Aqsarniit lounge - Iqaluit

This is the restaurant inside Iqaluit’s newest hotel. Decided to give it a shot. Need to go through the hotel to get into the restaurant which is totally fine. They have a bar/lounge side and a dinning room. No surprise though, on the bar side they expect you to coat check. This just seems completely unnecessary. We were all sitting down and they wanted us to pay a coat check of $1 a coat. Took one for the team and paid $7 for my group of seven. There’s a raise section with seating, a few smaller tables in the middle along with the bar and the far side has more longer tables with what appears to be a dance floor and a spot for a DJ. We were handed food menus. Decided to just try their poutine while three in my group got the special (prime rib), while others picked the Pull Pork Sandwich, Shrimp Linguine Pasta and the Beef Dip Au Jus. The drink menu was a little laughable as it was on four seperate pieces of paper with writing on it. Guess their menu is constantly changing that they do not have anything proper to give guests just yet. I stuck with water though but a few decided on drinks too. Was a bit of a wait for our server to return to take our orders. Wasn’t busy so that wasn’t the delay. My poutine was good and I was happy with the size. Everyone else’s food looked good and they were happy with their choice. I’d go again but would be curious to know they charge a coat check fee on the dinning room side. Though we had a nice time I wouldn’t be racing back to go there again. But the food was good, place was clean and the place was nice to sit and enjoy the company of my friends.