Over our Halifax holidays we’ve focused on food and drink, and this place was tied for top of the list. Overall an amazing dinner, great ambiance, and good service. Highly recommend everything we tried, and would return again if we could.Food: We started with Raw Oysters (small dish but packs a delicious punch; toppers are flavourful and overpower the oyster itself; still recommend), bread (standard but well priced; few “dipping” dishes), and Tuba Tartare (toppings are potent and you mix them in to your liking, including an aioli with matches the skinny fries it’s served with; recommend). The mains were Carrots, Crab and Bernaise (strongly recommend; best dish of our trip; not as sweet as expected, but so so good) and Grilled Perch (strongly recommend; umami, with possibly pickled celery giving sour notes to compliment a minty/cilantro chimichurri on the perch). Dessert was strawberry rhubarb eclair (simple but creamy and delicious). In general I will say celery and salt are common ingredients, but I loved it.Drinks: We love complex drinks, so while all were delicious, our favourite were Approaching ease (tangerine sweetness to offset herbal feature of gentian and fur) and Pinkshinyultrablast (favourite of the night). Others were Badge of Honour, Mint Condition (least complex, but good to balance heavier Bitter Optimist), Bitter Optimist (old fashioned style; cherry came through at the end), and King of Impracticality (clarified drink; dessert drink that’s coconut forward).
This is a really special spot with a great vibe and great service. The food was good, but I think we would order differently next time. Recommend sitting at the bar for a drink and the oysters were great!!!
Great restaurant, nice atmosphere and attentive staff. Food was perfect, flavourful use of herbs and local products. Highly recommend a visit.
We brought our 16month toddler with us and we had an amazing time. No high chairs but we still had a great time on the patio. The food, the drinks, the servers, the ambiance was perfection. We would highly recommend. We had both pastas, the raw scallops, the floppy disk, bread and marinated olives and everything was delicious. We will definitely come back on our next trip to Halifax.
What a delicious and fresh dining experience. The food is quality and the cocktails are amazing. We had a lot of fun and the food was mouth watering.Ilya was Knowledgeable and friendly. Super nice guy and knew his drinks. Definitely recommend going to see him for drinks.
This place is MAGICAL! The food, cocktails and staff was amazing! David, which was the bartender the night we attended, was FANTASTIC! We sat at the bar because we didn’t have a reservation, which we don’t mind at all and like anyway, and David entertained us all night. We asked him custom cocktails and found they were as good as the ones on the menu. David is definitely talented and made our experience even better (if that was even possible). Thanks and will be back if we visit Halifax again :)
An unforgettable meal that matches up to its hype. Bar Kismet is a culinary hotspot with a variety of unique dishes to choose from. The tuna tartare is to die for, and I don't typically enjoy raw fish/meat. The chorizo stuffed squid was incentive and delicious. Unfortunately, the rapini orechiette was bland and priced 2x what it should have been - though beyond this, everything else was spot on!
This was my FAVOURITE restaurant in Halifax! Thank you for such fresh, local and beyond DELICIOUS food and drinks. It was a feast for the senses
Wow, wow, wow what an experience! If you are ever in Halifax or just Nova Scotia in general do not miss out on Bar Kismet. Some of the best dishes I've had, could of ordered the entire menu if we had room! And our server Kolby was absolutely amazing and so knowledgeable of the food and beverage she guided our dining experience which was 20/10. I will 1000% be back ! Thank you to all the Bar Kismet staff, you're the real MVP
Such a wonderful dining experience. The food, service and drinks were stellar. Can’t wait to pop by again!