Come savor an appetizing creation at Mein STreet Pan Asian Kitchen. They are open after-hours all week. You can get there by car. Payments by MasterCard and Visa are recognized.
To be honest I have read mixed reviews on this resturant, and my wife and I have not had the chance to come in as we have been on a big health kick since New Years. Two weeks ago my wife and I decided to come in and check out this new fusion resturant.
Our server explained that Mein Street was not a traditional asian resturant and all the dishes were different then that of a authentic, Indian, Thai, Chinese resturant.
We informed the server that we were looking for healthier options as we had been on a restricted diet for 5 months. I dont expect resturants to have alot of healthy chocies but I just did not want to go for the dish with the most calories. My wife and I chose 3 dishes Singapore Slaw, Tom Yum Soup, and Panko Chicken.
The food came out within 15mins. All of the dishes left us feeling satsified and not stuffed. The creative mix of flavours was excellent. The Tom Yum soup was enough to share between the 2 of us and was quite spicey ( definetly will order it again)
Overall the bill for food was 30 dollars and we left feeling that we made a healthy choice and are looking foward to bringing friends in.
Once through the doors I was reminded of the sculptures in the movie Beetlejuice. Metal beams intersecting from floor to ceiling. Interesting. Cold and uninviting but interesting. Thankfully, once we cleared the monolith the rest of the decor was beautiful. I enjoyed the natural lighting, comfortable chairs and classy, contemporary bar area. The restrooms are quite lovely as well! Our server greeted us with enthusiasm and on learning that this was our first visit gave us a thorough summary of what we could expect from our dining experience. We were told that we would enjoy a traditional Asian dining experience. This, she explained, meant that the portions were very generous and meant for sharing. I ordered a lychee martini and we perused the menu. We decided to share the Thai Beef Salad and the Almond and Pistachio crusted Bass. The bass was the first dish to arrive. Three white potato medallions with three tiny pieces of bass sitting atop. Disappointing. The highest priced entree on the menu and we had eaten it in less than three minutes. We both agreed that because it was the last item on the menu we expected a more substantial meal. The beef salad arrived shortly after. Now, I like to think I have a healthy understanding of the words "generous portions". I tout the benefits of sharing meals in restaurants to all of my wellness clients. But these. . . these were not portions to be shared. In the end we were both still hungry and decided to order the Pad Thai. Our appetite sated we discussed the taste of the food. It was pretty good. The bass was the least favourite. Not very much flavour and not very "asian fusion" in my opinion. The salad was tasty but nothing that I haven't made at home myself. The Pad Thai was unique. Fairly good flavours but the noodles were a bit sticky and this was made very noticeable by the absence of contrasting crunchy vegetables that you typically have in a Pad Thai. Bill arrives and with my martini and one glass of wine the amount owing was $60.00. I am not ruling this restaurant out but I do not think that you get good value for your money. Some people want a little pretentiousness with their food. I would prefer a little more food with my food. In my opinion they should rename the restaurant Meh'n Street.
My husband and I visited Mein Street Saturday late afternoon after reading the wonderful reviews about this new upscale asian cusine restaurant. Upon arriving the atmosphere and restaurant looked very upscale and appealing. Our server was very nice and quick. We ordered, wanting to try a variety of things, a tom yum soup for $8.00, a miso carmalized onion soup, mango salad, beef avacodo roll, coconut sprimp, and a main salmon rice dish. Our soup arrived first. The tom yum soup was probably the blandest, waterdown soup that we have every had and the miso soup was not much better. The miso soup was almost like a chicken broth. After telling the waitress she responded by saying "that's weird everyone says it is too salty" and walked away. Next out beef and avocado roll came out. It was a piece of rice paper stuffed with lettuce and a little bit of ground beef sprinkle on top. We did find one little sliver of avocado. This was $10.00. The coconut shrimp was $13.99 and recieved 6 medium size pieces of shrimp that were al little too deep fried and very very crunchy. The mando salad arrived with one sliver of mango on top but the salad was very refreshing and plentifull for a green salad but where was the mango. The waitress missed understood and didn't order us the salmon, so that was our meal. We were still hungry so decided to order a dessert. We ordered the mango pomagrante cheese cake for $8.00. The waitress informed us that they substituting the pomagrante for mixed berries which was fine. When the cheese cake arrived we gor a little slice, maybe 6 little bites total drizzles with fake mango syrup and 2 slivers of a strawberry. When we asked the waitress where the mixed fruit was she said the 2 slivers of strawberry was our mixed fruit. Our total bill came to $72.00 without tip. We paid our bill and the asked to speak to a manager. The manager then came and I proceeded to tell her about our meal. She told us we should have told our waitress as we tasted the food so the kitchen could fix it. We told her that we did and she just said that we weren't use to their way of cooking and it was upscale cuisine. We regularily dine out at Ben Thang, Wonder sushi, and various other asian restaurants in London. They are far better and less expensive than Mein Street. We left Mein Street and ordered a pizza as both my husband and I were still hungry. This has never happened at any other restaurant.
My husband, daughter and I tried Mein Street last night and were very impressed by the food, service, decor, etc. The server was friendly and very helpful. She didn't mind checking some ingredients since one of us doesn't eat port or dairy products. The cook was most accomodating and we certainly will be back. It's too bad about the location - in the middle of almost nowhere, but I guess with word of mouth they should be most successful
I've been here a few times on couples nights out. We always sit in the bar area because the dining room seems a bit utilitarian. We tried a variety of dishes and all of them were really good .. Honey Ribs were small but excellent! The various dishes didn't come to the table at the same time which was made it hard to share everything.
