to simple triumphs, was happily closer to the latter. Article content Venturing up the food chain, we split among us the 12-ounce striploin steak frites, which was better than I expected in terms of all of its components. Article content Article content I should note that I was definitely recognized as a likely on-duty restaurant critic, and you can assume from that the kitchen and our friendly server were on their best behaviour. Article content We tried all the desserts, including a lemon meringue pie served in an oversized martini glass (too kitschy, if you ask me), fine strawberry sorbet and a rustic but satisfying pudding chomeur. Article content The menu's 10 cocktails dispensed from Grey's long, classy bar are familiar crowd-pleasers with a small tweak here and there, and they range in price from $14 to $18. Seven beers, from Budweiser to Mill St. Organic to Guinness, are on tap and three mocktails are available. Article content On the Grey's website, Mahmoud says his vision is 'to create something truly special for the city… (and) reignite excitement in the Market with a world-class restaurant.' Article content
Calgary Herald
21-05-2025
- Business
- Calgary Herald
Hum: Grey's Social Eatery serves familiar, well-made fare in attractive surroundings
Article content Article content Before Mahmoud opened Grey's, he told me that he hoped to serve its guests 'amazing food, cooked fresh and made with love, that's very accessible.' Article content After dining there late last month, I'd say 'amazing' is definitely not warranted. But the description of Grey's offerings on its website — 'our thoughtfully curated, value-priced menu will celebrate international and Canadian classic feel-good dishes' — is accurate. Article content Cynics might want to snub Grey's as a tourist trap. But I and my out-of-town friends found its food to be better than that. Article content We enjoyed dishes from a something-for-everyone menu that has since been revised. Article content Fish- and seafood-based items that did not disappoint. Tuna maki, fish tacos and halibut fish and chips were all well-crafted and tasty, if not exceptional. A single-serving red Thai curry starring shrimp was another flavourful dish. Crispy calamari, which around Ottawa can range anywhere from foul-tasting disasters to simple triumphs, was happily closer to the latter. Article content Venturing up the food chain, we split among us the 12-ounce striploin steak frites, which was better than I expected in terms of all of its components. Article content Article content I should note that I was definitely recognized as a likely on-duty restaurant critic, and you can assume from that the kitchen and our friendly server were on their best behaviour. Article content The menu's 10 cocktails dispensed from Grey's long, classy bar are familiar crowd-pleasers with a small tweak here and there, and they range in price from $14 to $18. Seven beers, from Budweiser to Mill St. Organic to Guinness, are on tap and three mocktails are available. Article content On the Grey's website, Mahmoud says his vision is 'to create something truly special for the city… (and) reignite excitement in the Market with a world-class restaurant.' Article content
