The Keg

This is one of my fave places in the city even for kids! The food is great, atmosphere is awesome, and kids meals beat everyone hands down. You can spend a little or spend a lot but you won't be disappointed. Patio is beautiful during hot summer days

On 2018-04-20 my spouse and I planned a much needed night out which was going to include dinner at the Keg on McGillivray in Winnipeg followed by a movie. I made a reservation and were seated promptly at 5:45. At this time I noticed that the restaurant was not very busy. Our waitress took our drink orders and we ordered our meals. My order consisted of the a 7 oz Filet Mignon ($36) and King Crab legs ($22) with garlic mashed potatoes. My spouse ordered the same however with the 10 oz bacon wrapped filet ($41). We both ordered our steak medium rare. The plates arrived at our table and immediately upon cutting into the steaks we noticed they were much rarer than medium rare. The waitress who dropped off our meals (not our waitress) came back and looked at the steaks. She was in complete agreement and stated “those are not medium rare.” She went on to note that they had two “newbies” working in the kitchen. She took the plates back to the kitchen. A few minutes later the meals were returned to our table by the manager, Tim. When my spouse noted politely that having the same reheated Kin Crab legs was not acceptable. This keeping in mind we are paying top dollar for these meals at $58 and $63 per plate. Tim stated “I will take the crab then”, in an irritated tone. The manager reached across our table to grab an empty plate and then proceeded to grab the King Crab legs off of my spouses’ dinner plate with his bare hands and then reached over to my plate and pushed my steak out of the way with his hands and grabbed the King Crab off the plate in front of me again with his bare hands. He left and returned to the kitchen, leaving us with our plates missing the crab now. We were in absolute shock and stood up and asked the girl who dropped off our plates for the bill for our drinks and indicated that we were leaving. The manager then came over and asked what was wrong and asked if the “potatoes were cold”. This is when we informed him touching our food with his bare hands at our table was not acceptable. At no time did he offer to make things right and just re-plate new meals for us. If this is going on at my table, what happens in the kitchen behind closed doors? It looked like it would have been a good meal if it was cooked correctly. Made right every time? Not this time!

Extensive wine menu, which I liked (and plenty of steak obviously). I actually had their burger and it was quite good! Not graceful by any means to eat, but they give you a warm damp towel to keep from looking like a 2 year old eating spaghetti. Also had their burrata salad, which I enjoyed but I think they could swap their generic olive oil for something higher quality to go with such a wonderful cheese! The service was great - friendly and professional I don't visit the Keg often, but when I do, I order their Billy Minor pie for dessert. It is delightful!

Stylish steak house. Awesome food and selection Upbeat / electronic music. Bar area very energetic.

I find the keg offers great value while no cheap you get a very high quality meal for your money. The service at this location has always been good especially towards children. They do try to serve you a little too quickly on there busy nights but if you tell them to slow down they will.