The Red Shoe - MABOU

Welcoming staff especially manager who took the time to talk to us about Mabou. Great food and delicious desserts. Would recommend to family and friends.

Nope. Beer batter fried haddock was nauseatingly greasy. Up-charged for tepid, flavorless mashed potatoes. Slaw tasted like it had been around for a few days. Went with high expectations given all the positive reviews but was disappointed. My companion enjoyed the chowder.

Highly rated on various websites; yet, disappointed with this experience. The setting is an old house, quaint. We were also there during live music, more on that later. Two of us had a catch of the day special. It looked pretty interesting. Scallop and Chantrelle Crab Pasta with white wine cream sauce,bacon and scallions. Man that sounded good. We were psyched to eat some scallops. Too bad we really did not get what we THOUGHT we were ordering. There were (count them) exactly TWO scallops in each order. So, technically the Scallop non plural on the specials board was kinda prophetic. The pasta serving was large and consisted mainly of pasta and bacon with a rich sauce. The later two were a little overwhelming. Oh, and the live music got nailed with a cover charge we were uninformed about.

Very clean, looks remodeled, yet done in the old style look of the buildings age. Server was polite, yet not really friendly although she was getting busy, so perhaps that's the reason. We were disappointed that a lot of the pictured, here on yelp, meal options were after 4pm only options . Ultimately hubby ordered the lunch special, the lobster salad sandwich. I had the fried haddock, with apple slaw. We both had the curry root soup. Hubby said his sandwich good enough, with hints of lobster taste. The sandwich had lots of filling. My haddock was also good enough nothing that said signature recipe. I had never had apple slaw, it was crisp and taste. Our soups were very good. Overall not worthy of five stars, but a good solid four star diner it was a very busy place. Perhaps the night menu might have gotten a better rating, the meatloaf looks wonderful!! Sadly we will never know as Texans just traveling thru!

Red Shoe beer on tap was good The lobster salad special was so-so. Mabou Seafood Chowder was good, and on a par with other chowder we 've had in the Maritime Provinces. (That 's pretty good! Service friendly and efficient. Very pub like atmosphere. (That 's a plus for a place with pub in it 's name. We liked the place enough to purchase a souvenir glass mug, but as tourists passing through, I doubt we will ever pass this way again.