If it害羞草研究所檚 fine dining you request, it害羞草研究所檚 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 Canada害羞草研究所檚 enRoute magazine害羞草研究所檚 list of Canada害羞草研究所檚 Top 10 Best New Restaurants, www.canadas100best.com Best New Destination Restaurant list, and a fourth place spot on TripAdvisor害羞草研究所檚 Best Date Night Restaurant in the World.
害羞草研究所淏etween Canada害羞草研究所檚 100 best and TripAdvisor, we feel like we害羞草研究所檝e had a really spectacular year and we害羞草研究所檙e just really grateful for all the awesome guests we have that come through and are so supportive of us, whether they害羞草研究所檙e visiting from afar or from the community that joins us so often,害羞草研究所� Barr told the Westerly News. 害羞草研究所淚t害羞草研究所檚 very rewarding. We get a lot of cards, letters and even presents from guests after they害羞草研究所檝e left just thanking us for a wonderful evening. It害羞草研究所檚 pretty amazing to be able to impact people that much through a restaurant. It害羞草研究所檚 awesome.害羞草研究所�
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.
害羞草研究所淭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,害羞草研究所� she said. 害羞草研究所淲e don害羞草研究所檛 solicit reviews. We don害羞草研究所檛 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.害羞草研究所�
She added one of the first people to congratulate them was Richard Norwood,
Barr noted Norwood害羞草研究所檚 had also cooked up a long list of awards in its day.
害羞草研究所淥bviously there害羞草研究所檚 a horseshoe somewhere in this building,害羞草研究所� he laughed.
He added he and Verney-Downey are 害羞草研究所渧ery hands-on害羞草研究所� and work hard to ensure the restaurant害羞草研究所檚 staff is as happy as its guests.
害羞草研究所淲hen we first conceived Pluvio in our brains, the focus was always going to be on the team. If the team害羞草研究所檚 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,害羞草研究所� he said.
Verney-Downey explained the 17-member crew is vital to the restaurant害羞草研究所檚 success.
害羞草研究所淲e wanted to create a restaurant that we would want to work at and that people want to be long-term,害羞草研究所� she said. 害羞草研究所淣otoriously, hospitality has a really high turnover and ideally we would like to never have to hire again, we害羞草研究所檇 like every single member of our team to be here forever.害羞草研究所�
Barr added the community害羞草研究所檚 welcoming and rustic charm provided a hearty foundation to build the restaurant害羞草研究所檚 menu around.
害羞草研究所淲e害羞草研究所檙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 you害羞草研究所檙e in Ucluelet and on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. So, we害羞草研究所檙e trying to marry those two things,害羞草研究所� he said. 害羞草研究所淎s thought out and meticulous as it is, we try to keep a bit of a rugged edge to it because that害羞草研究所檚 just what I think about the coastline here. It is a little rugged along the waterfront here and there害羞草研究所檚 that feeling when you害羞草研究所檙e walking along the Wild Pacific Trail; everything is beautiful and magnificent, but it害羞草研究所檚 pretty raw still and untamed, so we try to carry that feeling through the food program as much as we can.害羞草研究所�
Verney-Downey added the community害羞草研究所檚 support has been palpably robust since day-one.
害羞草研究所淭hat warm welcoming service and that connection that our team makes is a reflection of the community here,害羞草研究所� she said. 害羞草研究所淔rom the moment we opened our doors, we felt so supported by the community. We had people that we害羞草研究所檇 never met showing up at the back door to drop flowers off for us that they害羞草研究所檇 grown in their garden, people reached out to us and said, 害羞草研究所榃e害羞草研究所檝e got an abundance of redcurrants. Do you want to come down and pick some for the restaurant害羞草研究所櫤π卟菅芯克There害羞草研究所檚 a lot of guests that we see quite regularly and then there害羞草研究所檚 guests that we see once or twice a year to celebrate those really big special occasions and that害羞草研究所檚 so wonderful to be able to have that here. We feel very supported.害羞草研究所�
andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
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