Went here for my birthday and absolutely loved it! I'm a picky eater but every single dish was presented perfectly with the best combination of tastes!
I highly recommend anyone looking for a great dining experience to check it out!
My Travel Group Luncheon was at Fusion Grill today. It was one of the best lunches we’ve had. Not only was the food absolutely delicious & presentation was very appealing but the service was beyond compare. We were treated so well & never felt rushed , Thank you Scott & Staff for such a great experience especially since tonight is one of your biggest busiest nights of the year. Look forward to seeing you again
After 100+ days of not attending a restaurant during this pandemic - what a relief to re-enter the world of culinary delights by enjoying a 35th anniversary event at Fusion Grill. Owner (Scott) was cheerful and welcoming, Maitre d' (Rawls) was splendid and elegant, Chef (Lorna) was skilled and masterful. We enjoyed a lovely starter roasted beet salad, we raved over both of our vegetarian gnocchi and vegan black bean cake entrees, and we savoured the creamy blueberry cheesecake for dessert. This is a must-see, must-taste, must-experience restaurant stop for locals and visitors alike. Bring your treasured family members or impress your out-of-town clients. Bret Dobbin Business Advisory Services
We finally made the long overdue trip to Fusion Grill on Academy. Sometimes the best places are right in your own neighbourhood. The only regret is why did it take us so long to have this fabulous dining experience. We started with the Soup of Tomorrow, a Cauliflower cream soup with some fantastic full of flavour dumplings...the dumplings made the soup. My GF had the Bison which has tender, and full of flavour. I had the Pike which was also very good. We love the local ingredients formula, and were 'forced' into trying some BC Reisling which normally we may overlook. The wine recommendation and the service were terrific. Highly recommended.
Had the panko crusted pickerel cheeks as a starter and the paella main. The pickerel cheeks were truly excellent and while the paella was very good it didn't hit the outstanding marker as the starter did. Excellent visit as usual to an excellent restaurant.
First impressions, the room is full of sunlight and beautiful local artist's paintings. We were seated quickly and served by the owner. The service was excellent, personal but professional. The menu was very well explained and from what we could see, if the main ingredients could be sourced locally, there were and I like that very much. We ordered two first courses, mussels and mushroom soup. Both were very good and appropriately sized.
For the main course we ordered lamb and pasta. The pasta was home made and excellent. The lamb was served with quinoa and a balsamic sauce was nicely seasoned and grilled perfectly. We had never been here before, but will return and recommend to our friends.
The Swizzle Styx dined here yesterday and overall it was good. The food was delicious, the only negative is really, really small portions. We had the mushroom soup (so yummy), Caesar salad (excellent but so small), smoked Arctic char (good), the Reuby (good), yam fries (very good), and pickerel cheeks (very good). Service was excellent and it's a really cozy little spot, just a very limited menu with pretty tiny portions.
The service was classy and elegant, the ambiance and artwork was beautiful and welcoming. I ordered the rib eye steak and my boyfriend had the duck on a whim, we were notified that the duck took more time but it was worth the wait! Exquisite meals, my steak was perfect and the portion sizes were just right, with fresh tasty vegetables. The duck was a new experience for us and I can't remember tasting a meat that was so rich and delicious. Best place in the city for a fancy date night, we'll be back indefinitely
A Winnipeg blog about the joy of preparing food for loved ones and the shared joy that travel & dining brings to life. Fusion Grill, River Heights, Winnipeg. Fusion Grill is not exactly in my own backyard but pretty close-a block and a half walk away. The cafe’s close proximity actually makes me guilty about not dining there more often as owner Scot McTaggart is an old friend of ours from a time when we all worked together at a popular restaurant.
Fusion Grill is not exactly in my own backyard but pretty close-a block and a half walk away. The cafe’s close proximity actually makes me guilty about not dining there more often as owner Scot McTaggart is an old friend of ours from a time when we all worked together at a popular restaurant. Scot’s culinary philosophy has always been a passion for “local”, years before the trend was in vogue. Scot once shared with me that his wish has always been a simple one: “to sell carrots from my own backyard.” He recalled raiding a garden for carrots and scraping off the dirt with his hands. He remembered the sweetness and the crunch and added “even the dirt tasted good.”
Always great. Went for lunch, duck pate is amazing, pike had so much flavour. Potato salad was good, could have done with less mayo and more herbs.
The lunch menu could use a shot of creativity. Pretty standard stuff, but good.
Lunch Time!. Went there for lunch with a friend. It was my second time there. Last time I wasn't blown away, but I didn't think it was bad either. But I can't remember what I had the first time so I won't comment on it.
This time I had the "Reuben". I put that in quotations cause it's barely like a reuben. It had pickled ginger and the beef wasn't very much like roast beef. You can tell it was some serious local bred beef. Super think and chewy. Anyway, it was a strange combination but it was seriously one of the best sandwiches I've ever had. Also had the cream of mushroom soup that was very good.
Service was also very good. There was only one other table of annoying Real Academy Housewives so the server had lots of time to talk with us.
When I go back I don't know if I'll bother trying anything else. It was that good.
Unbelievably tasty boutique restaurant on Academy! So tasty I went twice last week. I had the pickerel cheeks, the bison steak and apple crumble. For me to leave a restaurant full is rare but that's because a lot of food these days is filled with preservatives. This is REAL FOOD so it fills you up. The tastes are unbelievably fresh.
I've never had Juniper slaw before and now that I have, I wish it was this instead of Frank's that was on everything.
Cooked to perfection, great ambience, helpful and wonderful staff. I'll be back many times over.
First time trying this restaurant and did so as takeout. The food was incredible! I had the gnocchi and the flavours all worked so well together. When I am in town again I will definitely try something else from here. Highly recommend!!
Local, local and more local. And an excellent Canadian wine list from both Southern Ontario and Okanagan. Beet salad, paella, boreal forest cake, all most excellent along with sunstone brewed coffee. Friendly knowledgeable service.
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This restaurant was between a 4-5 but I ultimately gave them a 5.
The food was solid. I did not come out with anything that I felt I must return for.
Normally that is a 4.
I gave a 5 because of how accommodating they are and with the hopes that their dinner menu would hold something more to my liking. I saw a number of items that caught my eye but was not allowed to order as it was lunch. Normally I would wait to return to up my star rating, but I was happy with how considerate they were to my vegan friend. I feel like if you had an issue they will address it
They had a vegan creme brule dessert which was very good. They decorated their desserts with edible flowers.
I would have liked to have the explanation as to why we couldn't order from the dinner menu. We were told it was not available with no reason behind it.
This is an Established restaurant that has been there for 23 years. My first memory of a visit was in 2006 when I visited all the restaurants in the back of the ciao magazine.
The outside looks a bit plain and non descript.
It is a nice space on the inside.
Service was polite.
I do feel I need to return to make sure this star rating is correct.
Parking looked like Street parking. I did not notice a lot.
Intimate dine in experience. Celebrated my boyfriends birthday and we loved the service and food so much! Can be a bit pricey but the local ingredients make up for it :)
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