10111 Bellamy Hill Road
780-428-6611
Bree's Selection
With high prices comes high expectations and La Ronde is certainly a restaurant with a reputation. Angela even wore a dress to mark the occasion of Dinner Club’s fifth anniversary. If you haven’t already heard, La Ronde is Edmonton’s only revolving restaurant. Located on the 24th floor of the Chateau Lacombe Hotel, it offers a fine dining experience accompanied by music in a classy atmosphere. Despite a prolonged wait for our drinks, our server Jay turned out to be quite the entertainer. Once he warmed up to us, he even renamed himself El Chino. Our whistle wetters for the night included Inniskillin times two bottles for the girls. It was delicious. Somewhat surprising was the plethora of mocktails offered for Dave’s enjoyment. He chose the Burt Reynolds (cherry juice and Coke) and wasn’t disappointed. Alright, appies: Ang had tomato bisque and gin soup. She couldn’t taste the gin but a clear swirl served as proof it was there. Dave chose another soup selection: a marvelous mushroom medley. The aftertaste was as mesmerizing as the first slurp. Bree’s crab cakes were an obvious choice for her but these ones were especially moist and might have been her favourite so far. For the main course, it was steaks all around. Dave’s was a slightly undercooked rib eye. Angela loved her triple A sirloin. Intrigued by the name deconstructed beef Wellington, Bree took the bait. It was D-licious but she wished there was more pastry. La Ronde’s numerous dessert selections were impressive. Angela’s confection of choice was the banana and mango ice cream bomb. Judging by the fact that she left half the bland ice cream behind, she didn’t think it was the bomb after all. Don’t let the description “Honey and Toasted Pinenut Tart” fool you, Dave’s dessert was more than just a mouthful of words. The ginger taste was a definite highlight. Bree didn’t think her fresh strawberry sampler was super great but it was better than the others. Aside from bring a day too early for the improved view (the downtown core’s Christmas lights started a day later), La Ronde was incroyable, magnifique and… awesome. At a rate of one rotation per hour, we enjoyed two rounds of scenery on one great evening. A la prochaine!
