My sister wanted to try Wildebeest and we came here without reservations. When we walked in, the manager looked at us like we were crazy without having any reservations, on a Tuesday evening, and was 100% firm on not giving us a seat. At the time, it was 5:45pm and he mentioned the restaurant is expecting people to arrive 7:30pm. Not going to lie, I was confused and probably even had a confused face because out of the whole restaurant, there were only two occupied tables. So, after we were about to leave, he then mentions we can be seated but will have to leave by 7:30pm. It just felt awkward, we have no problem leaving by 7:30pm but why not just mention that in the beginning?
Wildebeest appears to be a casual restaurant and has an open kitchen concept. Furthermore, the atmosphere is very relaxing and servers can munch on snacks at the counter top in front of diners.
ROASTED BONE MARROW, PARSLEY GREMOLATA, GRILLED BREAD ($13.00).
The toasted bread is neither too crunchy nor soft, and pairs well with the marrow. My sister added the bone luge option ($3.00) where after the marrow is finished, wine is added to the bone and the flavours along with the leftover oils are combined. She enjoyed the bone luge and said it was "amazingly flavourful".
This is my favourite dish throughout the dinner. The slices of pork jowl taste very tender and the soft consistency of the slightly sweet oats, taste very good. In general I hate oats, but could not even tell I was eating oats.
SLOW-COOKED NATURAL ANGUS BEEF SHORT RIB, SMOKED SALT, HAY JUS ($17.00).
The short ribs taste very tender but oddly, there is a very extremely strong blue cheese flavour that we did not enjoy. In addition, the more we continued with the beef, the stronger that flavour got. Although the good news is, this is a must order for those who are a fan of that pungent flavour (regardless if there is blue cheese or not).
WILDEBEEST "CHEESECAKE", RASPBERRY SORBET, GRAHAM CRUMBLE ($9.00).
This is not a traditional cheesecake with graham crust on the bottom. The filling resembles a yogurt mixed with sour cream, although it is most likely whipped cream cheese and something else… Nevertheless, we did not really enjoy it that much. If anything, the sorbet was the best part (which did not even taste like raspberry).
This is not a traditional cheesecake with graham crust on the bottom. The filling resembles a yogurt mixed with sour cream, although it is most likely whipped cream cheese and something else… Nevertheless, we did not really enjoy it that much. If anything, the sorbet was the best part (which did not even taste like raspberry).
COOKIES AND CREAM, HAZELNUT BRITTLE, WILDEBEEST "NUTELLAZ", SALTED CARAMEL ($9.00).
This is actually a great dessert for dark chocolate fans. The cookies have a brownie texture and the flavour resembles 90% dark chocolate, along with a very soft chocolate fudge. The dessert is very rich as well as decadent.
All in all, I recommend trying Wildebeest at least once to see if you like the restaurant. Every meat dish we ordered was fairly tender and I may be revisiting to try the angus beef ribeye, theissen farm whole duck, and going for the pork jowl again (only because BF has never been here).
Service wise, it is not that great. We did not receive any service except for when my sister needed wine for the bone luge, and our server helped her. Furthermore, the manager who was trying so hard not to give us a seat and mentioned we had to leave by 7:30pm (which is fine), could not even get a server or himself to bring us the bill. We waited about 20 minutes just to get the bill and it was not very busy at the restaurant, yet; it was past 7:30pm. Uhh... thought you were in a rush for us to leave by then?
Food: 3/5
Service: 1/5
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