Saveur Restaurant, Victoria

Worst experience ever. Had a gift certificate from Christmas, showed it to the staff when we entered. Had to call the person who gave it (embarrassing) sat in the restaurant, ignored for 30 minutes, while three of them talked to the person who gave the...gift certificate, all we were offered in that 30 minutes was a tepid glass of water. After 40 minutes they finally said it’s sorted, asked us what we wanted? We said “our coats please“ and left. Never have I been treated like that in any restaurant. I’ve had beater sevice at McDonald’s! I would not recommend to buy gift certificates from this establishment. They are like a bunch of monkeys who can’t keep their books up-to date.More

Amazing waitress, super cool, super friendly. The beef tartar was a religious experience with bull kelp and nori adding to the delight. The halibut for main was cooked so delicately that it was incredible with a plate licking sauce. The chocolate hazelnut dessert was to...die for with a perfect coffee accompaniment. Liese loved her mushroom crackling, fish tacos and custom gluten free dessert. Everything about this dining experience was sheer perfection.More

Covid has drastically affected the restaurant business and so I was interested to see how Le Saveur, our favourite local restaurant, responded. They created a Take-Home Family Meal Kit and the one that we ate was excellent in every way. Each week the restaurant changes...the menu. Customers are asked to give the restaurant at least 48 hours’ notice and at an agreed upon time a shopping bag with all of the elements is ready for pick up. In our case the menu was composed of: - Parsnip soup with an herb finishing oil - Oso Bucco - Cheese risotto - and a mushroom and sunchoke ratatouille. When we got it home and had a closer look at each of the elements it was immediately apparent how much thought had gone into everything. Each food element was packaged separately with a label describing the contents and giving instructions on how to reheat for serving. This degree of forethought and attention to detail made it easy to get it from package to table. And the result? Ample portions of everything and it all tasted simply delicious. For as long as the Covid restrictions are in place we plan to order again. And when this pandemic is over, and things get back to normal, we will be happy to eat in the restaurant once again. In the meantime, this turned out to be a great alternative to that, and as I said, an excellent experience.More