If it91裸聊视频檚 fine dining you request, it91裸聊视频檚 a Ucluelet restaurant TripAdvisor suggests.
TripAdvisor recently unveiled its Best of the Best Awards for 2022 and Pluvio Restaurant and Rooms tops the list of Best Fine Dining Restaurants in Canada.
Warren Barr and Lily Verney-Downey opened the intimate 24-seat culinary experience in 2019 and have been delighted to see their creation quickly become a TripAdvisor darling with a 5-star rating based on 553 reviews. The restaurant has also as long as its reservation list, with the recent fine dining award joining an already crowded trophy cabinet that includes a spot on Air Canada91裸聊视频檚 enRoute magazine91裸聊视频檚 list of Canada91裸聊视频檚 Top 10 Best New Restaurants, www.canadas100best.com Best New Destination Restaurant list, and a fourth place spot on TripAdvisor91裸聊视频檚 Best Date Night Restaurant in the World.
91裸聊视频淏etween Canada91裸聊视频檚 100 best and TripAdvisor, we feel like we91裸聊视频檝e had a really spectacular year and we91裸聊视频檙e just really grateful for all the awesome guests we have that come through and are so supportive of us, whether they91裸聊视频檙e visiting from afar or from the community that joins us so often,91裸聊视频� Barr told the Westerly News. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 very rewarding. We get a lot of cards, letters and even presents from guests after they91裸聊视频檝e left just thanking us for a wonderful evening. It91裸聊视频檚 pretty amazing to be able to impact people that much through a restaurant. It91裸聊视频檚 awesome.91裸聊视频�
Verney-Downey said they had not heard about the Best Fine Dining award from TripAdvisor before her phone started buzzing with messages from excited patrons and supporters congratulating them.
91裸聊视频淭hat really comes from our team making that connection with the guests. It makes it all worth it to have that relationship with the guests and have that personal connection and for our team to have that personal connection with people and to make that level of impact that people are choosing to go online and write reviews,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淲e don91裸聊视频檛 solicit reviews. We don91裸聊视频檛 do any rewards for reviews, so this really does come from people wanting to share their experience and that comes down to the work that our team does here.91裸聊视频�
She added one of the first people to congratulate them was Richard Norwood,
Barr noted Norwood91裸聊视频檚 had also cooked up a long list of awards in its day.
91裸聊视频淥bviously there91裸聊视频檚 a horseshoe somewhere in this building,91裸聊视频� he laughed.
He added he and Verney-Downey are 91裸聊视频渧ery hands-on91裸聊视频� and work hard to ensure the restaurant91裸聊视频檚 staff is as happy as its guests.
91裸聊视频淲hen we first conceived Pluvio in our brains, the focus was always going to be on the team. If the team91裸聊视频檚 happy then the guests are going to be happy as well. A miserable server is not going to deliver a really happy, positive experience. So, we wanted to focus on a positive team environment,91裸聊视频� he said.
Verney-Downey explained the 17-member crew is vital to the restaurant91裸聊视频檚 success.
91裸聊视频淲e wanted to create a restaurant that we would want to work at and that people want to be long-term,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淣otoriously, hospitality has a really high turnover and ideally we would like to never have to hire again, we91裸聊视频檇 like every single member of our team to be here forever.91裸聊视频�
Barr added the community91裸聊视频檚 welcoming and rustic charm provided a hearty foundation to build the restaurant91裸聊视频檚 menu around.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e definitely trying to deliver a world class experience to the best of our ability here, but we also want to make sure you know you91裸聊视频檙e in Ucluelet and on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. So, we91裸聊视频檙e trying to marry those two things,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淎s thought out and meticulous as it is, we try to keep a bit of a rugged edge to it because that91裸聊视频檚 just what I think about the coastline here. It is a little rugged along the waterfront here and there91裸聊视频檚 that feeling when you91裸聊视频檙e walking along the Wild Pacific Trail; everything is beautiful and magnificent, but it91裸聊视频檚 pretty raw still and untamed, so we try to carry that feeling through the food program as much as we can.91裸聊视频�
Verney-Downey added the community91裸聊视频檚 support has been palpably robust since day-one.
91裸聊视频淭hat warm welcoming service and that connection that our team makes is a reflection of the community here,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淔rom the moment we opened our doors, we felt so supported by the community. We had people that we91裸聊视频檇 never met showing up at the back door to drop flowers off for us that they91裸聊视频檇 grown in their garden, people reached out to us and said, 91裸聊视频榃e91裸聊视频檝e got an abundance of redcurrants. Do you want to come down and pick some for the restaurant91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频here91裸聊视频檚 a lot of guests that we see quite regularly and then there91裸聊视频檚 guests that we see once or twice a year to celebrate those really big special occasions and that91裸聊视频檚 so wonderful to be able to have that here. We feel very supported.91裸聊视频�
andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
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