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TripAdvisor recently unveiled its Best of the Best Awards for 2022 and Pluvio Restaurant and Rooms tops the list of Best Fine Dining Restaurants in Canada.
Warren Barr and Lily Verney-Downey opened the intimate 24-seat culinary experience in 2019 and have been delighted to see their creation quickly become a TripAdvisor darling with a 5-star rating based on 553 reviews. The restaurant has also as long as its reservation list, with the recent fine dining award joining an already crowded trophy cabinet that includes a spot on Air Canada含羞草研究社檚 enRoute magazine含羞草研究社檚 list of Canada含羞草研究社檚 Top 10 Best New Restaurants, www.canadas100best.com Best New Destination Restaurant list, and a fourth place spot on TripAdvisor含羞草研究社檚 Best Date Night Restaurant in the World.
含羞草研究社淏etween Canada含羞草研究社檚 100 best and TripAdvisor, we feel like we含羞草研究社檝e had a really spectacular year and we含羞草研究社檙e just really grateful for all the awesome guests we have that come through and are so supportive of us, whether they含羞草研究社檙e visiting from afar or from the community that joins us so often,含羞草研究社� Barr told the Westerly News. 含羞草研究社淚t含羞草研究社檚 very rewarding. We get a lot of cards, letters and even presents from guests after they含羞草研究社檝e left just thanking us for a wonderful evening. It含羞草研究社檚 pretty amazing to be able to impact people that much through a restaurant. It含羞草研究社檚 awesome.含羞草研究社�
Verney-Downey said they had not heard about the Best Fine Dining award from TripAdvisor before her phone started buzzing with messages from excited patrons and supporters congratulating them.
含羞草研究社淭hat really comes from our team making that connection with the guests. It makes it all worth it to have that relationship with the guests and have that personal connection and for our team to have that personal connection with people and to make that level of impact that people are choosing to go online and write reviews,含羞草研究社� she said. 含羞草研究社淲e don含羞草研究社檛 solicit reviews. We don含羞草研究社檛 do any rewards for reviews, so this really does come from people wanting to share their experience and that comes down to the work that our team does here.含羞草研究社�
She added one of the first people to congratulate them was Richard Norwood,
Barr noted Norwood含羞草研究社檚 had also cooked up a long list of awards in its day.
含羞草研究社淥bviously there含羞草研究社檚 a horseshoe somewhere in this building,含羞草研究社� he laughed.
He added he and Verney-Downey are 含羞草研究社渧ery hands-on含羞草研究社� and work hard to ensure the restaurant含羞草研究社檚 staff is as happy as its guests.
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Verney-Downey explained the 17-member crew is vital to the restaurant含羞草研究社檚 success.
含羞草研究社淲e wanted to create a restaurant that we would want to work at and that people want to be long-term,含羞草研究社� she said. 含羞草研究社淣otoriously, hospitality has a really high turnover and ideally we would like to never have to hire again, we含羞草研究社檇 like every single member of our team to be here forever.含羞草研究社�
Barr added the community含羞草研究社檚 welcoming and rustic charm provided a hearty foundation to build the restaurant含羞草研究社檚 menu around.
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Verney-Downey added the community含羞草研究社檚 support has been palpably robust since day-one.
含羞草研究社淭hat warm welcoming service and that connection that our team makes is a reflection of the community here,含羞草研究社� she said. 含羞草研究社淔rom the moment we opened our doors, we felt so supported by the community. We had people that we含羞草研究社檇 never met showing up at the back door to drop flowers off for us that they含羞草研究社檇 grown in their garden, people reached out to us and said, 含羞草研究社榃e含羞草研究社檝e got an abundance of redcurrants. Do you want to come down and pick some for the restaurant含羞草研究社櫤卟菅芯可绂There含羞草研究社檚 a lot of guests that we see quite regularly and then there含羞草研究社檚 guests that we see once or twice a year to celebrate those really big special occasions and that含羞草研究社檚 so wonderful to be able to have that here. We feel very supported.含羞草研究社�
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