three boars eatery

soild, but room for improvement. overall, 4/5 for three boars.

1. beer list is best in the city, with a tap selection that actually has unique beers that cannot be purchased elsewhere. i had awesome single-hop mikkeller ipa, for instance.

2. food is a bit hit and miss. candy cashews and quail were truly amazing. the rest of the dish tended to be more on the average side. there are better places for food, and even tapas, in edmonton. also, as many reviewers pointed out, the food is about $10-15/plate with one needing about 3 different dishes to be full. this makes for a relatively more expensive dinner, though the quality of the ingredients is good to very good. this higher cost may be off putting to some. for us, a filling dinner for 7 with beers ended up being about $300 with tip.

3. service was average. no real complaints or issue, but our service did not add much to the experience.

4. ambiance: very hipster-vintage. but not in a bad way.

bottomline: i 'd go back in a heartbeat because the beer is that good and food, though expensive, is still overall enjoyable. different than many places in edmonton, and i admire their focus on fresh, local ingredients.

i had a great time at three boars eatery! it’s definitely a bit pricer for a bit smaller of portions than i normally prefer – but i had a really lovely time and my stomach was just stuffed. the highlight for me was the bacon & apple poutine – i’d go back to the restaurant for that alone. lowlight? the expensive teeny quail and costly lamb dish that only came with three lamb kofta balls. just in general the fact that some of the dishes – which are admittedly “small plates” – are exactly that: small. the place is also very dark – (well, obviously if you go at night). but you’ll be sitting in low light (hence my poorly-lit iphone photos) and in fact the lights above our table flickered – a lot. i think that was part of the mood, lol. the place does give off a slightly cramped feeling (there were people lining up to go to the one bathroom). i love that their menu does change often (so i don’t know if the poutine will even be there next time i stop by) – but it’s like a fun adventure every

all 4 @ our party really enjoyed our food, especially the unique recipes, tasty flavors & their efforts to buy/use local products. 3b's seem to be part of an ever increasing number of restaurants that really do support local farmers.(culina, corso, vivo, etc)

i was impressed with the food, but the service was very disappointing. i was dining alone and this seemed to be undesirable to my server. she focused all of her attention on other tables. it took 15 minutes for her to bring me my drink. after i was done my meal, i wanted desert, but she brought me my bill without asking if i was finished. i liked the atmosphere of the place & loved the food, but was disappointed by how i was treated and that i didn't get to try desert because my server wanted to shoo me away.

most overrated restaurant in edmonton. don't go hungry.... three boars boasts that they are a tapas style restaurant specializing in "sharesies". the only possible way you could share one of their "sharing" dishes is if you were sharing with an infant, and even then you would probably spend $60+ and leave just as hungry as when you walked in.
yes they serve local produce, that's great and commendable, but the prices are so ridiculous for the portion size. the menu is very misleading. there was an item on the menu that was a dish of "scallops" with croquette etc, and when it came out it had two tiny scallops that were about half a bite each and one croquette that was just as tiny.
there's just no way you can share, or even eat it on your own and justify paying $20 a plate. they recommend ordering doubles of items so everyone can share but realistically who wants to pay $80 so everyone at the table can try one scallop the size of a loonie.

will definitely not return and neither will any of the 8 others in our party.
such a rip-off!

restaurants and eateries in this city will never evolve if continually faced with the same ill-informed and abject criticisms this terrific new concept is now facing.

you want a cheap dinner that you can't be bothered to make for yourself? go to any of the many chain restaurants this city has spawned in recent years and give them your money...again. if you want to have multiple, farm-direct taste experiences...hit up three boars.

the food is fresh, creative, locally sourced and there is passion in what's presented to you. it seems to me that many people who complain about price have been more than happy to pay more for appetizers at your local chain/franchise. the sourcing of fresh, local ingredients this far north is beyond laborious. heaven forbid three boars should join select other restaurants in breaking the mold and establishing a paradigm shift.

eat here. it's delicious. there's love in the food. or eat processed junk that's more in your price range.

absolute rip-off! when labe.... absolute rip-off!
when labeling a portion of your menu as "sharesies", the dishes should probably consist of more than 3 mouthfuls.
i would never come here again. left hungry and grumpy :(

overhyped, overpriced & disappointing. when you market yourself as a tapas resturant, you need to provide actual tapas. and when the main potion of your menu is labelled "sharsies", you should be providing enough food to actually share. the most that could be sharing a plate of food is 2. which means if your group has more than 2, there is a very good chance that most of you won't get to test a meal. for example, the scallops only come with one pork coquette. not very sharable. it also bothers me when menus only list ingredients on their menu. that's nice, but how is that food actually served? pork can be served 100 different ways. we weren't really sure what we were ordering.

great job on many fronts; hip decor, huge beer list, supports local farms & makes very flavorful & unique food. and the "boars" are actually there working. to the negative "meh" reviewers, go to the corporate boxes where all of you idiots wallow, and stop being a wolf to these brave boars.

creative food but way overpriced. dont come in hungry. great selection of drinks though and a cozy atmosphere!

was really looking forward to our visit to this new hip restaurant everyone was talking about. knew it was cosy but cloister phobic it was. the bar area is extremly tight and the summer heat makes the temperature uncomfortable especially upstairs. saying that all the food we ordered was very imaginative and tasty and like most other people say its over priced. too bad really! if you kept ordering to be full it will be a hefty bill especially if your drinking good wine and expensive beer on top.
i found the staff member behind the bar unfriendly and very distant with our party and was noticed by all. almost felt like we were bothering him by been there??
i will go back again but much earlier to avoid the cramped crowd and hopefully the experience will match the great flavor of the food!

meh.... we went there all excited, that it was a new place that just opened, they had a local menu, and a good beer selection. the decor and people came across as a bit of a hipster place.

while i would not go back there for food. the beer selection is huge. 4 pages worth. you can read them off the menu which is given to you on a clipboard.

i would not plan on eating here! the portion sizes are tiny, and the price for them! 3 of us, one bill. $100. we ordered 5 dishes in total. and 3 beers. and one lemonade.

- the devils on horseback, which was a date stuffed with cheese, wrapped in bacon. was decent.
- the brussel sprouts. if you hate brussel sprouts. eat this dish! buckwheat honey, lemon and nutmeg. cooked on high in a over with butter. so delicious. (that is of course if it is on the menu)
-the fennel sausage stuffed quail. sausage had too much fennel. it was all you could taste.
- pork croquette server with siracha mayo and pickled mushrooms. was delicious! but portion was.. a single ball of meat, the size of a golf ball. wanted more! and to be billed as a "sharesies" not sure how you were suppose to share this single portion and pay $10 for it.
- steak with a salad. good. don't remember the name exactly. but again, tiny ass portion for $20

donut mans dinner gone bad. it was a nice restaurant ,just a lil crammy but they did what they had to do. the beer selective was actually really good with beer names that have never touched my ears before. my poutine was really tasty and i enjoyed to a limit though. if you decide to initiate eating with in this cave i would heed advice from good old vs and have a ready n loaded frozen pizza on stand by. the portions need to increase if we are to spawn the next generation of humans. i f the ingredients are local im sure there not that expensive to resupply on if its a saving money financial thing. my cousins in africa would laugh at that. also the whole sharesy's theme can digest my @$%#! for all i care ,i would eat my friend if he hadnt gave some of his rations for me to nibble on. red flame! .the night would have redeemed its self if this sanctuary had a source or suppy route for some donuts for donut man because i like donuts very much and places that have donuts in large quantities. but never the less good old kernel sanders saved the day instead and all was well. ggg flame1, please just increase the portions and day and night walkers wil flock to you for years to come.

go there now. maybe my new favourite restaurant. the food and drink menu was fantastic the day my husband and i visited (they each change all the time apparently), i was especially impressed with the beer menu, which was two pages long!

we ordered the devils on horseback, apple and bacon poutine, salmon two ways, and some salted candied cashews. i don't have as accurate a memory when it comes to what we ordered for beer though, for some reason.

the devils on horseback were a gamble, the name isn't exactly self-explanatory. but a quick explanation from the server revealed them to be cheese-stuffed dates wrapped in bacon; sold. they were a little too sweet for my husband's tastes, but i devoured the ones he didn't want. they were awesome.
speaking of bacon, the apple bacon poutine was also awesome. baby potatoes cut in two with julienne apple slices, squeaky cheese curds, and the biggest bacon chunks i've ever seen off of a pig, drizzled in gravy.
the salmon two ways wasn't as big a hit as the first two dishes for my husband and i, probably because our palettes were conditioned for grease and gravy by then, neither of which appear in the salmon dish. it was good, but maybe not in that sequence of dishes. the 'two ways' are as a citrus ceviche and wrapped in a rice paper (this might also change daily).
the cashews did not disappoint, however, so three out of four ain't bad. a generous plate of cashews tossed in a salty sweet coating and cooked (baked?) to crunchy yet yielding perfection.

the couple of drawbacks to this place are that it's pretty small, and the ever-changing menu might hinder them more than help. it's a shame that the menus change as often as they do because most of what we ordered are, in my humble opinion, keepers. hopefully they play around with what's popular, and keep the poutine forever.

had a great time sampling our way through 3/4 of the menu with another couple. all dishes used fresh ingredients and were creative. house made tonic water (with gin of course!) was remarkable!! great beer and whisky selection. service was excellent. we'll be back...