aFrite Restaurant

Lovely place with a great vibe. Interesting items on the menu for everyone. I had the donair gnocchi based on the recommendation of the server. This was an excellent choice! The server also warned us to "stay off the black rocks" when going to Peggy's Cove the next day. Good food and safety recommendations all around!

One of the best meals we have had in a while. The kimchi poutine was such a great combination and the donair gnocchi was so flavourful. Great service and cool atmosphere. Can't wait to go back.

We went for brunch on a Sunday. Been meaning to go for a long time. It is an open kitchen with a small to medium sized dining room. Everything we had was tremendous! Chicken and waffles who knew? French toast yes! Mimosa flight great! On our top brunch list with Bistro & Cheeky Neighbour. Looking forward to dinner.

it was okay. To be honest we had about 8th other seafood restaurants that we wanted to have supper at and they all had hour long wait lists. So we went here.
It was my least favourite place to eat at in Halifax. Service was shitty. Maybe because we had kids (and they were perfectly quiet) but I felt like a foriengers who paid $130.00 bucks for okay food and worse service.
We had the meze board which was terribly overpriced for the smears fo hummus etc that we recieved on the board. The oysters were delicous. But all fresh oysters are delicous and fresh here and these were the same price. My daughter and me got the cod and couscous. Cod was delcious. The couscous was prepared terribly. The couscous stuck together and seamed like it sat in water for awhile. My husband shrugged and said that the cod bits were okay. They were out of a lot of the drink items so I had a lake city cider after the other 3 things were out.
Sad.
Pick somewhere else to eat.

My husband and I walked into aFrite for brunch. We saw two tables free, one of which had a reservation sign on it. The waitress behind the bar shouted "have you got a reservation". when we responded "no". She said "I'm full." Nothing else, no sorry I'm full, we can fit you in in an hour, or whatever. So rude and so unexpected for a Sunday morning. We live in the west end and we will not ever be going back.

Great local breakfast spot with a Mediterranean twist. Had the chicken and waffles and Mimosa Flight. A/C needs work, little warm in the restaurant.

Extremely underwhelming. The service we had wasn't great and the food wasn't worth what we paid for. I was super excited to see beef fatayer on the menu but was so disappointed when they arrived. They were extremely dry and bland. The toum made them more palatable, but I would expect a little more effort and a larger portion when you're paying $15+ for four small fatayer. We had ordered other sides and a main to share, but none of it was memorable. There are many other restaurants in the area worth going to that are better than aFrite.

Amazing food!!! Every dish has layers of flavor with each taste still maintaining its own identity. I would encourage you to try the more special things on the menu; the Donair Gnocchi, Syrian beef tacos, fattoush salad, and cauliflower and beets were all delicious. Truly spectacular food, more special than most places I've had in a while. It's a cute restaurant with a pleasant patio as well.

So far..impressed

I've eaten here once before but only had the Shawarma salad and shared the poutine. Both were tasty but a little over-priced compared to many other restaurants that offer similar fare.

That being said, I decided to go for dinner with my wife and sprung for the most expensive dish on the menu. The Cote Du Boeuf n' Frites is a 20 oz sous vide striploin w/chimichurri, frites, and arugula salad. $48 may seem pretty steep but there's a catch...it's for 2! So it's actually not a bad rate for what you're getting, and I have to say it was impressive. The beef was so tender and perfectly cooked med-rare all the way through. It's served on a wooden plank along with the fries and salad.

Service was good but it was not that busy. It's a small place with 8-10 tables and a small patio with only 3 tables. Wine and beer menu is limited so I don't think this is the best place to go for drinks downtown. But so far the food is 10 times better than that over crowded joke across the street.

I'll be back!

I really want this place to work, set an example for other restaurants especially when the owner was a top 10 on MasterChef! Saying that, we expected a high quality experience in a laid back atmosphere.
Observations:
Love the location!
Interior is relaxed and welcoming but small space
No actual menu/ you have to read it on a wall
Very small menu and not great for dietary needs or picky eaters
Portions are ridiculously small for the price they are charging, this has to change as it's just a travesty and actually ludicrous $27 for donair gnocci???
The shawarma salad is so small- again feed your guests please!
Meze board- great selection, tasty but again for $21 put some substance in as its mostly small smears of dips
Fries are fantastic, crisp, well seasoned
Drink selection blows-easy fix-ADD DRINKS
THE SERVERS KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE FOOD/ that is so not acceptable for a restaurant
Fried chicken is tasty -nice glaze on it but small size peices with tons of skin/fat
The brunch- chicken and waffles: super dissapointed!!! Small dark meat peices with lots of skin and fat... and tbe waffle had no flavour at all! Water and flour..thats all you could taste. Plus it was paper thin and the server brought us a teaspoon of maple syrup....
I dont know whats happening but its all easy fixes