High Tide Restaurant Cafe and Crepery

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My wife and I were excited to see another eatery open on the coast and we got the opportunity to try it out last night. We often meet on our way home from work to eat out when we can’t be bothered to cook at home. The High Tide Restaurant Cafe and Creperie seemed like the sort of place that you could drop in on and get a reasonably price meal without dropping too much coin. The place was busy and full at 6.40pm, obviously the early dinner crowd, we ordered from the menu and took a number, the lady taking orders seemed a little grumpy. The whole place is covered in this wild acid trip painting style, while I appreciate good creative, this was a little too trippy for my taste in a place where you eat but that’s just my personal taste. I ordered the Pesto Chicken crepe and the wife got the spinach and mushroom crepe and we ordered a beer each to wash it down. I hate salad dressing so I specifically asked for my salad ‘dry’ and was offered the choice of fires or home cooked potatoes, I took the potatoes, total cost $25, not bad. We were lucky to get the last free table and sat down. The beers came out after a few minutes, served by the very busy lone wait staff, followed shortly by our food. Presentation was nice and the portion ample. The crepe was not that hot but was delicious in flavor so I overlooked that. What I wasn’t happy about was the fact that my salad was covered in dressing which I specifically asked not to have, and I got fires instead of the home cooked potatoes I ordered, OK I know both are potato but I wanted the home cooked version. Overall I enjoyed my meal but I would check the crowd before eating in again as there were too many screaming kids for my liking. I plan to return and sample some more of the menu.