Port City Royal - Saint John

GREAT PLACE! HIDDEN GEM! GREAT SERVICE AND VERY NICE. THE MENU WAS AMAZING.PRICES WERE REASONABLE. YOU NEED TO GO.

My fave place to dine in Saint John, and it's NOT a basement joint as it says in the description.

WOW. Food, staff, service. All amazing. It was our second anniversary, I had flowers delivered there, they weren’t even open yet and they took them. The food is so good. The charcuterie board is out of this world, highly recommend it. I had the bbq beef brisket tonkatsu ramen, (mmmmmm….ramen) and my fiancé had the spinach ravioli. The shrimp and fritters…..Omg that sauce.

Service was good, food was ok , prices r high ramen soup is 30 Cad) .. maybe it would be better to get 54 dollars pre fix but we were not that hungry.. also it is more suited for adult dinner .

This place was overall ok however I think it’s worth a visit to see for yourself. In my opinion the menu seems to be hit and miss. I would go again and just try different items and if it missed the mark for me I wouldn’t go back a third time. They are going for a more upscale dining experience but fail to deliver that on a couple fronts (see below for details . They need to do some editing to their dishes (components and presentation and then I would give them 10 10.Came here for a business meal with potential clients and ordered two bottles of wine (one red one white for the table. When we wanted a second bottle of each we had to get a different kind because there was no backup supply.I had the Suarez cocktail, it was basically a fancy margarita. Was very tasty but was small for the price and the glass it was served in presentation was underwhelming. For a fancy cocktail and price tag the glassware and garnishes need to be on point.For food we ordered a few orders each of fried halloumi (very good!! , charcuterie board (good , sourdough (good .the charcuterie board had some strange items like a chicken patty that was sliced into triangular prisms, reminiscent of liverwurst. The rest of the accompaniments were ok; brie, aged cheddar (loved this , gherkins, pickled fiddleheads, house pickles, some kind of kimchi relish (lacked flavour and out of place and apricot preserves. All served with crostini. I felt everything was just ok, nothing too special and lacked cohesiveness.sourdough was served with molasses whipped butter, I wish there would have been traditional salted butter as an option as well.I personally ordered the three course meal.Appetizer was amazing!!!! roasted broccoli with sweet potato (I think? and pickled duck egg. It was very good 10 10Entree was strip loin on mashed potato with horseradish jus and glazed roasted onions. I wasn’t a fan of the grilled onions, I felt they took away from the dish and would prefer a more traditional side to a steak dinner. They also pour the sauce all over your dish so that also overtook the flavour. 7 10Dessert was ok. Some components were very good like the white chocolate and almond bark, that was 10 10. the cake itself was dry. the strawberry rhubarb compote was good but unfortunately had raw rhubarb which negatively affected flavour (really tart and texture (crunchy . ginger ice cream- again out of place, should just be vanilla… overall 7 10